| Prospect Plains, New Jersey | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Middlesex County#USA New Jersey#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Prospect Plains |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Prospect Plains in Middlesex County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Middlesex |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Monroe |
| Elevation Ft: | 128 |
| Coordinates: | 40.3239°N -74.4711°W |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 879505 |
| Unit Pref: | imperial |
Prospect Plains is an unincorporated community located within Monroe Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] The settlement is located at the intersection of Prospect Plains Road (County Route 614) and Applegarth Road (CR 619). Retail businesses generally line the two aforementioned county roads in the area but some single-family houses are clustered around the site of the Camden & Amboy railroad crossing of Prospect Plains Road.
The location is the site of the Monroe Oak, a white oak tree present at the time of the township's establishment in 1838. Following the attempted development at the site of the tree to a gas station, the tree has been preserved and became the official symbol of Monroe Township.[2] [3] Prospect Plains was also the site of a railroad station on the Camden & Amboy Railroad, a one-room school house, and was the long-time home of the township's municipal office.[4]