Possumtown
Piscataway is a township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a suburb of the New York metropolitan area, in the Raritan Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Also known as: “Possumtown, New Jersey”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Andrew Memorial Church and Bound Brook station.
St. Andrew Memorial Church
Church
St. Andrew Memorial Church is a Ukrainian Orthodox cathedral in South Bound Brook, New Jersey. It is the mother church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and was built as a memorial to victims of the Holodomor, the Stalin‑era famine of 1932–33, and to all Ukrainians who died fighting for liberty and national independence. St. Andrew Memorial Church is situated 1½ miles west of Possumtown.
Bound Brook station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bound Brook is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Bound Brook, New Jersey. The station building on the north side of the tracks is now a restaurant; the other station building on the south side is a waiting room. Bound Brook station is situated 2 miles west of Possumtown.
Saint Andrew Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Saint Andrew Cemetery is situated 2 miles southwest of Possumtown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fieldville and Middlesex.
Fieldville
Hamlet
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fieldville is a historical unincorporated community located within Piscataway Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The location is sometimes described as being on River Road south of Bound Brook.
Middlesex
Town
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Middlesex County is squarely in the center of New Jersey, about midway between New York City and Philadelphia. Population is approximately 750,000. Area is about 318 sq. miles covering 25 cities and towns.
Piscataway
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Piscataway is a large suburban town in Middlesex County. Piscataway is a large and diverse suburb of New York City at the heart of the Raritan Valley region.
Possumtown
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Middlesex County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.55455° or 40° 33′ 16″ northLongitude
-74.49154° or 74° 29′ 30″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
87G7HG35+R9OpenStreetMap ID
node 158804777OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Possumtown” goes by many names.
- French: “Possumtown”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Possumtown Park and Foley Machinery heliport.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Possumtown”. Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY 4.0.