North Brunswick, New Jersey
North Brunswick, New Jersey | |
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Rutgers Gardens in North Brunswick | |
Location of North Brunswick in Middlesex County highlighted in pink | |
Location in Middlesex County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°27′01″N 74°28′46″W / 40.450392°N 74.479416°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Middlesex |
| First mention | February 28, 1779 |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Named after | Braunschweig, Germany or King George II of Great Britain |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council-Administrator |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | Francis "Mac" Womack III (D, term ends December 31, 2027) |
| • Administrator | Justine Progebin |
| • Municipal clerk | Lisa Russo |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.31 sq mi (31.88 km2) |
| • Land | 12.03 sq mi (31.16 km2) |
| • Water | 0.28 sq mi (0.71 km2) 2.24% |
| • Rank | 187th of 565 in state 10th of 25 in county |
| Elevation | 121 ft (37 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 43,905 |
• Estimate (2023) | 44,108 |
| • Rank | 50th of 565 in state 11th of 25 in county |
| • Density | 3,649.0/sq mi (1,408.9/km2) |
| • Rank | 183rd of 565 in state 13th of 25 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08902 |
| Area code(s) | 732 and 908 |
| FIPS code | 3402352560 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882164 |
| Website | www |
North Brunswick is a township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is centrally located in the Raritan Valley region within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 43,905, an increase of 3,163 (+7.8%) from the 2010 census count of 40,742, which in turn reflected an increase of 3,455 (+12.3%) from the 36,287 counted in the 2000 census.
North Brunswick is located south of New Brunswick. It was named for its earlier-established neighbor, South Brunswick. Brunswick comes from New Brunswick, which was named after the German city of Braunschweig, formerly translated in English as Brunswick or for the British royal House of Brunswick. North and South Brunswick, in turn, became the namesakes for East Brunswick. Alternatively, the city gets its name from King George II of Great Britain, the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.