East Brunswick Township

This article is about the township in New Jersey, for the suburb in Melbourne, Victoria see; Brunswick East, Victoria East Brunswick is a Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey on the southern shores of the Raritan River. According to the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 46,756. Route 18 runs through the eastern part of the township. The town lies on Exit 9 of the New Jersey Turnpike. It was incorporated as a township by a... more

This article is about the township in New Jersey, for the suburb in Melbourne, Victoria see; Brunswick East, Victoria East Brunswick is a Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey on the southern shores of the Raritan River. According to the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 46,756. Route 18 runs through the eastern part of the township. The town lies on Exit 9 of the New Jersey Turnpike. It was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 28, 1860, from portions of both Monroe Township and North Brunswick Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Washington town within the township (February 23, 1870; became independent as South River on February 28, 1898), Helmetta (March 20, 1888), Milltown (January 29, 1889) and Spotswood (April 15, 1908). Based on the results of the 2000 Census, New Jersey's center of population is located on Milltown Road in East Brunswick. The general area of central New Jersey was once occupied... less