Menlo Park Terrace, New Jersey Explained

Menlo Park Terrace, New Jersey
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA New Jersey Middlesex County#USA New Jersey#USA
Pushpin Label:Menlo Park Terrace
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Middlesex County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Middlesex
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Woodbridge
Named For:Menlo Park
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:0.372
Area Land Sq Mi:0.372
Area Water Sq Mi:0.0
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:2806
Population Density Sq Mi:7543.0
Coordinates:40.5533°N -74.3242°W[3] [4]
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:08840
Blank Name:FIPS code
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Menlo Park Terrace is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[6] in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.[7] As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,806.[2]

Geography

The community is in northeastern Middlesex County, in the western part of Woodbridge Township. It is bordered to the north and east by Iselin and to the south by Fords, both within Woodbridge Township, and to the west by the neighborhood of Menlo Park within Edison Township. It is located on the northwest side of U.S. Route 1, between Menlo Park Mall and Woodbridge Center at Exit 130 of the Garden State Parkway. US 1 leads southwest 9miles to New Brunswick, the Middlesex county seat, and northeast to Newark.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Menlo Park Terrace CDP has an area of 0.37sqmi, all land.[1] The community is within the watershed of the South Branch of the Rahway River.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 2,806.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Jersey. United States Census Bureau . August 5, 2024.
  2. https://data.census.gov/profile?g=160XX00US3445450 Census Data Explorer: Menlo Park Terrace CDP, New Jersey
  3. Web site: TigerWeb.
  4. Web site: FCC converter. December 11, 2015 .
  5. https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey
  6. https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/tab20/tigerweb_tab20_cdp_2020_nj.html State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020
  7. http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search