Menlo Park Terrace, New Jersey

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Menlo Park Terrace, New Jersey
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Menlo Park Terrace
Location in Middlesex County
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Menlo Park Terrace
Location in New Jersey
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Menlo Park Terrace
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°33′12″N74°19′27″W / 40.55333°N 74.32417°W / 40.55333; -74.32417 [1] [2]
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Middlesex
Township Woodbridge
Named for Menlo Park
Area
[3]
  Total0.372 sq mi (0.96 km2)
  Land0.372 sq mi (0.96 km2)
  Water0.0 sq mi (0 km2)
Population
 (2020) [4]
  Total2,806
  Density7,543.0/sq mi (2,912.4/km2)
ZIP Code
08840
FIPS code 34-45450 [5]

Menlo Park Terrace is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [6] in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. [7] As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,806. [4]

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Geography

The community is in northeastern Middlesex County, in the western part of Woodbridge Township. It is bordered to the north and east by Iselin and to the south by Fords, both within Woodbridge Township, and to the west by the neighborhood of Menlo Park within Edison Township. It is located on the northwest side of U.S. Route 1, between Menlo Park Mall and Woodbridge Center at Exit 130 of the Garden State Parkway. US 1 leads southwest 9 miles (14 km) to New Brunswick, the Middlesex county seat, and northeast 16 miles (26 km) to Newark.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Menlo Park Terrace CDP has an area of 0.37 square miles (0.96 km2), all land. [3] The community is within the watershed of the South Branch of the Rahway River.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 2,806. [4]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 2,806
U.S. Decennial Census [8]
2020 [4]

See also

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