Delaware River Region
Gloucester County
Borough of Glassboro

Glassboro

Glassboro is a borough within , in the U.S. state of , within the . As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 23,149, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 4,570 from the 18,579 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn had reflected a decline of 489 from the 19,068 counted in the 2000 census.
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  • Type: Town with 19,400 residents
  • Description: borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States
  • Also known as: “Glass Town”, “Glassboro, New Jersey”, “Glassboro, NJ”, “Glassborough”, and “Glassworks”
  • Postal code: 08028

Places of Interest

Highlights include Glassboro High School and Broadway Theatre.

School
Photo: SCBY, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a comprehensive community high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Glassboro, in , in the U.S. state of .

Theater building
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is a theater building, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Glassboro.

Landfill
The Lipari Landill is an inactive landfill on a 6-acre former gravel pit in . It was used from 1958 to 1971 as a dump site for household and industrial wastes. is situated 2 miles northwest of Glassboro.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aura and Richwood.

Hamlet
Elk Township is a township in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 4,424, an increase of 208 from the 2010 census count of 4,216, which in turn reflected an increase of 702 from the 3,514 counted in the 2000 census. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Glassboro.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in , in the U.S. state of , that is split between Harrison Township and . is situated 3 miles northwest of Glassboro.

Hamlet
Monroe Township is a township in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 37,117, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 988 from the 36,129 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 7,162 from the 28,967 counted in the 2000 census. is situated 3 miles east of Glassboro.

Glassboro

Latitude
39.70277° or 39° 42′ 10″ north
Longitude
-75.11194° or 75° 6′ 43″ west
Population
19,400
Elevation
144 feet (44 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US GLR
Open location code
87F6PV3Q+46
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158348965
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4501931
Wiki­data ID
Q1083910
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Glassboro” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غلاسبورو”
  • Asturian: “Glassboro”
  • Basque: “Glassboro”
  • Belarusian: “Гласбара”
  • Catalan: “Glassboro”
  • Cebuano: “Glassboro”
  • Chechen: “Глассборо”
  • Chinese: “Glassboro”
  • Chinese: “葛拉斯堡罗”
  • Dagbani: “Glassboro”
  • Dutch: “Glassboro”
  • French: “Glassboro”
  • German: “Glassboro”
  • Gilaki: “گلس‌بؤرؤ (نيۊجرسي)”
  • Gilaki: “گلس‌بؤرؤ”
  • Haitian: “Glassboro, New Jersey”
  • Haitian: “Glassboro”
  • Hebrew: “גלסבורו”
  • Italian: “Glassboro”
  • Japanese: “グラスボロ (ニュージャージー州)”
  • Japanese: “グラスボロ”
  • Kazakh: “Glassboro”
  • Kazakh: “Глассборо”
  • Kazakh: “گلاسسبورو”
  • Kirghiz: “Глассборо”
  • Ladin: “Glassboro”
  • Mazanderani: “گلسبورو (نیوجرسی)”
  • Mazanderani: “گلسبورو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Glassboro”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Glassboro (New Jersey)”
  • Norwegian: “Glassboro”
  • Persian: “گلسبورو، نیوجرسی”
  • Persian: “گلسبورو”
  • Portuguese: “Glassboro”
  • Russian: “Глассборо”
  • Serbian: “Гласборо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Glassboro, New Jersey”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Glassboro”
  • Silesian: “Glassboro”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قلاسبورو، نیوجرسی”
  • Spanish: “Glassboro (Nueva Jersey)”
  • Spanish: “Glassboro”
  • Tatar: “Глассборо”
  • Turkish: “Glassboro, New Jersey”
  • Turkish: “Glassboro”
  • Ukrainian: “Глассборо”
  • Uzbek: “Glassboro, New Jersey”
  • Uzbek: “Glassboro”
  • Uzbek: “Глассборо”
  • Volapük: “Glassboro, New Jersey”
  • Volapük: “Glassboro”
  • Welsh: “Glassboro, New Jersey”
  • Welsh: “Glassboro”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include College of Communication & Creative Arts and Glassboro Municipal Building.

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