Some historic settlements date back to the 17th century. Until the later part of the 20th century, the township comprised several rural crossroad communities, the borders of which became less distinct with suburban development.[7][8][9] The sprawling township does not have an actual "downtown".[10][11][12] A section in the center of Raritan Township was ceded to create the Borough of Metuchen on March 20, 1900. While Metuchen is a separate municipality, it remains fully enclaved by, and is the geographic center of Edison,[11] making Edison a so-called 'doughnut' town.[13][14][15][16]
A community in north Edison bordering Plainfield Road to the west, Tamarack-at-Oak-Hill to the east, Carriage Hill to the north and Oak Hills to the south. It centers around Southfield Road and Longview Road.
The neighborhood began as colonial village that was part of Woodbridge Township.[18][19] It is named after Nicholas Bonham, a freeholder from the 17th century. Along with New Dover, New Durham, and Stelton it is one of the older historical communities established in the colonial era.
Named for Clara Barton. 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.[32] The "village-like" section of is separated from the township's bustling highways and stretches of retail and is home to one of the township's three public libraries.[33] The Middlesex Greenway runs through the neighborhood.
Edison Oaks is a residential community bordered by Oak Tree Road to the north, Peru Street to the south and west and Warwick Road to the east. The community was developed by Vitality Estates in the early 1960s.
A private club and golf course sited on approximately 130 acres of the former Gustav Lindenthal estate; incorporated in 1915 and named after the Metuchen, but entirely within Edison
Originally intended as a Russian emigre community, the area is southeast of the South Plainfield border at the Dismal Swamp. It is bordered by Park Avenue to the east, Nevsky Street to the south, Delaney Street to the west and Universal Avenue and the Lehigh Line (Conrail) to the north. It is located southwest of the Oak Tree district, west of Stephenville and north of Pumptown Corners and Wood Brook Farms.
An area once known as Mount Pleasant, bordered by Scotch Plains to the north, Inman Avenue to the south, Woodland Avenue to the west, and Rahway Road to the east
An area wedged between the Borough of Metuchen to the south and the Metuchen Golf and Country Club to the north. West of Clive Hills and east of Plainfield Road.
A residential community bordered by Grandview Avenue to the west, the New Jersey Turnpike to the south, US Route 1 to the north and the Woodbridge Township line to the east. The community includes James Monroe Elementary School.
A townhouse and condominium private residential community located south of New Petrograd, west of Stephenville, north of Westbrook Corners and east of The Enclave.
Located in the eastern part of the township, Phoenix is a just adjacent to Clara Barton south of the Middlesex Greenway and north of Interstate 287. It was considered a neighborhood of Clara Barton.
This is the oldest neighborhood in Edison. Along with Quibbletown and Raritan Landing Piscatawaytown was an early village in Piscataway. Comprising former sections of Piscataway and Woodbridge townships, Edison was settled (by Europeans) in the 17th century. Piscataway is centered around St. James Church and the Piscatawaytown Common, near the intersection of Plainfield and Woodbridge Avenues.
Site of a historical African American community in the northern part of the township centered around Inman and Grove avenues once known as Potters Corner. The neighborhood was largely razed during an urban renewal project in the early 1970s; it has been replaced by the James D. Elder Park and two low-income housing development projects: Greenwood Townhouses and Colonial Square Townhouses.
Originally Pumptown Corners this a residential neighborhood has a suburban population density. Housing is primarily made up of medium-sized to large occupied single-family homes and townhomes. Many of the residences in the Pumptown neighborhood are older and well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.[87]
Sited on part if the former Raritan Arsenal,[55] the Raritan Center Business Park is a 2,300-acre logistics center with office buildings and millions of square feet of light manufacturing or distribution. It provides services for transload, cross-dock, warehousing and "3PL" service providers operations. It is home to regional distribution facilities for world class organizations including FedEx, The Home Depot, Certainteed, Arizona Beverages, among others.[89]
Roosevelt Park is bounded by Route 1, Parsonage Road, the Reading Railroad, and the AMTRAK Northeast Corridor tracks. It is wedged between Robinvale, Clara Barton, Menlo Park and Woodbridge. It notably includes Roosevelt Park and the Menlo Park Mall, a super regional shopping mall on U.S. Route 1 at Parsonage Road, which was proposed in 1953[92] and opened in 1959.
Stephenville is a residential community bordered by Park Avenue to the south and west ends and Plainfield Road to the east. Stephenville Parkway, a median strip-street which runs east–west in the center of the community. Stephenville is located between Sutton Hollow to the north, the Oak Tree-Stephenville Park to the northeast, Hampshire Gardens, Chandler Hill, Glenwood Park, Carriage Hill, Woodbrook and Arrowhead Park to the east, Woodbrook Corners to the south, and Park Gate and New Petrograd to the west.
Sutton Hollow is a residential community bordered by Park Avenue to the west, Plainfield Road to the east and Oak Tree Road to the north. It is located between Oak Tree to the north, the Oak Tree-Stephenville Park to the east, Stephenville to the south, and New Petrograd to the west.
An area south of Arrowhead Park and Woodcroft, west of the Metuchen Golf and Country Club and north of Oak Hills. The community is centered around Golf Road, Tamarack Road, Sandia Court, Remington Drive and Fielding Place.
An area in north Edison located south of Briarwood East, west of Timber Grove, north of Woodbrook East and east of Arrowhead Park. The community is centered around Huntington Road, George Avenue and Hadfield Road.
Also known as Westergrove. A community located east of Briarwood East and Tamarack North, west of Timbergrove East, and north of Woodcroft East. The community includes the streets Stephenville Parkway, Midland Road, Grove Avenue and Huntington Road.
A residential community developed in the middle of the 1960s. It is located east of Grove Avenue and south of Oak Tree Road in the western portion of Menlo Park.
A residential community developed in the middle of the 1970s. It is located west of Grove Avenue and north of Oak Tree Road in the western portion of Menlo Park.
Developed in the 1910s and 1920s by the Valhalla Realty Company, Valhalla is centered around Old Raritan Road west of North Edison. It is east of Plainfield Country Club and Hillside Cemetery.
Adjacent to former Edison Assembly. Edward Antill, a colonial politician, owned large tracts of land (800 acres) in what was then Piscataway, including vineyards.
Westgate Square is 'townhome' condominium development from 1982 in North Edison sited on 66 acres (27ha) north of Potters at the border with Scotch Plains (Union County). The Ash Brook Reservation lies at the northeastern edge of the community; the Robinsons Branch of the Rahway River and the Lehigh Line (Conrail) at its eastern & southern perimeters.
A residential development built on the former Woodbrook Farms dairy farmland. Located east of Dismal Swamp and the former Perth Amboy Branch rail line, south of Stephenville and Park Gate and west of Woodbrook Elementary School and Woodrow Wilson Middle School.
Woodcroft East is a residential community bordered by Grove Avenue and Menlo Park to the east, the Metuchen Golf and Country Club to the south, Arrowhead Park to the west and Tamarack North, the Winter Street Park and Timber Grove to the north.
Bridgewater Township is a township in Somerset County in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located within the heart of the Raritan Valley region. Situated within Central New Jersey and crisscrossed by several major highways, the township is known for being both the regional commercial hub for Somerset County and as a suburban bedroom community of New York City within the New York Metropolitan Area. The township is located roughly 32 miles (51 km) away from Manhattan and about 20 miles (32 km) away from Staten Island.
Raritan is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,835, its highest decennial census count ever and an increase of 954 (+13.9%) from the 2010 census count of 6,881, which in turn had reflected an increase of 543 (+8.6%) from the 6,338 counted at the 2000 census.
The Raritan River is the longest and largest river of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its watershed drains much of the mountainous areas of the central and northern regions of the state, emptying into the Raritan Bay near Staten Island on the Atlantic Ocean.
Central Jersey, or Central New Jersey, is the middle region of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The designation Central Jersey is a distinct administrative toponym. While New Jersey is often divided into North Jersey and South Jersey, many residents recognize Central Jersey as a distinct third entity. As of the 2020 census, Central Jersey has a population of 3,580,999.
Keasbey is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It is located in the western outskirts of adjacent Perth Amboy. As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 3,027. Many Hispanic / Latino families have relocated from Perth Amboy to Keasbey.
North Branch is an unincorporated community and hamlet located mostly within Branchburg, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. A portion of North Branch is located in Bridgewater. The hamlet of North Branch, located on both sides of the North Branch of the Raritan River, brings the ambiance of a small village and charm to the area.
Edison is a commuter railroad station in the Stelton section of Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Located at the intersection of Plainfield Avenue (CR 529) and Central Avenue, the station is served by New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor Line. Amtrak trains cross through but bypass the station. Edison station contains two side platforms, both high-level for handicap accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (accessible). The next station north, towards New York Penn Station is Metuchen while the next station south, with service towards Jersey Avenue station in New Brunswick and Trenton Transit Center is New Brunswick.
Middle Brook is a tributary of the Raritan River in Somerset County, New Jersey. The stream can be referred to as Rha-weigh-weiros, a Native American name meaning "running from a deep hole", on early maps of the area.
Bonhamtown is a section of Edison Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
List of mayors of Raritan Township and Edison Township, New Jersey, United States. The township was renamed from Raritan to Edison in November 1954.
New Dover is an unincorporated community located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The neighborhood began as colonial village that was part of adjacent Woodbridge Township. Along with Bonhamtown, New Durham and Stelton, it is one of the older historical communities of the township.
New Durham was an unincorporated community and now a neighborhood located within Edison in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, south of Dismal Swamp.
Potters was an unincorporated community and is now a neighborhood within Edison Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Bridgewater Center is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the west-central part of Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census with a population of 4,616.
Stephenville is an unincorporated community and residential neighborhood located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The community is centered around Park Avenue, which borders the south and west ends of the community, Stephenville Parkway, a median strip-street which runs east–west in the center of the community, and Plainfield Road, which borders the east end of the community. An eastern addition to Stephenville was planned in the early 1950s, east of Plainfield Road, but after years of political, residential and township issues, it was ultimately abandoned and portions were sectioned off into different communities during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Stephenville is located between Sutton Hollow to the north, the Oak Tree-Stephenville Park to the northeast, Hampshire Gardens, Carriage Hill and Arrowhead Park to the east, Woodbrook Corners to the south, and Park Gate and New Petrograd to the west.
Briarwood East is an unincorporated community and residential neighborhood located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It is located in the northern half of Edison Township; east of Carriage Hill, south east of Glenwood Park and Chandler Hill, south of the Oak Tree Park, west of Timber Grove and north of Tamarack North. The community is centered on the eastern half of Stephenville Parkway, a median strip-street which runs the entirety of the neighborhood between George Avenue and Midland Road.
Edison Oaks is an unincorporated community and residential neighborhood located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located in the northern half of Edison Township; south of Oak Tree, east of the Oak Tree Tennis Courts, west of the Oak Tree Park, and north of Glenwood Park, Glenwood Heights and Hampshire Gardens. The community is bordered by Oak Tree Road to the north, Warwick Road to the east, and Peru Street to the south and west, with Whitehall Avenue in the center.
Piscatawaytown is the oldest neighborhood in Edison in Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was established in the 1660s as the original village in what was then within Piscataway. Piscatawaytown is centered around St. James Church, the Piscatawaytown Burial Ground and the Piscatawaytown Common, near the intersection of Plainfield and Woodbridge Avenues.
↑ Middlesex COunty Office of Culture and Heritage. "History Revealed In Piscatawaytown and Edison", TAP into Piscataway, September 9, 2015. Accessed December 22, 2019. "The remnants of the Piscataway village and town commons can still be seen in modern Edison Township. Settled in the late 1600s by New Englanders, this historic site once consisted of a town hall, militia training ground, stockade, jail, church, burial ground and houses."
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
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