Middlesex County, New Jersey

Middlesex County
County of New Jersey
County of Middlesex
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, the flagship of public higher education in New Jersey
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Nickname:  The Greatest County in the Land
Location within the U.S. state of New Jersey
New Jersey's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 40.44°N 74.41°W / 40.44; -74.41
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
Founded	1683
Named for	Historic English county of Middlesex
Seat	New Brunswick
Largest city	Edison (population) Monroe Township (area)
Area
• Total	322.83 sq mi (836.1 km2)
• Land	308.91 sq mi (800.1 km2)
• Water	13.91 sq mi (36.0 km2)  4.31%
Population  (2010)
• Total	809,858 837,073 (2016 est.; 2nd in state)
• Density	2,722/sq mi (1,051.0/km2)
Congressional districts	6th, 12th
Website	www.co.middlesex.nj.us

Middlesex County is a county located in north-central New Jersey, United States. As of the 2016 Census estimate, the county's population was 837,073, making it the state's second-most populous county, an increase of 3.4% from the 2010 United States Census, when its population was enumerated at 809,858, making it the second-most populous county in the state. Middlesex is part of the New York metropolitan area, and its county seat is New Brunswick. The center of population of the state of New Jersey is located in Middlesex County, in East Brunswick Township, just east of the New Jersey Turnpike. The 2000 Census showed that the county ranked 63rd in the United States among the highest-income counties by median household. The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 143rd-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States (and the 10th-highest in New Jersey) as of 2009. Middlesex County holds the nickname, "The Greatest County in the Land".

The county was primarily settled due to its ideal location near the Raritan River and was established as of March 7, 1683, as part of the Province of East Jersey and was partitioned as of October 31, 1693, into the townships of Piscataway, Perth Amboy and Woodbridge. Somerset County was established on May 14, 1688, from portions of Middlesex County. The county's first court met in June 1683 in Piscataway, and held session at alternating sites over the next century in Perth Amboy, Piscataway and Woodbridge before relocating permanently to New Brunswick in 1778. Middlesex County hosts an extensive park system totaling more than 6,300 acres (2,500 ha).

Geography

According to the 2010 Census, the county had a total area of 322.83 square miles (836.1 km²), including 308.91 square miles (800.1 km²) of land (95.7%) and 13.91 square miles (36.0 km²) of water (4.3%). The county is named after the historic English county of Middlesex.

Bisected by the Raritan River, the county is topographically typical of Central Jersey in that it is largely flat. The elevation ranges from sea level to 300 feet (91 m) above sea level on a hill scaled by Major Road/ Sand Hill Road near Route 1 in South Brunswick Township.

Adjacent counties

• Union County, New Jersey – north
• Monmouth County, New Jersey – southeast
• Mercer County, New Jersey – southwest
• Somerset County, New Jersey – northwest
• Richmond County, New York – northeast

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1790	15,956		—
1800	17,890		12.1%
1810	20,381		13.9%
1820	21,470		5.3%
1830	23,157		7.9%
1840	21,893	*	−5.5%
1850	28,635		30.8%
1860	34,812		21.6%
1870	45,029		29.3%
1880	52,286		16.1%
1890	61,754		18.1%
1900	79,762		29.2%
1910	114,426		43.5%
1920	162,334		41.9%
1930	212,208		30.7%
1940	217,077		2.3%
1950	264,872		22.0%
1960	433,856		63.8%
1970	583,813		34.6%
1980	595,893		2.1%
1990	671,780		12.7%
2000	750,162		11.7%
2010	809,858		8.0%
2016 (est.)	837,073		3.4%
Historical sources: 1790-1990 1970-2010 2000 2010 * = Lost territory in previous decade.

Census 2010

As of the 2010 Census, there were 170,070 people of Asian descent in Middlesex County accounting for 21% of the county's total population. At 61.57% of the population of Asian descent, Indian Americans accounted for a majority of the county's Asian population or 12.93% (104,705 people) of the county's total population in 2010, increasing to 119,579 (14.4%) by 2015, more than that of the other sub-groups combined. Middlesex County had the largest population of Asian Indians of all counties in New Jersey; in the 2010 Census, only Santa Clara County, California (117,596) and Queens County, New York (117,550) had a larger population of Asian Indians.

In Middlesex County, election ballots are printed in English, Spanish, Gujarati, Hindi, and Punjabi. Middlesex County has the largest and fastest growing population of Chinese Americans of all counties in New Jersey, in places such as East Brunswick. Edison is also developing a sprawling suburban Chinatown, with other Chinese communities spread out over the county.

Census 2000

As of the 2000 United States Census there were 750,162 people, 265,815 households, and 190,855 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,422 people per square mile (935/km²). There were 273,637 housing units at an average density of 884 per square mile (341/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 68.42% White, 9.13% Black or African American, 0.20% Native American, 13.89% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 5.71% from other races, and 2.60% from two or more races. 13.59% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Among residents listing their ancestry, 16.1% were of Italian, 13.8% Irish, 10.2% German and 9.8% Polish ancestry according to the 2000 Census.

There were 265,815 households out of which 34.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.00% were married couples living together, 10.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.20% were non-families. 22.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.23.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.70% under the age of 18, 9.50% from 18 to 24, 32.80% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 12.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $61,446, and the median income for a family was $70,749. Males had a median income of $49,683 versus $35,054 for females. The per capita income for the county was $26,535. About 4.2% of families and 6.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.2% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Middlesex County is governed by a Board of Chosen Freeholders, whose seven members are elected at-large on a partisan basis to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election. At an annual reorganization meeting held in January, the board selects from among its members a Freeholder Director and Deputy Director. The Freeholder Director appoints Freeholders to serve as Chairpersons and members on the various committees which oversee county departments. Middlesex County also elects three "constitutional officers" whose existence is laid out in the New Jersey Constitution. The County Clerk and Surrogate serve five-year terms and the Sheriff serves a three-year term of office. In 2016, freeholders were paid $23,438 and the freeholder director was paid an annual salary of $24,428, though Ronald Rios has accepted a salary of $8,340 as director.

As of 2017, Middlesex County's Freeholders (with party affiliation, term-end year and residence listed in parentheses) are:

• Freeholder Director Ronald G. Rios (D, term as freeholder ends December 31, 2018; term as freeholder director ends 2018; Carteret)
• Freeholder Deputy Director Charles E. Tomaro (D, term as freeholder and as deputy director ends 2017; Edison)
• Kenneth Armwood (D, 2019; Piscataway)
• Charles Kenny (D, 2019; Woodbridge Township)
• Leslie Koppel (D, 2017 - appointed to serve an unexpired term; Monroe Township)
• Shanti Narra (D, 2018 - appointed to serve an unexpired term; North Brunswick)
• Blanquita B. Valenti (D, 2019; New Brunswick)

Pursuant to Article VII Section II of the New Jersey State Constitution, each county in New Jersey is required to have three elected administrative officials known as "constitutional officers." These officers are the County Clerk and County Surrogate (both elected for five-year terms of office) and the County Sheriff (elected for a three-year term). Middlesex county's constitutional officers are:

• County Clerk Elaine M. Flynn (D, 2020; Old Bridge Township)
• Sheriff Mildred S. Scott (D, 2019; Piscataway)
• Surrogate Kevin J. Hoagland (D, 2017; New Brunswick)

The Middlesex County Prosecutor is Andrew C. Carey of Monroe Township, who was nominated to fill the position in June 2014 by Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie.

Middlesex County constitutes Vicinage 8 of the New Jersey Superior Court and is seated at the Middlesex County Courthouse, at 56 Paterson Street in New Brunswick. The Middlesex Vicinage also has facilities for the Family Part at the Middlesex County Family Courthouse at 120 New Street, also in New Brunswick; there are also other facilities in New Brunswick and Perth Amboy for Probation. The Assignment Judge for Vicinage 8 is Alberto Rivas.

The 6th and 12th Congressional Districts cover the county. For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 6th congressional district is represented by Frank Pallone (D, Long Branch). For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 12th congressional district is represented by Bonnie Watson Coleman (D, Ewing Township).

The county is part of the 12th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 22nd Districts in the New Jersey Legislature. For the 2024-2025 session, the 12th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Owen Henry (R, Old Bridge Township) and in the General Assembly by Robert D. Clifton (R, Matawan) and Alex Sauickie (R, Jackson Township). For the 2024-2025 session, the 14th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Linda R. Greenstein (D, Plainsboro Township) and in the General Assembly by Wayne DeAngelo (D, Hamilton Township) and Tennille McCoy (D, Hamilton Township). For the 2024-2025 session, the 16th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Andrew Zwicker (D, South Brunswick) and in the General Assembly by Mitchelle Drulis (D, East Amwell Township) and Roy Freiman (D, Hillsborough Township). For the 2024-2025 session, the 17th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Bob Smith (D, Piscataway) and in the General Assembly by Joseph Danielsen (D, Franklin Township) and Kevin Egan (D, New Brunswick). For the 2024-2025 session, the 18th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Patrick J. Diegnan (D, South Plainfield) and in the General Assembly by Robert Karabinchak (D, Edison) and Sterley Stanley (D, East Brunswick). For the 2024-2025 session, the 19th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Joe F. Vitale (D, Woodbridge Township) and in the General Assembly by Craig Coughlin (D, Woodbridge Township) and Yvonne Lopez (D, Perth Amboy). For the 2024-2025 session, the 22nd legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Nicholas Scutari (D, Linden) and in the General Assembly by Linda S. Carter (D, Plainfield) and James J. Kennedy (D, Rahway).

Politics

As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 455,044 registered voters in Middlesex County, of which 169,718 (37.3%) were registered as Democrats, 57,711 (12.7%) were registered as Republicans and 227,355 (50.0%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 260 voters registered to other parties.

Presidential Elections Results

Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2016	37.4% 122,953	58.8% 193,044	3.8% 12,560
2012	35.6% 107,310	63.1% 190,555	1.3% 3,995
2008	38.4% 123,695	60.2% 193,812	1.4% 4,367
2004	42.8% 126,492	56.3% 166,628	0.9% 2,685
2000	36.1% 93,545	59.9% 154,998	4.0% 10,306
1996	31.9% 82,433	56.2% 145,201	11.9% 30,752
1992	38.1% 108,701	45.2% 128,824	16.7% 47,746
1988	54.3% 143,422	44.4% 117,149	1.3% 3,548
1984	59.8% 160,221	39.2% 104,905	1.0% 2,727
1980	50.7% 122,354	40.3% 97,304	8.9% 21,548
1976	47.1% 113,539	51.0% 122,859	1.9% 4,466
1972	61.4% 149,033	36.4% 88,397	2.2% 5,264
1968	42.8% 96,515	45.8% 103,339	11.4% 25,676
1964	29.4% 63,370	70.1% 151,196	0.5% 1,052
1960	41.6% 83,025	58.2% 116,095	0.2% 436
1956	60.5% 100,071	39.1% 64,538	0.4% 677
1952	50.3% 73,577	48.0% 70,234	1.7% 2,413
1948	42.9% 49,810	53.0% 61,634	4.1% 4,766
1944	42.1% 45,232	56.4% 60,504	1.5% 1,642
1940	38.3% 41,709	61.6% 67,140	0.2% 164
1936	34.6% 32,959	64.7% 61,679	0.7% 702
1932	40.5% 32,673	56.9% 45,997	2.6% 2,111
1928	52.4% 38,714	47.2% 34,908	0.4% 328
1924	62.3% 34,556	29.5% 16,373	8.2% 4,553
1920	69.7% 29,334	27.6% 11,618	2.7% 1,136
1916	53.5% 11,851	45.0% 9,975	1.4% 320
1912	25.8% 4,743	44.5% 8,186	29.7% 5,470
1908	57.5% 11,270	40.7% 7,966	1.8% 359
1904	57.2% 10,117	39.6% 6,996	3.2% 569
1900	55.2% 9,347	42.5% 7,191	2.4% 399

After being a Republican stronghold in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Middlesex County leaned Democratic for much of the 20th century beginning with Franklin Roosevelt's victory in the county in 1932. Throughout the twentieth century, in close elections the county would always vote Democratic, sometimes by solid margins, but the county was willing to flip Republican in the midst of nationwide Republican landslides in the 1970s and 80s. However, since the 1990s, Middlesex County has become a Democratic stronghold at the national level, mirroring the state's heavy swing to the Democrats.

Democrat Bill Clinton carried the county in 1992 and it has remained reliably blue in every election since. In the nationally close 2000 election, Democrat Al Gore won the county decisively with 59.9% of the vote to Republican George W. Bush's 36.1%, a Democratic victory margin of 23.7%, while winning the state overall by a 56-40 margin. In the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, many of the suburban counties surrounding New York City, including Middlesex County, swung Republican in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but Democrat John Kerry still carried the county comfortably by a 13.6% margin over George W. Bush, Kerry taking 56.3% of the vote to Bush's 42.8%, while Kerry carried the state overall by 6.7% over Bush. In 2008, Barack Obama carried Middlesex County by a much larger 21.8% margin over John McCain, Obama taking 60.2% of the vote to McCain's 38.4%, while Obama won New Jersey overall by 15.5% over McCain. In 2012, Obama won an even more commanding victory in the county, receiving 63.2% of the vote to Republican Mitt Romney's 35.6%, a Democratic victory margin of 27.6%, while carrying New Jersey overall by 17.8%. Like much of the New York City metro area, Middlesex County was one of the few parts of the country to actually swing even harder in Obama's favor in 2012 compared to 2008, even as he lost ground nationally, indicating a long-term trend toward Democratic dominance in Middlesex County.

In the 2005 Gubernatorial Election, the county went to Democrat Jon Corzine by a 56-39 margin; while in the 2009 Gubernatorial Election, Republican Chris Christie received 47% of the vote, defeating incumbent Democrat Corzine, who received around 45%.

Transportation

Middlesex County hosts various county roads, state routes, US routes, and interstate highways, as well as toll highways. As of May 2010, the county had a total of 2,584.38 miles (4,159.16 km) of roadways, of which 2,118.08 miles (3,408.72 km) were maintained by the municipality, 292.16 miles (470.19 km) by Middlesex County and 131.48 miles (211.60 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 42.66 miles (68.65 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

County roads include County Route 501, County Route 514, County Route 516 (only in Old Bridge), County Route 520, County Route 522, County Route 527, County Route 529, County Route 531, County Route 535 and County Route 539.

The state routes are: Route 18, Route 26 (only in North Brunswick Township – entirely concurrent with Livingston Avenue), Route 27, Route 28, Route 32, Route 33 (only in Monroe Township), Route 34 (only in Old Bridge), Route 35, Route 91 (concurrent with Jersey Avenue in North Brunswick Township and entering New Brunswick), Route 171, Route 172 (only in New Brunswick), Route 184 and Route 440.

U.S. Routes include: U.S. Route 1, U.S. Route 9, U.S. Route 1/9 (only in Woodbridge Township) and U.S. Route 130.

The county also includes some limited access highways and Interstates as well. Middlesex County hosts the southern end of the Middlesex Freeway (Interstate 287) which then turns into Route 440 that connects to the Outerbridge Crossing. The Garden State Parkway passes through the eastern edge of the county, which features nine interchanges and the northern start/end of the split-roadways (Express & Local Lanes). The New Jersey Turnpike carries Interstate 95 through the center of the county. The Turnpike has five interchanges in Middlesex County: Exit 12 in Carteret, Exit 11 in Woodbridge Township, Exit 10 in Edison, Exit 9 in East Brunswick and Exit 8A in Monroe Township.

The NJDOT is upgrading the Route 18 "avenue" to a freeway between the Route 1 interchange all the way up to the new 18 Extension in Piscataway Township.

The Turnpike Authority planned to build Route 92, which was to start near the intersection of Ridge Road & Route 1 in South Brunswick Township to Interchange 8A in Monroe Township. This plan was cancelled on December 1, 2006.

The southern end of the "dual-dual" configuration (inner car lanes and outer truck lanes) used to be one mile south of Interchange 8A at the border of Cranbury Township and Monroe Township. It was relocated to Exit 6 in Mansfield Township in Burlington County after the Turnpike widening project was completed in early November 2014.

Further information: List of county routes in Middlesex County, New Jersey

Public transportation

NJ Transit provides Middlesex County with frequent commuter rail service along the North Jersey Coast Line, Northeast Corridor Line and Raritan Valley Line. The North Jersey Coast Line runs through the eastern part of the county. The Northeast Corridor Line runs through the northern and central part of the county. The Raritan Valley Line serves Dunellen and is accessible to other communities along the county's northern border with Union and Somerset counties.

Intercity rail service is also provided by Amtrak. The routes that runs through Middlesex County are the Acela Express, Keystone, Northeast Regional, and Vermonter services, although only the Keystone and Northeast Regional have regular stops within Middlesex County, at either New Brunswick or Metropark stations. Acela also occasionally stops at Metropark.

Bus service in Middlesex County is provided by New Jersey Transit, Coach USA's Suburban Transit, the extensive Rutgers Campus bus network, the MCAT shuttle system, and DASH buses. There are bus routes that serve all townships in the county, and studies are being conducted to create the New Brunswick Bus Rapid Transit system.

Higher education

• Middlesex County College (Edison - main campus; New Brunswick, Perth Amboy)
• Rutgers University New Brunswick Campus (New Brunswick, Piscataway)
• Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (New Brunswick)
• Princeton University – Forrestal Campus (Plainsboro)
• DeVry University (North Brunswick)

Healthcare

The county offers more than 1,900 hospital beds among five major hospitals.

• JFK Medical Center (Edison) - 498 beds
• PSE&G Children's Specialized Hospital (New Brunswick)
• Raritan Bay Medical Center (Old Bridge) - 113 beds
• Raritan Bay Medical Center (Perth Amboy) - 388 beds
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (New Brunswick)
  • Bristol-Meyers Squibb Children's Hospital
• Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (New Brunswick)
• St. Peter's University Hospital (New Brunswick) - 478 beds
• University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro - 305 beds

Major employers

Major non-governmental employers in Middlesex County include the following, grouped by ranges of employees:

• 9,010: Rutgers University
• 3,500 – 3,749: Bristol-Myers Squibb
• 3,000 – 3,249: Merrill Lynch & Company
• 2,750 – 2,999: Johnson & Johnson, Prudential Insurance Company, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Silverline Building Products, St. Peter's University Hospital, Telcordia Technologies
• 2,500 – 2,749: JFK Medical Center, Raritan Bay Medical Center
• 2,000 – 2,249: Pathmark
• 1,750 – 1,999: Home Depot, United Parcel Service
• 1,500 – 1,749: Amerada Hess Corporation, Dow Jones & Company, Siemens AG
• 1,250 – 1,499: AT&T, BASF (formerly Engelhard)
• 1,000 – 1,249: Aetna, Fujitsu
• Undisclosed: Canon, Japanese company specializing in imaging products.

Municipalities

Index map of Middlesex County municipalities (see map key index in table below)

1947 road map

Municipalities in Middlesex County (with 2010 Census data for population, housing units and area in square miles) are: Other, unincorporated communities in the county are listed next to their parent municipality. Many of these areas are census-designated places that have been defined by the United States Census Bureau for enumeration purposes within a Township and for which 2010 population data is included in parentheses.

Municipality	Map key	Municipal type	Population	Housing units	Total area	Water area	Land area	Pop. density	Housing density	Unincorporated communities
Carteret	1	Borough	22,844	8,148	5.00	0.58	4.42	5,171.1	1,844.4	Chrome West Carteret
Cranbury	24	Township	3,857	1,371	13.40	0.15	13.25	291.2	103.5	Cranbury CDP (2,181) Cranbury Station Wyckoffs Mills
Dunellen	14	Borough	7,227	2,683	1.05	0.00	1.05	6,894.8	2,559.7
East Brunswick Township	20	Township	47,512	17,367	22.27	0.57	21.70	2,189.6	800.4	Brookview Dunhams Corner East Spotswood Fairview Knolls Farrington Lake Heights Gillilandtown Halls Corner Herberts Jamesburg Park Lawrence Brook Manor Newton Heights Orchard Heights Patricks Corner Paulas Corner Tanners Corner Washington Heights Westons Mills
Edison Township	17	Township	99,967	36,302	30.64	0.70	29.94	3,339.0	1,212.5	Bonhamtown Clara Barton Greensand Haven Homes Lahiere Lincoln Park Lindenau Martins Landing Menlo Park New Dover New Durham Nixon North Edison Oak Tree Phoenix Potters Pumptown Raritan Manor Sand Hills Stelton Valentine Washington Park
Helmetta	7	Borough	2,178	920	0.91	0.06	0.85	2,562.9	1,082.6
Highland Park	11	Borough	13,982	6,203	1.82	0.01	1.81	7,728.1	3,428.5
Jamesburg	8	Borough	5,915	2,267	0.88	0.01	0.88	6,741.8	2,583.9
Metuchen	12	Borough	13,574	5,440	2.77	0.00	2.76	4,910.4	1,967.9	Jefferson Park Robinvale
Middlesex	15	Borough	13,635	5,148	3.54	0.02	3.52	3,876.2	1,463.5
Milltown	9	Borough	6,893	2,698	1.60	0.04	1.55	4,443.0	1,739.0
Monroe Township	23	Township	39,132	18,002	42.23	0.26	41.97	932.3	428.9	Applegarth Clearbrook Clearbrook Park CDP (2,667) Concordia CDP (3,092) Gravel Hill Half Acre Hoffman Jamesburg Gardens Matchaponix Middlesex Downs Mounts Mills Old Church Outcalt Prospect Plains Rossmoor CDP (2,666) Shore Road Estates Spotswood Manor Texas Tracy Union Valley Whittingham CDP (2,476) Wyckoffs Mills
New Brunswick	10	City	55,181	15,053	5.79	0.56	5.23	10,556.4	2,879.7	Edgebrook Feaster Park Lincoln Park Raritan Gardens Westons Mills
North Brunswick Township	21	Township	40,742	15,045	12.27	0.27	12.00	3,396.2	1,254.1	Adams Berdines Corner Black Horse Franklin Park Georges Road Maple Meade Patricks Corner Red Lion
Old Bridge Township	19	Township	65,375	24,638	40.78	2.72	38.06	1,717.7	647.3	Browntown Brownville CDP (2,383) Brunswick Gardens Cheesequake Cottrell Corners East Spotswood Laurence Harbor CDP (6,536) Madison Park CDP (7,144) Matchaponix Moerls Corner Morristown Old Bridge CDP (23,753) Parlin Redshaw Corner Runyon Sayerwood South South Old Bridge Texas
Perth Amboy	2	City	50,814	16,556	5.96	1.26	4.70	10,806.8	3,521.0	Barber Harbor Terrace John J Delaney Homes Maurer William Dunlap Homes
Piscataway Township	16	Township	56,044	17,777	19.03	0.19	18.83	2,975.5	943.8	Fieldville New Market Newtown North Stelton Possumtown Randolphville Raritan Landing Riverview Manor Society Hill CDP (3,829)
Plainsboro Township	25	Township	22,999	10,089	12.21	0.42	11.78	1,951.6	856.1	Plainsboro Center CDP (2,712) Princeton Meadows CDP (13,834) Schalks Scotts Corner
Sayreville	4	Borough	42,704	16,393	18.70	2.86	15.84	2,695.7	1,034.8	Crossmans Ernston Gillespie Laurel Park MacArthur Manor Melrose Morgan Morgan Heights Parlin Phoenix Runyon Sayre Woods Sayreville Junction Sayreville Station
South Amboy	3	City	8,631	3,576	2.69	1.15	1.55	5,577.1	2,310.7	Mechanicsville Thomas J Dohany Homes
South Brunswick Township	22	Township	43,417	15,708	41.04	0.39	40.65	1,068.1	386.4	Cottageville Dayton CDP (7,063) Deans Franklin Park Fresh Ponds Heathcote CDP (5,821) Kendall Park CDP (9,339) Kingston CDP (1,222) Little Rocky Hill Monmouth Junction CDP (2,887) Sand Hills South Brunswick Terrace
South Plainfield	13	Borough	23,385	8,093	8.36	0.03	8.33	2,808.5	971.9	Avon Park Samptown
South River	5	Borough	16,008	5,957	2.92	0.15	2.77	5,781.4	2,151.4	Newton Heights
Spotswood	6	Borough	8,257	3,242	2.47	0.20	2.27	3,642.2	1,430.1	Outcalt
Woodbridge Township	18	Township	99,585	36,124	24.51	1.29	23.21	4,290.0	1,556.2	Avenel CDP (17,011) Boynton Beach Colonia CDP (17,795) Edgars Fords CDP (15,187) Hazelton Hopelawn Iselin CDP (18,695) Keasbey Lynn Woodoaks Menlo Park Terrace Port Reading CDP (3,728) Sand Hills Sewaren CDP (2,756) Shore View Woodbridge CDP (19,265) Woodbridge Oaks

County parks

Thompson Park in Monroe Township.

• Donaldson Park
• Carteret Park
• Carteret Waterfront Park
• Edison Park
• Fords Park
• Johnson Park
• Medwick Park
• Merrill Park
• Raritan Bay Waterfront Park
• Roosevelt Park
• Spring Lake Park
• Thompson Park
• Warren Park
• Old Bridge Waterfront Walkway
• Alvin P. Williams Memorial Park
• Ambrose & Doty's Brooks Park
• Davidson's Mill Pond Park
• Ireland Brook Park
• Jamesburg Park Conservation Area
• John A. Phillips Open Space Preserve
• John A. Phillips Park
• Catherine Von Ohlen Park

Climate and weather

New Brunswick, New Jersey
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     3.6     39 22     3     43 24     4.2     51 30     4.2     62 40     4.2     72 50     4.4     81 60     5.1     86 65     4.2     84 64     4.5     77 55     3.8     66 43     3.8     55 36     4.1     44 27 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches Source: The Weather Channel
Metric conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     92     4 −6     76     6 −4     106     11 −1     107     17 4     106     22 10     112     27 16     129     30 18     105     29 18     115     25 13     97     19 6     97     13 2     103     7 −3 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm

In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of New Brunswick have ranged from a low of 22 °F (−6 °C) in January to a high of 86 °F (30 °C) in July, although a record low of −13 °F (−25 °C) was recorded in January 1984 and a record high of 103 °F (39 °C) was recorded in July 1999. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 2.98 inches (76 mm) in February to 5.08 inches (129 mm) in July.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey

External links

• Middlesex County official website Retrieved July 1, 2008.
• "Middlesex: III. A central county of New Jersey" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879.