Official Name: | Forsgate, New Jersey |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Middlesex County#USA New Jersey#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Forsgate |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Middlesex County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Coordinates: | 40.3486°N -74.4636°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Middlesex |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Monroe |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.88 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.88 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Area Total Km2: | 2.28 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.27 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 2056 |
Population Density Km2: | 906.96 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 2349.71 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
Elevation Ft: | 145 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 08831 (Monroe Township) |
Area Code: | 732/848 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | [3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2806083 |
Forsgate is a golf course community and census-designated place (CDP)[4] in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It consists of Forsgate Country Club and its associated housing developments. As of the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 2,056.[2]
Forsgate is in southern Middlesex County, in the northwestern part of Monroe Township, bordered to the south across Forsgate Drive by Rossmoor, to the east by the Hightstown Industrial Track rail line, to the north by a branch rail line connecting Jamesburg and Monmouth Junction, and to the west by the New Jersey Turnpike at Exit 8A. It is south of New Brunswick and northeast of Trenton.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Forsgate CDP has an area of 0.879sqmi, of which 0.004sqmi, or 0.46%, are water.[1] Land in the CDP drains northeast toward Manalapan Brook, a northeast-flowing tributary of the South River, part of the Raritan River watershed.
The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.