Watchung
Watchung is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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: Scotch Plains
Places of Interest
Highlights include Washington Rock State Park and Cinemark Watchung and XD.
Washington Rock State Park
Park
Photo: Ekem, Public domain.
Washington Rock State Park is a 52-acre scenic state park on top of the first Watchung Mountain in Green Brook, New Jersey. The park is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. Washington Rock State Park is situated 2 miles southwest of Watchung.
Cinemark Watchung and XD
Movie theater
Photo: Curlyrnd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cinemark Watchung and XD is a movie theater, which is situated 2½ miles east of Watchung.
Plainfield station
Railway station
Photo: AEMoreira042281, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plainfield is a NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States. One of two train stations in Plainfield, this station serves the central part of the city. Plainfield station is situated 2 miles southeast of Watchung.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Free Acres and North Plainfield.
Free Acres
Suburb
Free Acres is an unincorporated community located along the border of Berkeley Heights in Union County and Watchung in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Free Acres is situated 1½ miles north of Watchung.
North Plainfield
Town
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North Plainfield is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located within the Raritan Valley region. 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. North Plainfield is situated 1½ miles southeast of Watchung.
Plainfield
Town
Photo: kenlund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Union County is part of the Gateway region of New Jersey that is covered by sprawling metropolitan areas of New York City. Plainfield is situated 2 miles southeast of Watchung.
Watchung
- Categories: borough of New Jersey and locality
- Location: Borough of Watchung, Somerset County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.63788° or 40° 38′ 16″ northLongitude
-74.45099° or 74° 27′ 4″ westPopulation
6,280Elevation
177 feet (54 metres)United Nations Location Code
US WA6Open location code
87G7JGQX+5JOpenStreetMap ID
node 158813129OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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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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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Washingtonville and Smalleytown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Watchung Arts Center and Watchung Library Branch.
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