served the residents of Hopelawn from 1919-1969 at Hopelawn's only school, Elementary School #10. After her retirement a street was named in her honor, Mary C. Fee Lane, adjacent to the school. The school is no longer in operation. A library in the basement of the building remained until the property was purchased and sold in the 1990s. The building is now a functioning church. Although Hopelawn is within the borders of the Township of Woodbridge, it uses the same ZIP Code, 08861, as the neighboring City of Perth Amboy. Hopelawn Volunteer Engine Co. #1 Hopelawn Engine Co. No. 1 was organized December 3, 1914, as the Hopelawn Fire Department No. 1. The first headquarters was in Ed O'Brien's barber shop on Florida Grove Road and the equipment was one dozen buckets. The first fire, a few weeks after organizing, was about a half mile at Al Black's farm, All the members responded, running with their buckets to put out the hay barn fire. Buckets were used until 1916 when the Fords fire commissioners purchased a chemical wagon which was pulled by manpower The next fire was at the McHose building on the corner of Florida Grove Road and New Brunswick Avenue, and the firemen were able to save the building. New equipment was purchased and housed in Barrett's barn on the corner of Florida Grove Road- and May Street. An alarm system consisting of a locomotive wheel and hammer was also set up at this site. In 1918 lots were purchased at the on the corner of May and Charles Streets and the building was erected in 1921. Hopelawn's first fire chief was John Jancisko. The Hopelawn First Aid Squad was organized in 1937 by the Hopelawn Engine Co #1. Notable people People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Hopelawn include: Lou Creekmur, a 1996 inductee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Creekmur played for Woodbridge High School, College of William and Mary, and for ten years as an offensive lineman with the Detroit Lions. He was selected to play in eight Pro Bowls. Creekmur was also a radio broadcaster for the Miami Dolphins. See also List of neighborhoods in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey List of neighborhoods in Edison, New Jersey References Neighborhoods in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Middlesex County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey