Rahway, New Jersey
| Rahway, New Jersey | |
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| City | |
| City of Rahway | |
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 Rahway highlighted in Union County. Inset; Location of Union County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Rahway, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°36′26″N 74°16′50″W / 40.607153°N 74.280531°WCoordinates: 40°36′26″N 74°16′50″W / 40.607153°N 74.280531°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Union |
| Incorporated | April 19, 1858 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) |
| • Body | City Council |
| • Mayor | Samson D. Steinman (D, term ends December 31, 2018) |
| • Business administrator | Cherron Rountree |
| • Clerk | Rayna E. Harris |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.028 sq mi (10.434 km2) |
| • Land | 3.897 sq mi (10.094 km2) |
| • Water | 0.131 sq mi (0.340 km2) 3.26% |
| Area rank | 297th of 566 in state 13th of 21 in county |
| Elevation | 23 ft (7 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 27,346 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 29,508 |
| • Rank | 84th of 566 in state 6th of 21 in county |
| • Density | 7,016.8/sq mi (2,709.2/km2) |
| • Density rank | 62nd of 566 in state 7th of 21 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern Standard Time (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07065 |
| Area code(s) | 732 |
| FIPS code | 3403961530 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885363 |
| Website | www |
Rahway /ˈrɔːweɪ/ is a city in southern Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the New York metropolitan area, being 21.6 miles (34.8 km) southwest of Manhattan and 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Staten Island. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 27,346, reflecting an increase of 846 (+3.2%) from the 26,500 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,175 (+4.6%) from the 25,325 counted in the 1990 Census.
Rahway is home to the Union County Performing Arts Center. It is in the process of building dedicated artists' housing so that actors, musicians, dancers, comedians, poets, filmmakers, and visual artists can live in safe affordable housing.
A number of contemporary art galleries sit in the Rahway Arts District as well as three professional rehearsal and recording studios.
Rahway and the surrounding area were once the home of the Lenni Lenape Native Americans, and tradition states that the city was named after Rahwack, a local tribal chief.
Formal European settlement began in 1664 with the purchase by the English from the Lenape of the Elizabethtown Tract, which encompassed lands from the mouth of the Raritan River and included all of present-day Union County as well as parts of Somerset, Middlesex, Morris and Essex counties. The Seventeenth Century Clark House is one of the oldest buildings in the state.
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