Parlin, New Jersey

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Parlin, New Jersey
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Along Washington Road (CR 535)
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Parlin
Parlin's location in Middlesex County
(Inset: Middlesex County in New Jersey)
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Parlin (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°27′43″N74°20′18″W / 40.46194°N 74.33833°W / 40.46194; -74.33833 Coordinates: 40°27′43″N74°20′18″W / 40.46194°N 74.33833°W / 40.46194; -74.33833
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Middlesex
Township and Borough Old Bridge and Sayreville
Elevation
128 ft (41 m)
ZIP code
08859
GNIS feature ID0879141 [1]

Parlin is an unincorporated community located within Old Bridge Township and Sayreville Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. [2] [3] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08859.

Contents

As of the 2000 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 08859 was 20,129. [4]

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Parlin include:

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References

  1. "Parlin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 13, 2015.
  3. "NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  4. "Census 2000 Summary File for Zip Code Tabulation Area 08859". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  5. King, Wayne (March 28, 1989). "Fan's Prize: Bon Jovi's Jersey Roots". The New York Times . Retrieved October 11, 2014. Mr. Bon Jovi is helping to give away his boyhood home on Robin Hood Drive here.
  6. Bures, Frank. "Chasing the Whale: A Profile of Junot Díaz", Poets & Writers , September/October 2007. Accessed May 28, 2013. "But Syracuse was a long way from anywhere for the writer, who was born in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, and immigrated with his family to Parlin, New Jersey, at the age of six."
  7. Jehyve Floyd, ESPN. Accessed May 13, 2020. "Hometown: Parlin, N.J.; School: Sayreville War Memorial High"
  8. "Experts: Twins Will Play in 2002, But...", St. Paul Pioneer Press , December 27, 2001. Accessed February 14, 2011.
  9. Mets sign RHP Kevin Mulvey, Major League Baseball press release dated August 9, 2006. Accessed June 12, 2007. "Mulvey, 21, is a native of Parlin, N.J., and graduated from Bishop George Ahr High School in New Jersey."
  10. "Kevin Mulvey", Baseball-Reference.com, Accessed October 24, 2014.