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Woodbridge Township, New Jersey

Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
Township
Township of Woodbridge
Jonathan Singletary Dunham House
Map of Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County. Inset: Location of Middlesex County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Map of Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County. Inset: Location of Middlesex County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°33′39″N 74°17′33″W / 40.560751°N 74.292627°W / 40.560751; -74.292627Coordinates: 40°33′39″N 74°17′33″W / 40.560751°N 74.292627°W / 40.560751; -74.292627
Country  United States
State  New Jersey
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.twp.woodbridge.nj.us

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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