Metuchen

Metuchen is a suburban borough in in the U.S. state of . The borough is a commuter town of , located in the heart of the within the New York Metropolitan area.
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  • Type: Town with 13,200 residents
  • Description: borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
  • Also known as: Matochshoning”, “Matouchin”, “Metuchen, New Jersey”, and “Metuchen, NJ
  • Postal code: 08840
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral and JFK Medical Center.

Church
is a Catholic cathedral located in Metuchen, New Jersey, . It is the seat of the Diocese of Metuchen.

Hospital
John F. Kennedy University Medical Center, an affiliate of Hackensack Meridian Health, is a 499-bed full-service, acute care hospital, and the home of the JFK Johnson Rehabilitative Institute.

Railway station
is an active commuter railroad train station in the borough of Metuchen, Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States. Trains at are serviced by New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor Line between or and New York Penn Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Menlo Park and Fords.

Neighborhood
is an unincorporated community within in , in the U.S. state of . In 1876, Thomas Edison set up his home and research laboratory in , at the time an unsuccessful real estate development named after the town of .

Suburb
is a census-designated place in , , in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 12,941. is situated 2½ miles east of Metuchen.

Hamlet
is a township in in central New Jersey. The township was originally founded as the settlement of Piscatawaytown, a small neighborhood that still exists within it, and incorporated as Raritan Township on March 17, 1870.

Metuchen

Latitude
40.5432° or 40° 32′ 35″ north
Longitude
-74.3632° or 74° 21′ 48″ west
Population
13,200
Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US MEU
Open location code
87G7GJVP+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158811925
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5101125
Wiki­data ID
Q1021527
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Metuchen” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Metuchen, New Jersey
  • Afrikaans: Metuchen
  • Arabic: ميتوتشين
  • Asturian: Metuchen
  • Azerbaijani: Metaçen
  • Basque: Metuchen
  • Catalan: Metuchen
  • Cebuano: Metuchen
  • Chechen: Метачен
  • Chinese: Metuchen
  • Chinese: 梅塔城
  • Chinese: 梅塔欽
  • Chinese: 梅塔钦
  • Chinese: 墨图根
  • Danish: Metuchen
  • Dutch: Metuchen
  • French: Metuchen
  • German: Metuchen
  • Gilaki: متوشن (نيۊجرسي)
  • Gilaki: متوشن
  • Greek: Μέτατσεν
  • Greek: Μίτατσεν
  • Haitian: Metuchen, New Jersey
  • Haitian: Metuchen
  • Hebrew: מטוצ’ן
  • Hungarian: Metuchen
  • Irish: Metuchen
  • Italian: Metuchen
  • Japanese: メタチェン
  • Kazakh: Metaçén
  • Kazakh: Метачэн
  • Kazakh: مەتاتشەن
  • Kirghiz: Метачэн
  • Ladin: Metuchen
  • Mazanderani: متوچن (نیوجرسی)
  • Mazanderani: متوچن
  • Min Nan Chinese: Metuchen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Metuchen (New Jersey)
  • Norwegian: Metuchen
  • Persian: متوچن، نیوجرسی
  • Persian: متوچن
  • Polish: Metuchen
  • Portuguese: Metuchen
  • Russian: Метачен
  • Serbian: Митачен
  • Serbo-Croatian: Metuchen, New Jersey
  • Serbo-Croatian: Metuchen
  • Slovenian: Metuchen
  • South Azerbaijani: متوچن، نیوجرسی
  • Spanish: Metuchen (Nueva Jersey)
  • Spanish: Metuchen
  • Swahili: Metuchen, New Jersey
  • Swahili: Metuchen
  • Swedish: Metuchen
  • Tamil: மெடுசென், நியூ செர்சி
  • Tamil: மெடுசென்
  • Tatar: Метачен
  • Turkish: Metuchen, New Jersey
  • Turkish: Metuchen
  • Ukrainian: Метачен
  • Uzbek: Metuchen
  • Volapük: Metuchen, New Jersey
  • Volapük: Metuchen
  • Welsh: Metuchen, New Jersey
  • Welsh: Metuchen

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