Middlesex County, New Jersey
Middlesex County is one of 21 counties of New Jersey. Middlesex is part of the New York metropolitan area, and its county seat is New Brunswick.[2]
| Middlesex County, New Jersey | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of New Jersey | |
 New Jersey's location in the U.S. | |
| Statistics | |
| Founded | 1683[1] |
|---|---|
| Seat | New Brunswick[1] |
| Largest City | Edison (population) Monroe Township (area) |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
322.87 sq mi (836 km²) 309.22 sq mi (801 km²) 13.65 sq mi (35 km²), 4.2 |
| Population - Density |
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| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website: www.co.middlesex.nj.us | |
| Named for: Historic English county of Middlesex | |
Higher education
- Rutgers University New Brunswick Campus (New Brunswick, Piscataway)[3]
- Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (New Brunswick)[4]
- Princeton University – Forrestal Campus (Plainsboro)[5]
- DeVry University (North Brunswick)[6]
Municipalities
Municipalities in Middlesex County (with 2020 Census data for population, housing units and area in square miles) are:[7]
| Municipality | Municipal type |
Population | Housing units |
Total area |
Water area |
Land area |
Pop. density |
Housing density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carteret | Borough | 25,326 | 8,809 | 4.93 | 0.54 | 4.39 | 5,767.7 | 2,006.1 |
| Cranbury Township | Township | 3,842 | 1,388 | 13.43 | 0.15 | 13.28 | 289.2 | 104.5 |
| Dunellen | Borough | 7,637 | 2,727 | 1.06 | 0.00 | 1.06 | 7,191.1 | 2,567.8 |
| East Brunswick Township | Township | 49,715 | 18,088 | 22.36 | 0.57 | 21.78 | 2,282.2 | 830.3 |
| Edison Township | Township | 107,588 | 38,493 | 30.69 | 0.63 | 30.07 | 3,578.2 | 1,280.2 |
| Helmetta | Borough | 2,455 | 1,091 | 0.88 | 0.05 | 0.83 | 2,965.0 | 1,317.6 |
| Highland Park | Borough | 15,072 | 6,669 | 1.83 | 0.01 | 1.82 | 8,276.8 | 3,662.3 |
| Jamesburg | Borough | 5,783 | 2,228 | 0.89 | 0.01 | 0.88 | 6,556.7 | 2,526.1 |
| Metuchen | Borough | 15,049 | 6,053 | 2.85 | 0.00 | 2.85 | 5,282.2 | 2,124.6 |
| Middlesex | Borough | 14,636 | 5,302 | 3.51 | 0.02 | 3.49 | 4,196.1 | 1,520.1 |
| Milltown | Borough | 7,037 | 2,707 | 1.60 | 0.04 | 1.55 | 4,528.3 | 1,742.0 |
| Monroe Township | Township | 48,594 | 21,504 | 42.19 | 0.24 | 41.94 | 1,158.6 | 512.7 |
| New Brunswick | City | 55,266 | 17,509 | 5.75 | 0.52 | 5.23 | 10,561.1 | 3,345.9 |
| North Brunswick Township | Township | 43,905 | 15,585 | 12.31 | 0.28 | 12.03 | 3,649.0 | 1,295.3 |
| Old Bridge Township | Township | 66,876 | 26,067 | 40.93 | 2.74 | 38.18 | 1,751.6 | 682.7 |
| Perth Amboy | City | 55,436 | 17,855 | 5.96 | 1.30 | 4.66 | 11,891.0 | 3,829.9 |
| Piscataway Township | Township | 60,804 | 18,904 | 18.96 | 0.17 | 18.79 | 3,235.3 | 1,005.9 |
| Plainsboro Township | Township | 24,084 | 10,281 | 12.11 | 0.37 | 11.74 | 2,051.8 | 875.9 |
| Sayreville | Borough | 45,345 | 17,695 | 18.66 | 2.83 | 15.83 | 2,864.5 | 1,117.8 |
| South Amboy | City | 9,411 | 3,906 | 2.70 | 1.16 | 1.54 | 6,119.0 | 2,539.7 |
| South Brunswick Township | Township | 47,043 | 16,647 | 41.02 | 0.40 | 40.61 | 1,158.3 | 409.9 |
| South Plainfield | Borough | 24,338 | 8,432 | 8.33 | 0.04 | 8.30 | 2,933.7 | 1,016.4 |
| South River | Borough | 16,118 | 5,977 | 2.94 | 0.16 | 2.79 | 5,787.4 | 2,146.1 |
| Spotswood | Borough | 8,163 | 3,297 | 2.42 | 0.11 | 2.31 | 3,538.4 | 1,429.1 |
| Woodbridge Township | Township | 103,639 | 38,137 | 24.58 | 1.32 | 23.26 | 4,456.1 | 1,639.7 |
Middlesex County, New Jersey Media
Indian cuisine is ubiquitously available in Middlesex County.
Aerial view of Monroe Township housing tracts at the previously exurban southern tip of Middlesex County in 2010. Since then, significant new housing construction is rendering this area of the county with an increasingly suburban environment.
New Brunswick, nicknamed the Hub City of the state of New Jersey, is also Middlesex County's seat of government. The city is experiencing new high-rise construction and gentrification amidst an academic and cultural renaissance.
Garden State Parkway northbound entering Middlesex County
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Association of Counties. "NACo County Explorer". Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ One Community, Five Campuses, Rutgers University–New Brunswick. Accessed September 17, 2015.
- ↑ Locations and Directions Archived 2015-09-07 at the Wayback Machine, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. Accessed September 17, 2015.
- ↑ Forrestal Campus Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, Princeton University. Accessed July 23, 2008.
- ↑ North Brunswick Campus, DeVry University. Accessed September 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Census Data Explorer". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
Other websites
- Middlesex County official website Archived 2014-11-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 1, 2008.
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