List of neighborhoods in Sayreville, New Jersey explained

There are numerous historical and contemporary neighborhoods in Sayreville, a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Sayreville has a total area of 18.704 square miles (48.442 km2), of which 15.842 square miles (41.030 km2) was land and 2.862 square miles (7.412 km2) was water (15.30%).[7] It is located on a peninsula shared with South Amboy, created by the Raritan River at the north, its tributary South River to the west, and the Raritan Bay to the east.[8] The original village of Sayreville has been known as Sayre's Village, Upper Sayreville, and Sayreville Proper.Sayreville was originally settled by Europeans in the colonial era and was part the South Amboy Township formed in 1684. It seceded and incorporated as a township on April 6, 1876. The newly formed Township of Sayreville was created out of approximately 14 square miles of south of today's South Amboy consolidating the settlements at Morgan, Melrose, Ernston, and Sayre's Village under one municipal government. The area around the village was then known as Wood's Landing was renamed Sayreville after Sayre and Fisher Brick Company. Fewer than 2,000 people resided in the new township. Several areas take their name from stations along the Raritan River Railroad.

Sayreville developed into an industrial town in the late 19th century when most of the land was owned numerous clay, sand, and brick companies such the Such Clay Company, the Furman Brick Company, the Crossman Sand & Clay Company, Whitehead Brothers, and the Sayre & Fisher Brick Company, once the largest brickworks in the world. With the coming of other industries at the turn of the century such as DuPont, Hercules, and National Lead, Sayreville promoted itself as the “Home of Nationally Known Industries.” On April 2, 1919, the township was reincorporated as the Borough of Sayreville and ratified by a referendum held on April 29, 1919.[9]

According to Joseph T. Karcher, an attorney, who wrote the post-war promotional The case for Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey in 1947, the borough had seven residential districts, which were separated by the large industrial complexes throughout the borough.[10] After World War II, with the sale of former clay land holdings to housing developers. President Park, a suburban subdivision, was built just after the war.[11] Sayreville's population grew from 8,000 in 1945 to over 32,000 by 1970.

Much of Sayreville's housing was built in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.[12] In the 1950s many clay companies sold their land holdings and gave way new housing “developments”.[13] The largest, Laurel Park, became home to over 500 families. Other projects included Pershing Park, Deerfield Estates, Hope Homes, Parkway Homes, and Haven Village. In the 1960s more housing developments such as Woodside, Sayre Woods, and Oak Tree East and West were built.[14] In 1970s and 80s Sayreville transitioned from an industrial community to a suburb as its once vibrant industrial landscape gave way to housing developments, and as more residents commute to jobs outside of town it became more of bedroom community. By the 2000s, Sayreville's population surpassed 40,000 as brownfield land saw more housing construction.

List of sections and neighborhoods

Neighborhood Image Coordinates Notes References
Crossmans08872, 08879From Crossman's Clay, the section Crssmans was near Parlin and ran to the banks of the Raritan River[15]
Ernstonnear Madison Park at Old Bridge border [16] [17]
08872, 08879T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant
La MerIn the Parlin section[18]
Laurel ParkIn the Ernston section near Madison Park section at Old Bridge Township border
Lower SayrevilleOnce a separate enclave on the Sayreville Branch
MacArthur Manor40.4583°N -74.3692°WAt the southern end of Sayreville Proper. Developed in the 1970s, many homes destroyed in Hurricane Sandy were removed from the flood zone.[19] [20] [21]
Melrose08879At the foot of Victory Bridge and Edison Bridge abutting South Amboy on either side of Route 35.[22]
Morgan08879 40.4667°N -74.2683°WEast of Route 35 on Raritan Bay
Morgan Heights08879 East of Route 35 on Cheesequake Creek and Raritan Bay near Morgan Draw to Laurence Harbor
Old BridgeHistorical residential enclave along a meander of South River across from town of South River at west of Bordentown Avenue (CR 615), the border with Old Bridge Township.[23] [24]
Parlin08859also Old Bridge Township[25]
40.4778°N -74.3131°WAt Main Street and Main Street Extension. Once part of the RRR, now a point on Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRCX)[26]
Presidents Park
| Early suburban development along US Route 9 between Melrose and Parlin|[13] [11] [27] |-| Riverton|||| Spit of land where Edison Bridge and Driscoll Bridge cross the Raritan. Once the site of National Lead, maker of Dutch Boy Paint. Proposed large-scale mixed use project.|.[28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] |-| Runyon| |||||-| Sayre-Woods/Oak Tree East||| | Along US Route 9 and Garden State Parkway||-| Sayreville| || | aka Sayre's Village, Sayreville Proper or Upper Sayreville||-| Sayreville Junction| || 40.4653°N -74.3306°W| Originally from Raritan River Railroad| |-| Sayreville Station||| 40.4728°N -74.3539°W| Originally terminus of Raritan River Railroad's Sayreville Branch| |-| Tangletown|| || part of Sayreville Proper/Upper Sayreville| [13] [35] |-| Townelake||| | around Towne Lake in near Sayreville Proper||-| Winding Woods ||| || [11] [36] |}

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey . Henry . Gannett . January 28, 1895 . U.S. Government Printing Office . Google Books.
  2. Web site: NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex . New Jersey Department of Transportation. April 23, 2020.
  3. Web site: Sanitation Division - Borough of Sayreville. www.sayreville.com.
  4. Web site: Grass Collection - Borough of Sayreville. www.sayreville.com.
  5. Web site: Locality Search . State of New Jersey . April 25, 2020.
  6. Web site: Home . 2020-04-30 . 2020-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200414015917/https://www.sayrevillehistory.org/historical-map-of-sayreville . dead .
  7. http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/county_sub_list_34.txt 2010 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions
  8. Book: Slesinski, Jason J.. Along the Raritan River: South Amboy to New Brunswick. August 18, 2014. Arcadia Publishing. 9781439646762. Google Books.
  9. Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 173. Accessed May 8, 2012.
  10. Web site: Karcher . Joseph T. . The case for Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey . 1947 . http://www.sayrevillehistory.org/#!seven-sections/ch7s
  11. News: Cheslow . Jerry . If You're Thinking of Living in Sayreville . The New York Times . August 16, 1992 . April 27, 2020 .
  12. News: Cheslow. Jerry . As Manufacturing Fades, Commuters Fill the Gap . The New York Times . November 7, 2004 . 2 June 2015 . The oldest neighborhood is Tangletown, off Main Street, where narrow two- and three-bedroom colonials built for factory workers a century ago are tightly packed along narrow, crooked lanes. Nearly half of the borough's approximately 15,500 housing units were built from 1940 to 1969..
  13. News: Cappuzzo . Jill P.. Long on Space, Water and Industry . The New York Times . January 2, 2011 . 2 June 2015 .
  14. Web site: Sayreville Historical Society. 2 June 2015. 1947: The postwar housing boom begins as borough attorney Joseph Karcher actively promotes the benefits of Sayreville, proclaiming that “the people prosper where industry prospers.” With breakneck speed, the vast tracts of industrial land that separate Sayreville’s seven neighborhoods are sold to housing developers. As America quickly became a suburban nation, for the first time, Sayreville’s land itself became more valuable than the clay within...1950s: A great number of new housing “developments” are built throughout the sprawling borough as clay companies sell their land holdings, which had depreciated in value with the growing housing boom. Laurel Park, the largest of these developments, becomes home to over 500 families. Other new housing projects include Pershing Park, President Park, Deerfield Estates, Hope Homes, Parkway Homes, and Haven Village....1960s: More housing developments, such as Woodside, Sayre Woods, and Oak Tree East and West, raise Sayreville’s population to 32,508 by the end of the decade..
  15. Web site: Crossmans & Melrose Sayreville, NJ 08872, Neighborhood Profile - NeighborhoodScout. www.neighborhoodscout.com.
  16. Web site: Historic railroad to be preserved as Sayreville widens nearby intersection . Haydon . Tom . August 1, 2010 . 27 March 2020 . nj.com.
  17. Web site: A Timeline of Sayreville History . Sayreville Historical Society . 27 March 2020 . 25 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191225015516/https://www.sayrevillehistory.org/timeline . dead .
  18. Web site: Kaplan Companies opens final phase of La Mer in Sayreville. MY CENTRAL JERSEY.
  19. Web site: Sayreville street braces for Sandy buyouts . 30 June 2013 .
  20. Web site: FACT SHEET - South River, Raritan Basin, NJ .
  21. http://www.sayreville.com/documents/PRESENTATION%20FOR%20INTERNET.pdf.
  22. Book: Explosion at Morgan: The World War I Middlesex Munitions Disaster. https://web.archive.org/web/20160324045254/https://books.google.nl/books?id=p5B-yr-idg4C&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=Melrose,+south+amboy&source=bl&ots=FBgMDvHXV-&sig=fW9njsN63zmq7QG8rN4Ght207QI&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CCYQ6AEwATgUahUKEwjksfa2jI3GAhXGDNsKHZyLAG0#v=onepage&q=Melrose%2C%20south%20amboy&f=false . 2016-03-24 . 9781609495176. The History Press. 2012. Gabrielan. Randall. dead.
  23. Web site: There's No Easy Way Out for Sandy Survivors Looking to Move On with Their Lives. August 7, 2013. NJ Spotlight.
  24. http://sub.gmnews.com/news/2012-12-27/Front_Page/Legislators_survey_flood_damage_in_Sayreville.html
  25. Web site: Parlin Sayreville, NJ 08872, Neighborhood Profile - NeighborhoodScout. www.neighborhoodscout.com.
  26. Web site: History of the Raritan River Railroad. www.raritanriver-rr.com.
  27. Book: Society, Sayreville Historical. Sayreville. April 25, 2001. Arcadia Publishing. 9780738504902. Google Books.
  28. News: Competing Plans to Transform a Town. Antoinette. Martin. The New York Times. February 5, 2006.
  29. Web site: City Officials Approve $2.5 Billion Waterfront Development in Sayreville, New Jersey. Sebastian. Morris. January 4, 2020.
  30. Web site: Millennial marketplace In Sayreville, Luxury Point aspires to be mall of the next generation. Perry. Jessica. 2015-03-12. NJBIZ. en-US. 2020-04-27.
  31. Web site: $2.5 billion waterfront project will create town within a town in Sayreville. Susan. Loyer. MY CENTRAL JERSEY.
  32. News: A Project Reclaims an Abandoned Stretch of New Jersey Coast. The New York Times. 8 March 2016. Hurdle. Jon.
  33. Web site: $2.5B, 418-acre Sayreville development to be announced. 13 November 2017.
  34. Web site: Coming soon Sayreville's mall for millennials. Perry. Jessica. 2014-05-26. NJBIZ. en-US. 2020-04-27.
  35. Web site: Tangletown - Sayreville, New Jersey. Neighborhoods.com. en-us. 2020-04-27.
  36. Web site: Sayreville reaches settlement on security with apartment complex owner. Aliyah Shahid/For The. Star-Ledger. February 17, 2010. nj.

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