Plainsboro Center
Plainsboro Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plainsboro Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 2,760, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 48 from the 2,712 recorded at the 2010 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 2,710 residents
- Description: unincorporated community and census-designated place in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
- Also known as: “Plainsboro Center, New Jersey”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Community Middle School and Princeton Junction Railway Station.
Community Middle School
School building
The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District is a comprehensive high achieving regional public school district in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from West Windsor Township and Plainsboro Township.
Princeton Junction Railway Station
Railway station
Princeton Junction station is a railroad station in Princeton Junction, a section of West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. 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. Princeton Junction Railway Station is situated 2 miles southwest of Plainsboro Center.
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Research institute
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plainsboro and Grovers Mill.
Plainsboro
Town
Plainsboro Township is a township situated in southern Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Centrally located in the Raritan Valley region, the township is an outer-ring suburb of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, even though it is slightly geographically closer to Center City, Philadelphia than to Midtown Manhattan.
Grovers Mill
Hamlet
Photo: ZeWrestler, Public domain.
Grovers Mill is an unincorporated community located within West Windsor in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is centered around the intersection of Clarksville Road and Cranbury Road, adjacent to the community's mill-pond.
Sherbrook Estates
Hamlet
West Windsor is a township in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located at the cross-roads between the Delaware Valley region to the southwest and the Raritan Valley region to the northeast, the township is considered to be an outer-ring suburb of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau. Sherbrook Estates is situated 1½ miles southwest of Plainsboro Center.
Plainsboro Center
- Categories: town, census-designated place in the United States, and locality
- Location: Plainsboro Township, Middlesex County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.33177° or 40° 19′ 54″ northLongitude
-74.5946° or 74° 35′ 41″ westPopulation
2,710Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)United Nations Location Code
US XKMOpen location code
87G78CJ4+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 158854078OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Plainsboro Center” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلاينسبورو سنتر”
- Asturian: “Plainsboro Center”
- Catalan: “Plainsboro Center”
- Cebuano: “Plainsboro Center”
- Chinese: “Plainsboro Center”
- Chinese: “普萊恩斯伯勒森特”
- Dutch: “Plainsboro Center”
- French: “Plainsboro Center”
- German: “Plainsboro Center”
- Gilaki: “پلینزبؤرؤ سنتر (نيۊجرسي)”
- Gilaki: “پلینزبؤرؤ سنتر”
- Hausa: “Plainsboro Center, New Jersey”
- Hausa: “Plainsboro Center”
- Italian: “Plainsboro Center”
- Kazakh: “Pléýnsboro Senter”
- Kazakh: “Плэйнсборо Сентер”
- Kazakh: “پلەينسبورو سەنتەر”
- Kirghiz: “Плэйнсборо Сентер”
- Ladin: “Plainsboro Center”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Plainsboro Center”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Plainsboro Center”
- Persian: “پلینسبرو سنتر”
- Polish: “Plainsboro Center”
- Portuguese: “Plainsboro Center”
- Serbian: “Плејнсборо Сентер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Plainsboro Center, New Jersey”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Plainsboro Center”
- South Azerbaijani: “پلینسبرو سنتر، نیوجرسی”
- Spanish: “Plainsboro Center”
- Tatar: “Плейнсборо-Сентер”
- Ukrainian: “Плейнсборо-Сентер”
- Uzbek: “Plainsboro Center, New Jersey”
- Uzbek: “Plainsboro Center”
- Uzbek: “Плаинсборо Cентер”
- Volapük: “Plainsboro Center, New Jersey”
- Volapük: “Plainsboro Center”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Walker Gordon Farm and West Windsor.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include First Presbyterian Church and Plainsboro Park.
Middlesex County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Edison, and Metuchen.
Curious Places to Discover
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