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Woodbridge is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total land area of including 23.213 square miles (60.122 km2). There are many distinct sections,[1][2][3] many of which are census-designated places (CDPs). Some have their own ZIP Codes.

Sections and neighborhoods

Name Image Coordinate Notes References
Avenel 40°35′04″N 74°16′18″W / 40.584334°N 74.271626°W / 40.584334; -74.271626 Avenel station is located in the neighborhood [2][1]
Boynton Beach 40°32′50″N 74°15′17″W / 40.54722°N 74.25472°W / 40.54722; -74.25472 On the Arthur Kill, once the site of amusement park and bathing beach [4][5][1][6]
Colonia 40°35′39″N 74°18′50″W / 40.594133°N 74.31377°W / 40.594133; -74.31377 [7][1]
Edgars 40°34′03″N 74°16′33″W / 40.56750°N 74.27583°W / 40.56750; -74.27583 [8][1]
Fords 40°32′38″N 74°18′47″W / 40.543794°N 74.31292°W / 40.543794; -74.31292 Abuttng Edison, it was originally known as Fords Corner. [9][2][10]
Hazelton 40°35′18″N 74°17′27″W / 40.58833°N 74.29083°W / 40.58833; -74.29083 [11][1]
Hopelawn
Iselin 40°34′09″N 74°19′16″W / 40.569295°N 74.321106°W / 40.569295; -74.321106 [12][1]
Keasbey 40°31′00″N 74°18′19″W / 40.51667°N 74.30528°W / 40.51667; -74.30528 At the foot of the Driscoll Bridge close to the Raritan River, originally known as Florida Grove, it abuts neighboring Perth Amboy [13][1][14]
Lynn Woodoaks 40°35′20″N 74°20′00″W / 40.58889°N 74.33333°W / 40.58889; -74.33333 Along the Garden State Parkway near the Edison border [1]
Menlo Park Terrace 40°33′09″N 74°19′25″W / 40.55250°N 74.32361°W / 40.55250; -74.32361 Located off U.S. Route 1 in between Menlo Park Mall and Woodbridge Center at Exit 130 of the Garden State Parkway. Uses Metuchen ZIP code 08840 [1]
Metropark 40°34′05″N 74°19′47″W / 40.56808°N 74.329795°W / 40.56808; -74.329795 Office center built around Metropark station near the interchange of New Jersey Route 27 and Garden State Parkway [1]
Oak Tree Road In Iselin and Edison
Port Reading
Sand Hills 40°31′30″N 74°19′10″W / 40.52500°N 74.31944°W / 40.52500; -74.31944 Sand Hills is a neighborhood straddling Woodbridge and adjacent Edison. [15][16][1][17]
Sewaren
Shore View 40°35′25″N 74°19′41″W / 40.59028°N 74.32806°W / 40.59028; -74.32806 Along the Garden State Parkway near the Edison border [18][1]
Woodbridge Proper The original settlement of Woodbridge. Site of Woodbridge Station. [1]
Woodbridge Center 40°33′24″N 74°17′57″W / 40.556666°N 74.299213°W / 40.556666; -74.299213 Shopping mall at U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 9
Woodbridge Oaks 40°34′57″N 74°20′01″W / 40.58250°N 74.33361°W / 40.58250; -74.33361 Along the Garden State Parkway near the Edison border [19]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Virginia B. Troeger and Robert James McEwen, Woodbridge: New Jersey's Oldest Township (Arcadia Publishing, 2002; ISBN 0738523941), p. 103.
  3. ^ Gannett, Henry (January 28, 1895). "A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.
  5. ^ "Boynton Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  6. ^ https://eu.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/books/2017/03/23/look-north-jersey-shores-forgotten-amusement-parks/98966516/
  7. ^ Gazetteer of New Jersey Places, United States Census Bureau
  8. ^ "Edgars". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  9. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fords Census Designated Place, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed July 5, 2012.
  10. ^ Gannett, Henry (January 28, 1895). "A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Hazelton". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  12. ^ Gazetteer of New Jersey Places, United States Census Bureau
  13. ^ "Keasbey". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  14. ^ Gannett, Henry (January 28, 1895). "A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  15. ^ "Sand Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  16. ^ "Sand Hills, Edison, New Jersey" (Map). Google Maps. Google. February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  17. ^ The Sand Hills of Bonhamtown
  18. ^ "Shore View". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  19. ^ "Woodbridge Oaks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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