Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
| Woodbridge Township, New Jersey | |
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| Township | |
| Township of Woodbridge | |
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 Map of Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County. Inset: Location of Middlesex County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°33′39″N 74°17′33″W / 40.560751°N 74.292627°WCoordinates: 40°33′39″N 74°17′33″W / 40.560751°N 74.292627°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Middlesex |
| Settled | 1664 |
| Chartered | June 1, 1669 |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Named for | John W. Woodbridge |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | John McCormac (D, term ends December 31, 2019) |
| • Administrator | Robert M. Landolfi |
| • Clerk | John M. Mitch |
| Area | |
| • Total | 63.473 km2 (24.507 sq mi) |
| • Land | 60.122 km2 (23.213 sq mi) |
| • Water | 3.350 km2 (1.294 sq mi) 5.28% |
| Area rank | 112th of 566 in state 5th of 25 in county |
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 99,585 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 102,105 |
| • Rank | 6th of 566 in state 2nd of 25 in county |
| • Density | 1,656.4/km2 (4,290.0/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 138th of 566 in state 11th of 25 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07001 - Avenel 07064 - Port Reading 07067 - Colonia 07077 - Sewaren 07095 - Woodbridge 08830 - Iselin 08832 - Keasbey 08840- Menlo Park Terrace 08861 - Hopelawn 08863 - Fords |
| Area code | 732 |
| FIPS code | 34-82000 |
| GNIS ID | 882165 |
| Website | www |
Woodbridge Township is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a total population of 99,585, reflecting an increase of 2,382 (+2.5%) from the 97,203 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 4,117 (+4.4%) from the 93,086 counted in the 1990 Census. Woodbridge was the sixth-most-populous municipality in New Jersey in 2010, the same ranking it held a decade earlier.
According to Joshua Coffin, the early settlers included "Captain John Pike, the ancestor of General Zebulon Montgomery Pike, who was killed at the battle of Queenstown in 1813; Thomas Bloomfield, the ancestor of Joseph Bloomfield, some years governor of New Jersey, for whom the township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named; John Bishop, senior and junior; Jonathan Haynes; Henry Jaques; George March; Stephen Kent; Abraham Toppan, junior; Elisha Ilsley; Hugh March; John Bloomfield; Samuel Moore; Nathaniel Webster; John Ilsley; and others." Woodbridge was the site of the first gristmill in New Jersey. The mill was built by Jonathan Singletary Dunham (married to Mary Bloomfield, relative of Joseph Bloomfield).
The Township of Woodbridge is the oldest original township in New Jersey and was granted a royal charter on June 1, 1669, by King Charles II of England. It was reincorporated on October 31, 1693. Woodbridge Township was incorporated by the Township Act of 1798 of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as part of the initial group of 104 townships incorporated in the state under the Township Act. Portions of the township were taken to form Rahway (April 19, 1858), Raritan Township (March 17, 1870, now Edison Township) and Roosevelt (April 11, 1906, now Carteret). The township is named after Reverend John W. Woodbridge (1613–1691) of Newbury, Massachusetts, who settled in the future township in 1664.
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