Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Scotch Plains, New Jersey | |
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Malcom E. Nettingham Middle School, constructed in the 1920s as Scotch Plains High School, later becoming Park Middle School, was renamed to honor Nettingham, a Tuskegee Airman and an alumnus of the school. | |
Map of Scotch Plains Township in Union County. Inset: Location of Union County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Scotch Plains, New Jersey | |
Location in Union County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°37′59″N 74°22′22″W / 40.633029°N 74.372899°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Union |
| Incorporated | March 6, 1878 (as Fanwood Township) |
| Renamed | March 29, 1917 (as Scotch Plains) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (council–manager) |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | Joshua Losardo (D, term ends December 31, 2024) |
| • Manager | Alexander Mirabella |
| • Municipal clerk | Bozena Lacina |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.06 sq mi (23.46 km2) |
| • Land | 9.02 sq mi (23.36 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.09 km2) 0.40% |
| • Rank | 220th of 565 in state 4th of 21 in county |
| Elevation | 141 ft (43 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 24,968 |
• Estimate (2023) | 24,430 |
| • Rank | 105th of 565 in state 7th of 21 in county |
| • Density | 2,767.8/sq mi (1,068.7/km2) |
| • Rank | 232nd of 565 in state 19th of 21 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07076 |
| Area code | 908 |
| FIPS code | 3403966060 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882217 |
| Website | www |
Scotch Plains is a township in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is located on a ridge in northern-central New Jersey, within the Raritan Valley and Rahway Valley regions in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 24,968, an increase of 1,458 (+6.2%) from the 2010 census count of 23,510, which in turn reflected an increase of 778 (+3.4%) from the 22,732 counted in the 2000 census.