Middlesex County
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include New Brunswick and Perth Amboy.
New Brunswick
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New Brunswick is a city in and the county seat of Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A regional commercial hub for Central New Jersey, the city is both a college town and a commuter town for residents commuting to New York City within the New York metropolitan area.
Perth Amboy
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Perth Amboy is a city in northeastern Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 55,436.
Edison
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Edison is a city in Middlesex, New Jersey. The city is named after Thomas Alva Edison who carried out most of his life's work, including the invention of the phonograph and the lightbulb, here.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Metuchen and Highland Park.
Metuchen
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Metuchen is a suburban borough in Middlesex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough is a commuter town of New York City, located in the heart of the Raritan Valley region within the New York Metropolitan area.
Highland Park
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The Borough of Highland Park is a charming residential community in Middlesex County, New Jersey. It lies between the county seat of New Brunswick and Edison Township and has an area of less than two square miles and a population of approximately 14,000 people.
Woodbridge
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Woodbridge Township is a township in northern Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is a regional hub of transportation and commerce for central New Jersey and a major bedroom suburb of New York City, within the New York metropolitan area.
East Brunswick
East Brunswick is a township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The suburban bedroom community is part of the New York metropolitan area and is located on the southern shore of the Raritan River, directly adjacent to New Brunswick and located roughly 29 miles away from New York City.
Piscataway
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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.
Old Bridge
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Old Bridge Township is a township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located in the Raritan Valley Region and within the New York Metro Area.
North Brunswick
North Brunswick is a township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is centrally located in the Raritan Valley region within the New York metropolitan area.
Middlesex County
- Type: County with 810,000 residents
- Description: county in New Jersey, United States
- Also known as: “Middlesex”, “Middlesex County, New Jersey”, and “Middlesex County, NJ”
- Neighbors: Mercer County, Monmouth County, Somerset County, and Union County
- Categories: county of New Jersey and locality
- Location: Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
40.428° or 40° 25′ 41″ northLongitude of center
-74.3963° or 74° 23′ 47″ westPopulation
810,000Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)OpenStreetMap ID
node 316973306OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Middlesex County” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Middlesex County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة ميدلسكس”
- Armenian: “Միդլսեքս շրջան”
- Asturian: “condáu de Middlesex”
- Azerbaijani: “Midlseks”
- Basque: “Middlesex konderria”
- Bavarian: “Middlesex County, New Jersey”
- Bavarian: “Middlesex County”
- Belarusian: “акруга Мідлсекс”
- Belarusian: “Мідлсекс (акруга)”
- Belarusian: “Мідлсекс”
- Belarusian: “Мідлсэкс”
- Bishnupriya: “মিডলসেক্স কাউন্টি, নিউ জার্সি”
- Bishnupriya: “মিডলসেক্স কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Мидълсекс”
- Catalan: “comtat de Middlesex”
- Cebuano: “Middlesex County”
- Chechen: “Мидлсекс (гуо, Нью-Джерси)”
- Chechen: “Мидлсекс”
- Chinese: “Middlesex Kūn”
- Chinese: “密德薩克斯縣”
- Chinese: “密德薩克斯郡”
- Chinese: “米德尔塞克斯县”
- Chinese: “米德爾塞克斯縣”
- Dutch: “Middlesex County”
- Esperanto: “kantono Middlesex”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Middlesex”
- Esperanto: “Middlesex County”
- Finnish: “Middlesexin piirikunta”
- French: “Comte de Middlesex”
- French: “comté de Middlesex”
- French: “Comté de Middlesex”
- Galician: “Condado de Middlesex”
- Georgian: “მიდლსექსის ოლქი”
- German: “Middlesex County”
- Gilaki: “میدلسکس ٚ شأرستان (نيۊجرسي)”
- Gilaki: “میدلسکس ٚ شأرستان”
- Greek: “κομητεία Μίντλσεξ”
- Hebrew: “מחוז מידלסקס”
- Hebrew: “מידלסקס קאונטי”
- Hungarian: “Middlesex megye”
- Irish: “Contae Middlesex”
- Italian: “contea di Middlesex”
- Italian: “Contea di Middlesex”
- Japanese: “ミドルセックス郡”
- Korean: “미들섹스군”
- Low German: “Middlesex County”
- Mazanderani: “میدلسکس شهرستان (نیوجرسی)”
- Mazanderani: “میدلسکس شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Middlesex Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Middlesex Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Middlesex County i New Jersey”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Middlesex County, New Jersey”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Middlesex County”
- Norwegian: “Middlesex County”
- Ossetian: “Мидлсекс (зылд, Нью-Джерси)”
- Ossetian: “Мидлсекс”
- Persian: “شهرستان میدلسکس، نیوجرسی”
- Persian: “شهرستان میدلسکس”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Middlesex”
- Polish: “Middlesex County”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Middlesex”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Middlesex, New Jersey”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Middlesex”
- Romanian: “Middlesex County, New Jersey”
- Russian: “Мидлсекс”
- Sardinian: “contea de Middlesex”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Middlesex County”
- Serbian: “Округ Мидлсекс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Middlesex County, New Jersey”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Middlesex County”
- Slovenian: “Middlesex County”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Middlesex”
- Spanish: “Condado de Middlesex (Nueva Jersey)”
- Spanish: “Condado de Middlesex”
- Swedish: “Middlesex County, New Jersey”
- Swedish: “Middlesex County”
- Tatar: “Мидлсекс (округ, Нью-Джерси)”
- Tatar: “Мидлсекс”
- Tumbuka: “Middlesex County”
- Turkish: “Middlesex County, N.J.”
- Turkish: “Middlesex County, New Jersey”
- Turkish: “Middlesex County, NJ”
- Turkish: “Middlesex County”
- Turkish: “Middlesex ilçesi, N.J.”
- Turkish: “Middlesex ilçesi, New Jersey”
- Turkish: “Middlesex ilçesi, NJ”
- Turkish: “Middlesex ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Міддлсекс”
- Urdu: “مڈلسیکس کاؤنٹی، نیو جرسی”
- Urdu: “مڈلسیکس کاؤنٹی”
- Venetian: “contea de Middlesex”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Middlesex, New Jersey”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Middlesex, Tân Jersey”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Middlesex”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Middlesex, New Jersey”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Middlesex”
- Welsh: “Middlesex County, New Jersey”
- Welsh: “Middlesex County”
- Western Armenian: “Միտլեքս”
- Western Panjabi: “مڈلسکس کاؤنٹی، نیو جرسی”
- Western Panjabi: “مڈلسکس کاؤنٹی”
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