| Keasbey, New Jersey | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 225px |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Middlesex County#USA New Jersey#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Keasbey |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Middlesex County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Middlesex |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Woodbridge |
| Named For: | Keasbey family |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.66 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.80 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3.78 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.88 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.46 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.34 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 3027 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 2073.3 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Elevation M: | 11 |
| Elevation Ft: | 36 |
| Coordinates: | 40.5167°N -74.3053°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 08832 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | [3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0877527 |
Keasbey (pronounced "KAYS-bee"[4]) is a census-designated place[5] (CDP) and unincorporated community in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.[6] It is located in the western outskirts of adjacent Perth Amboy. As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 3,027.[2] Many Hispanic / Latino families have relocated from Perth Amboy to Keasbey.[7]
Keasbey was originally known as "Florida Grove"[8] [9] due to its picnic areas and beaches on the Raritan River.
The community is named after the Keasbey family, whose home in Morristown is now Macculloch Hall, a museum. One of the brick manufacturers established in Keasbey was owned by the Keasbey family.
Keasbey is in northeastern Middlesex County, occupying the southern end of Woodbridge Township. It is bordered to the north by Fords within Woodbridge Township; to the east by the city of Perth Amboy; to the west by Edison Township; and to the south by the Raritan River, across which is the borough of Sayreville.
The Garden State Parkway and the Route 440 freeway intersect in Keasbey. Newark is to the northeast, New Brunswick, the Middlesex county seat, is 9miles to the southwest, and Staten Island, New York, is 4miles to the east across the Arthur Kill.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Keasbey CDP has an area of 1.8sqmi, of which 1.46sqmi are land and 0.34sqmi, or 18.80%, are water, consisting of the northern half of the Raritan River waterway.[1]
As of the 2020 United States census, the area had a population of 3,027.[2]
Residents are zoned to the Woodbridge Township School District.
The third wave ska band Catch 22 referenced Keasbey in the title of their album Keasbey Nights in 1998. The album was re-recorded by Streetlight Manifesto in 2006.
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