Rahway, New Jersey
Rahway is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 29,556.[2]
Coordinates: 40°36′26″N 74°16′52″W / 40.60722°N 74.28111°WCoordinates: 40°36′26″N 74°16′52″W / 40.60722°N 74.28111°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Union |
Area | |
• Total | 4.041 sq mi (10.47 km2) |
• Land | 3.896 sq mi (10.09 km2) |
• Water | 0.145 sq mi (0.38 km2) |
Population (2020)[2] | |
• Total | 29,556 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Standard Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight Time) |
Website | www |
Rahway, New Jersey Media
An engraving from 1857 of Main Street in Rahway from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.
The Wheatena breakfast cereal plant in 1923, with the Rahway River at left. The brand promoted a popular radio series starring Raymond Knight: "Wheatenaville, the Rahway factory complex, transformed into Wheatenaville, the 1930s radio serial about a perfect family in a perfect town that ate Wheatena for strength and prosperity."
The title page of a work by Henry Drummond and published by the Mershon Company of Rahway, which began as bookbinder W. L. Mershon & Co. in 1877 and became a book publisher in the 1890s.
The Regina Music Box Company at 54 Cherry Street Rahway in 1895. The former factory building has been converted to the Heritage Square condos.
Main Street in 1920. The red storefront third down from the right is now cigar lounge Sticks Cigars. Next to it is the building where present-day Romero's 1947 serves Portuguese cuisine. The building across the street at the corner of Cherry (1510 Main) is now a seafood market.
References
- ↑ "2021 Gazetteer Places Files - New Jersey". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Rahway city, New Jersey - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-05-25.