Sand Hills, South Brunswick, New Jersey

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Sand Hills, New Jersey
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Cluster of houses in Sand Hills along Major Road
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Location of Sand Hills in Middlesex County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
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Sand Hills (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°24′22″N74°32′49″W / 40.40611°N 74.54694°W / 40.40611; -74.54694
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Middlesex
Township South Brunswick
Elevation
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253 ft (77 m)
GNIS feature ID880247 [1]

Sand Hills is an unincorporated community located within South Brunswick Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] The settlement is named for Sand Hills, a small group of diabase hills which contains Middlesex County's highest point. [3] The settlement is located approximately at the intersection of U.S. Route 1 (US 1), Sand Hills Road, and Major Road. There is a small cluster of houses and small businesses on Major Road just south of US 1 while more housing developments are found on the north side of the highway. Fast food restaurants, stores, and repair shops line US 1 through the area; this area of US 1 also has large inclines on both sides of the hills to climb from the relatively low and flat areas of the Atlantic coastal plain. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sand Hills". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 14, 2015.
  3. DeAngelo, Walter A. "The History Buff's Guide to Middlesex County" (PDF). Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders. p. 4. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  4. Google (January 14, 2016). "Aerial view of Sand Hills" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved January 14, 2016.