Scotch Plains, New Jersey
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Scotch Plains is a township in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is located on a ridge in northern-central New Jersey, within the Raritan Valley and Rahway Valley regions in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 24,968,[9][10] an increase of 1,458 (+6.2%) from the 2010 census count of 23,510,[17][18] which in turn reflected an increase of 778 (+3.4%) from the 22,732 counted in the 2000 census.[19]
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Scotch Plains, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40.633029°N 74.372899°W / 40.633029; -74.372899[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Union |
Incorporated | March 6, 1878 (as Fanwood Township) |
Renamed | March 29, 1917 (as Scotch Plains) |
Government | |
• Type | Faulkner Act (council–manager) |
• Body | Township Council |
• Mayor | Joshua Losardo (D, term ends December 31, 2024)[4][5] |
• Manager | Alexander Mirabella[6] |
• Municipal clerk | Bozena Lacina[7] |
Area | |
• Total | 9.06 sq mi (23.46 km2) |
• Land | 9.02 sq mi (23.36 km2) |
• Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.09 km2) 0.40% |
• Rank | 220th of 565 in state 4th of 21 in county[1] |
Elevation | 141 ft (43 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 24,968 |
• Estimate | 24,496 |
• Rank | 105th of 565 in state 7th of 21 in county[12] |
• Density | 2,767.8/sq mi (1,068.7/km2) |
• Rank | 232nd of 565 in state 19th of 21 in county[12] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | 07076[13] |
Area code | 908 |
FIPS code | 3403966060[1][14][15] |
GNIS feature ID | 0882217[1][16] |
Website | www |
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