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Borough of Carteret

Carteret

Carteret is a borough in northeastern , in the U.S. state of . 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.
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  • Type: Town with 22,300 residents
  • Description: borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
  • Also known as: “Carteret, New Jersey”, “Carteret, NJ”, and “Roosevelt”
  • Postal code: 07008
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carteret High School and Island of Meadows.

School
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is a four-year comprehensive high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Carteret in , in the U.S. state of , as the lone secondary school of the .

Island
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The Isle of Meadows is a 87-acre uninhabited island in the borough of in the . It is located along the western side of Staten Island, where empties into the Arthur Kill.

School building
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The is a comprehensive community school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Carteret, in , in the U.S. state of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chrome and West Carteret.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community located within Carteret in , in the U.S. state of . The area first received the name in the mid-1900s decade due to the many steel plants in the neighborhood, including the Steel company.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community located within Carteret in , in the U.S. state of . Joseph Medwick Park is a greenway of parkland along the banks the .

Suburb
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,921. is situated 2 miles southwest of Carteret.

Carteret

Latitude
40.57733° or 40° 34′ 38″ north
Longitude
-74.2282° or 74° 13′ 42″ west
Population
22,300
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US CSF
Open location code
87G7HQGC+WP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158853099
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5096316
Wiki­data ID
Q661096
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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: “Carteret”
  • Chinese: “卡特莱特 (纽泽西州)”
  • Chinese: “卡特萊特”
  • Chinese: “卡特里特”
  • Chinese: “卡特雷特”
  • 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”
  • Serbian: “Картерет”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Carteret, New Jersey”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Carteret”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کارترت، نیوجرسی”
  • Spanish: “Carteret (Nueva Jersey)”
  • Spanish: “Carteret”
  • Swahili: “Carteret, New Jersey”
  • Swahili: “Carteret”
  • Tamil: “கார்டேரல், நியூ செர்சி”
  • Tamil: “கார்டேரல்”
  • Tatar: “Картерет”
  • Turkish: “Carteret, New Jersey”
  • Turkish: “Carteret”
  • Ukrainian: “Картерет”
  • Uzbek: “Carteret”
  • Volapük: “Carteret”
  • Welsh: “Carteret, New Jersey”
  • Welsh: “Carteret”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Carteret Park and Saint Elizabeth’s Roman Catholic Church.

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