Raritan

Raritan is a borough in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,835, its highest decennial census count ever and an increase of 954 from the 2010 census count of 6,881, which in turn had reflected an increase of 543 from the 6,338 counted at the 2000 census.
  • Type: Village with 6,430 residents
  • Description: borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
  • Also known as: Raritan, New Jersey”, “Raritan, NJ”, and “Rariton
  • Postal code: 08869
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Daniel Robert House and Raritan station.

Town hall
The is a historic house located at 25 West End Avenue in the borough of in . The house was built in 1888 for Daniel Robert by the architectural firm Lambert & Bunnell based on Gothic Revival style houses designed by the architect Alexander Jackson Davis.

Railway station
Raritan is an NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Raritan, , , United States, north of the town center on Thompson Street.

Museum
The is a historic house built in 1751, moved about 1913 and now located at 65 Washington Place, in the borough of in , United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Somerville and Bridgewater.

is a borough in and the county seat of , in the U.S. state of . The borough is located in the heart of the within the New York Metropolitan Area, located about 33 miles from and 20 miles from .

is a township in with a population of 44,000. It has a long history, having been created in 1749 and incorporated in 1798, and according to tradition was where the first official U.S. flag was unfurled.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within , in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, had a population of 14,077.

Raritan

Latitude
40.5672° or 40° 34′ 2″ north
Longitude
-74.6347° or 74° 38′ 5″ west
Population
6,430
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US RAT
Open location code
87G7H988+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 105420665
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5103116
Wiki­data ID
Q1083371
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Raritan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: راريتان
  • Asturian: Raritan
  • Basque: Raritan
  • Catalan: Raritan
  • Cebuano: Raritan
  • Chechen: Раритан
  • Chinese: Raritan
  • Chinese: 拉瑞騰 (紐澤西州)
  • Chinese: 拉里坦
  • Dutch: Raritan
  • Esperanto: Raritan
  • French: Raritan
  • German: Raritan
  • Haitian: Raritan, New Jersey
  • Haitian: Raritan
  • Hebrew: ראריטאן
  • Hungarian: Raritan
  • Italian: Raritan
  • Kazakh: Rarïtan
  • Kazakh: Раритан
  • Kazakh: رارىيتان
  • Kirghiz: Раритан
  • Min Nan Chinese: Raritan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Raritan (New Jersey)
  • Norwegian: Raritan
  • Persian: رریتن، نیوجرسی
  • Persian: رریتن
  • Portuguese: Raritan
  • Serbian: Раритан
  • Serbo-Croatian: Raritan, New Jersey
  • Serbo-Croatian: Raritan
  • South Azerbaijani: رریتن، نیوجرسی
  • Spanish: Raritan (Nueva Jersey)
  • Spanish: Raritan
  • Swedish: Raritan
  • Tatar: Раритан
  • Ukrainian: Рарітан
  • Urdu: راریٹن، نیو جرسی
  • Uzbek: Raritan, New Jersey
  • Uzbek: Raritan
  • Uzbek: Раритан
  • Volapük: Raritan, New Jersey
  • Volapük: Raritan
  • Welsh: Raritan, New Jersey
  • Welsh: Raritan

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