Clara Barton, New Jersey

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Coordinates: 40°32′03″N74°20′22″W / 40.53417°N 74.33944°W / 40.53417; -74.33944 Coordinates: 40°32′03″N74°20′22″W / 40.53417°N 74.33944°W / 40.53417; -74.33944
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County Middlesex
Township Edison
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98 ft (30 m)
GNIS feature ID883374 [1]

Clara Barton is an unincorporated community located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. [2] [3] It takes its name from Clara Barton. [4]

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Amboy Avenue

Located in the eastern part of the sprawling township, Clara Barton is more urban in its density and has a small central business district on Amboy Avenue. [5] The "village-like" section of it is separated from the township's bustling highways and stretches of retail and is home to one of the township's three public libraries. [6] The Middlesex Greenway runs along the neighborhood's southern boundary. [1] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Clara Barton". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.
  3. "NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  4. Spies, Stacy (2001), Edison, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN   9780738505497
  5. Amaral, Brian (January 13, 2016). "Edison to unveil ideas on Clara Barton downtown redevelopment". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020. The Clara Barton neighborhood in west Edison is the closest thing that this sprawling township has to a city center with a critical mass...Stretching roughly from the Route 1 overpass to the Turnpike overpass along Amboy Avenue, the Clara Barton neighborhood has become a special focus for town planners hoping to capitalize on the new trend of higher-density developments.
  6. Johnson, Brent (April 1, 2019). "Edison's Clara Barton Branch Library gets a reprieve -- for now". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020. For 30 years, the library has sat on Hoover Avenue in Clara Barton, a village-like section of Edison, separated from the township's bustling highways and stretches of retail.
  7. Together North Jersey. Middlesex Greenway Access Plan and Health Impact Assessment: A Local Demonstration Project (PDF). Summer 2014. Uploaded November 2014. Accessed April 6, 2023.