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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Sand Hills, New Jersey
Location of Sand Hills in Middlesex County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
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Coordinates: 40°24′22″N74°32′49″W / 40.40611°N 74.54694°W / 40.40611; -74.54694 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 [1] 253 ft (77 m)
GNIS feature ID 880247 [1]

Sand Hills is an unincorporated community located within South Brunswick Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. [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]

South Brunswick, New Jersey Township in New Jersey

South Brunswick is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 43,417, reflecting an increase of 5,683 (+15.1%) from the 37,734 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 11,942 (+46.3%) from the 25,792 counted in the 1990 Census.

Middlesex County, New Jersey county in New Jersey, United States of America

Middlesex County is a county located in central New Jersey, United States. As of the 2017 Census estimate, the county's population was 842,798, making it the state's second-most populous county, an increase of 4.1% from the 2010 United States Census, when its population was enumerated at 809,858, making it the second-most populous county in the state. Middlesex is part of the New York metropolitan area, and its county seat is New Brunswick. The center of population of the state of New Jersey is located in Middlesex County, in East Brunswick Township, just east of the New Jersey Turnpike. The 2000 Census showed that the county ranked 63rd in the United States among the highest-income counties by median household. The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 143rd-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States as of 2009. Middlesex County holds the nickname, "The Greatest County in the Land".

New Jersey State of the United States of America

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States. It is a peninsula, bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, particularly along the extent of the length of New York City on its western edge; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by the Delaware Bay and Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state by area but the 11th-most populous, with 9 million residents as of 2017, and the most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states; its biggest city is Newark. New Jersey lies completely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia and was the second-wealthiest U.S. state by median household income as of 2017.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sand Hills". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  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.