Plainsboro

Plainsboro Township is a township situated in southern , in the U.S. state of . Centrally located in the , the township is an outer-ring suburb of in the , even though it is slightly geographically closer to than to .
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  • Type: Town with 21,200 residents
  • Description: township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
  • Also known as: “Plainsboro Township”, “Plainsboro Township, New Jersey”, “Plainsboro Township, NJ”, and “Plainsborough”
  • Postal code: 08536
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Community Middle School and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

School building
The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District is a comprehensive high achieving regional school district in the U.S. state of , serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from and Plainsboro Township.

Research institute
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The is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory for plasma physics and nuclear fusion science. Its primary mission is research into and development of fusion as an energy source.

Railway station
Princeton Junction station is a railroad station in , a section of West Windsor Township, . The station services both New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor Line and Princeton Branch services along with the Northeast Regional and Keystone Service of Amtrak. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Plainsboro.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grovers Mill and Sherbrook Estates.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community located within in , in the U.S. state of . It is centered around the intersection of Clarksville Road and Cranbury Road, adjacent to the community's mill-pond.

Hamlet
West Windsor is a township in , in the U.S. state of . Located at the cross-roads between the to the southwest and the to the northeast, the township is considered to be an outer-ring suburb of in the , as defined by the United States Census Bureau.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within , , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 2,475.

Plainsboro

Latitude
40.33344° or 40° 20′ 0″ north
Longitude
-74.60043° or 74° 36′ 2″ west
Population
21,200
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
Open location code
87G789MX+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158860465
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5102728
Wiki­data ID
Q1932982
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Plainsboro” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “普莱恩斯伯勒”
  • Chinese: “普萊恩斯伯勒”
  • Chinese: “普萊恩斯堡市鎮”
  • Chinese: “普萊斯伯勒鎮區”
  • Chinese: “普萊斯波羅鎮區”
  • French: “Plainsboro Township”
  • German: “Plainsboro Township”
  • Haitian: “Plainsboro, New Jersey”
  • Haitian: “Plainsboro”
  • Hebrew: “פיינסבורו”
  • Hungarian: “Plainsboro”
  • Italian: “Plainsboro”
  • Japanese: “プレーンズボロ・タウンシップ”
  • Japanese: “プレーンズボロ郡区”
  • Japanese: “プレインズボロ・タウンシップ”
  • Japanese: “プレインズボロ郡区”
  • Kazakh: “Pléýnsborow Tawnşïp”
  • Kazakh: “Плэйнсбороу Тауншип”
  • Kazakh: “پلەينسبوروۋ تاۋنشىيپ”
  • Kirghiz: “Плэйнсбороу Тауншип”
  • Mazanderani: “پلینسبورو (نیوجرسی)”
  • Mazanderani: “پلینسبورو”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Plainsboro Township (New Jersey)”
  • Norwegian: “Plainsboro Township”
  • Persian: “پلینسبورو، نیوجرسی”
  • Persian: “پلینسبورو”
  • Polish: “Plainsboro Township”
  • Polish: “Plainsboro”
  • Russian: “Плейнсборо”
  • Slovenian: “Plainsboro Township”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Plainsboro (Nueva Jersey)”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Plainsboro”
  • Swahili: “Plainsboro Township, New Jersey”
  • Swahili: “Plainsboro Township”
  • Swedish: “Plainsboro Township”
  • Tamil: “பிளெய்ன்சுபோரோ நகரியம், நியூ செர்சி”
  • Tamil: “பிளெய்ன்சுபோரோ நகரியம்”
  • Turkish: “Plainsboro Township”
  • Ukrainian: “Плейнсборо Тауншип”
  • Welsh: “Plainsboro Township, New Jersey”
  • Welsh: “Plainsboro Township”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Plainsboro Center and Walker Gordon Farm.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Plainsboro Fire Department and Plainsboro community gardens.

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