Carteret
Carteret is a borough in northeastern Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population reached 25,326, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 2,482 from the 2010 census count of 22,844, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,135 from the 20,709 counted in the 2000 census.
- Type: Town with 22,300 residents
- Description: borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
- Also known as: “Carteret (Nueva Jersey)”, “Carteret, New Jersey”, “Carteret, NJ”, “Roosevelt”, and “卡特雷特”
- Postal code: 07008
- Neighbors: Linden, Staten Island, and Woodbridge
Places of Interest
Highlights: Carteret High School and Carteret Public Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chrome and West Carteret.
Port Reading
Suburb
Port Reading is an unincorporated community and… Port Reading is situated 2 miles southwest of Carteret.
Carteret
- Categories: borough of New Jersey and locality
- Location: Borough of Carteret, Middlesex County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.57733° or 40° 34′ 38″ north
Longitude
-74.2282° or 74° 13′ 42″ west
Population
22,300
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US CSF
Open location code
87G7HQGC+WP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Carteret” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كارتيريت”
- Asturian: “Carteret”
- Basque: “Carteret”
- Catalan: “Carteret”
- Cebuano: “Carteret”
- Chechen: “Картерет”
- Chinese: “卡特莱特 (纽泽西州)”
- Chinese: “卡特萊特”
- Chinese: “卡特里特”
- Dutch: “Carteret”
- French: “Carteret”
- German: “Carteret”
- Gilaki: “کارترت (نيۊجرسي)”
- Gilaki: “کارترت”
- Haitian: “Carteret, New Jersey”
- Haitian: “Carteret”
- Italian: “Carteret”
- Japanese: “カートレット”
- Kazakh: “Картерэт”
- Kirghiz: “Картерэт”
- Ladin: “Carteret”
- Mazanderani: “کارترت (نیوجرسی)”
- Mazanderani: “کارترت”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Carteret”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Carteret”
- Norwegian: “Carteret”
- Persian: “کارترت، نیوجرسی”
- Persian: “کارترت”
- Polish: “Carteret”
- Portuguese: “Carteret”
- Russian: “Картерет”
- Serbian: “Картерет”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Carteret, New Jersey”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Carteret”
- South Azerbaijani: “کارترت، نیوجرسی”
- Spanish: “Carteret”
- Swahili: “Carteret, New Jersey”
- Swahili: “Carteret”
- Tamil: “கார்டேரல், நியூ செர்சி”
- Tamil: “கார்டேரல்”
- Tatar: “Картерет”
- Turkish: “Carteret, New Jersey”
- Turkish: “Carteret”
- Ukrainian: “Картерет”
- Urdu: “کارٹریٹ، نیو جرسی”
- Uzbek: “Carteret”
- Volapük: “Carteret”
- Welsh: “Carteret, New Jersey”
- Welsh: “Carteret”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Port Reading and Rossville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Carteret Park and Saint Elizabeth’s Roman Catholic Church.
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Worth a closer look: New Brunswick and Perth Amboy.
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