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 |
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: | 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 |
Blank Info: | [5] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
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]
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.
As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 2,806.[2]