Rahway, New Jersey

	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)
• Total	29,556
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Website	www.cityofrahway.org

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]

Rahway, New Jersey Media

Location map of Rahway from 1922. The present-day ride to New York by train is typically 38 minutes.
An engraving from 1857 of Main Street in Rahway from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.
The Rahway rail station as it was depicted by an artist in 1857. Flatt's carriage warehouse is at left and Degraw's Hotel is center.
Elm Avenue, looking west, c. early 1900s
The old Rahway library. Built in 1869, the building is now home to an art gallery, The Gallery Space.
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.
Rahway Welcome Sign
Rahway River and water tower