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Borough of Watchung

Watchung

Watchung is a borough in , in the U.S. state of , located approximately 29 miles west of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,449, an increase of 648 from the 2010 census count of 5,801, which in turn reflected an increase of 188 from the 5,613 counted in the 2000 census.
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  • Type: Town with 6,280 residents
  • Description: borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
  • Also known as: “Watchung, New Jersey” and “Watchung, NJ”
  • Postal code: 07069
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Washington Rock State Park and Cinemark Watchung and XD.

Park
Photo: Ekem, Public domain.
is a 52-acre scenic state park on top of the first in , . The park is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. is situated 2 miles southwest of Watchung.

Movie theater
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is a movie theater, which is situated 2½ miles east of Watchung.

Railway station
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Plainfield is a NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in , , , . One of two train stations in Plainfield, this station serves the central part of the city. is situated 2 miles southeast of Watchung.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Free Acres and North Plainfield.

Suburb
is an unincorporated community located along the border of in and Watchung in , in the U.S. state of . is situated 1½ miles north of Watchung.

Town
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is a borough in , in the U.S. state of . It is located within the . As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 22,808, an increase of 872 from the 2010 census count of 21,936, which in turn reflected an increase of 833 from the 21,103 counted in the 2000 census. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Watchung.

Town
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Union County is part of the Gateway region of that is covered by sprawling metropolitan areas of . is situated 2 miles southeast of Watchung.

Watchung

Latitude
40.63788° or 40° 38′ 16″ north
Longitude
-74.45099° or 74° 27′ 4″ west
Population
6,280
Elevation
177 feet (54 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US WA6
Open location code
87G7JGQX+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158813129
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5106129
Wiki­data ID
Q1082868
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Watchung” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “واتشونغ”
  • Asturian: “Watchung”
  • Basque: “Watchung”
  • Catalan: “Watchung”
  • Cebuano: “Watchung”
  • Chechen: “Вотчанг”
  • Chinese: “Watchung”
  • Chinese: “沃昌”
  • Chinese: “瓦彰鎮”
  • Chinese: “瓦欽”
  • Chinese: “華強”
  • Danish: “Watchung, New Jersey”
  • Danish: “Watchung”
  • Dutch: “Watchung, New Jersey”
  • Dutch: “Watchung”
  • Finnish: “Watchung”
  • French: “Watchung”
  • German: “Watchung”
  • Gilaki: “واچانگ (نيۊجرسي)”
  • Gilaki: “واچانگ”
  • Haitian: “Watchung, New Jersey”
  • Haitian: “Watchung”
  • Hebrew: “וואצ’נג”
  • Italian: “Watchung, New Jersey”
  • Italian: “Watchung”
  • Japanese: “ワーチャン”
  • Japanese: “ワーチャング”
  • Kazakh: “Vatçwng”
  • Kazakh: “Ватчунг”
  • Kazakh: “ۆاتتشۋنگ”
  • Kirghiz: “Ватчунг”
  • Ladin: “Watchung”
  • Mazanderani: “واتچونگ (نیوجرسی)”
  • Mazanderani: “واتچونگ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Watchung”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Watchung (New Jersey)”
  • Norwegian: “Watchung”
  • Persian: “واتچونگ، نیوجرسی”
  • Persian: “واتچونگ”
  • Portuguese: “Watchung”
  • Russian: “Ватчун”
  • Serbian: “Вочанг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Watchung, New Jersey”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Watchung”
  • South Azerbaijani: “واچونق، نیوجرسی”
  • Spanish: “Watchung (Nueva Jersey)”
  • Spanish: “Watchung”
  • Swedish: “Watchung”
  • Tajik: “Ватчун”
  • Tatar: “Вотчанг”
  • Turkish: “Watchung, New Jersey”
  • Turkish: “Watchung”
  • Ukrainian: “Вотчанг”
  • Uzbek: “Watchung, New Jersey”
  • Uzbek: “Watchung”
  • Uzbek: “Wатчунг”
  • Volapük: “Watchung, New Jersey”
  • Volapük: “Watchung”
  • Welsh: “Watchung, New Jersey”
  • Welsh: “Watchung”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Watchung Arts Center and Watchung Library Branch.

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