Milltown, New Jersey
| Milltown, New Jersey | |
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| Borough | |
| Borough of Milltown | |
Downtown Milltown
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 Milltown highlighted in Middlesex County. Inset: Location of Middlesex County in New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Milltown, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°27′01″N 74°26′05″W / 40.450239°N 74.434786°WCoordinates: 40°27′01″N 74°26′05″W / 40.450239°N 74.434786°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Middlesex |
| Incorporated | January 29, 1889 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Eric A. Steeber (D, term ends December 31, 2019) |
| • Clerk | Gabriella Siboni |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.596 sq mi (4.134 km2) |
| • Land | 1.551 sq mi (4.018 km2) |
| • Water | 0.045 sq mi (0.116 km2) 2.80% |
| Area rank | 443rd of 566 in state 22nd of 25 in county |
| Elevation | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 6,893 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 7,049 |
| • Rank | 322nd of 566 in state 22nd of 25 in county |
| • Density | 4,443.0/sq mi (1,715.5/km2) |
| • Density rank | 133rd of 566 in state 10th of 25 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08850 |
| Area code(s) | 732 |
| FIPS code | 3402346620 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885303 |
| Website | www |
Milltown is a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 6,893, reflecting a decrease of 107 (-1.5%) from the 7,000 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 32 (+0.5%) from the 6,968 counted in the 1990 Census.
Milltown was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on January 29, 1889, from portions of North Brunswick Township, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier. The borough was reincorporated by resolution of the borough council on May 2, 1896. A portion of East Brunswick Township was annexed in 1902. Originally known as Bergen's Mill, named for Jacob I. Bergen who owned the grist mill, the name is believed to have become "Milltown" from residents "going to the mill in town".
As of the 2000 Census, the center of population for New Jersey was located in Milltown, at Milltown Road, just east of the New Jersey Turnpike (see map of location).
The groundbreaking anxiolytic and sedative drug Miltown (meprobamate), which became available to the public in the mid-1950s, was named for the borough.
Long before the arrival of the first Europeans, the Lenape had established settlements along the Lawrence Brook. The discovery of many artifacts in the area above today's municipal building (now a small county park) suggests the presence of a Native American settlement. In 1678, Thomas Lawrence, a New York baker, acquired a large area around the Lawrence Brook, which likely included today's Milltown. The Lawrence Brook was then called Piscopeek (and on later maps, Lawrence's Brook). The names and marks of several Native Americans (Quemareck, Quesiacs, Isarick, Metapis, Peckawan and Turantaca) appear on the bill of sale. In 1769, Fulcard Van Nordstrand advertised the sale of a large gristmill on the bank of Lawrence Brook. It would soon be called Lawrence Brook Mill. The 1903 classic western film The Great Train Robbery was shot in Milltown.
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