History
Established.........................................1675
Land Area................................318 sq miles
Land Use
Residential.........................................80.6
Industrial.........................................21.26
Commercial........................................13.5
Population......................................777,600
Number of Municipalities...........................25
Within 30 miles of NYC
Access to major highways:
New Jersey Turnpike, Interstate 287, U.S. Routes 1, 9, and 130, the Garden State Parkway, State Routes 18, 27, 34, 35, and 440.
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Business
Office Sq Feet.............................192,831
Major Employers:
- Bristol-Meyers Squibb
- Merrill Lynch & Co.
- Telcordia Technology
- Prudential Insurance Company
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- Johnson & Johnson
- J.F.K. Medical Center
- Silverline Building Products
- Raritan Bay Medical Center
- Saint Peter's University Hospital
- AT&T
- Pathmark
- Dow Jones & Co.
- Seimens AG
- United Parcels Service
- Amerada Hess Engelhard Corp.
- Aetna/ US Healthcare
- Figitsu
Banking and Financial:
- Chase
- Bank of America
- Wachovia
- Sovereign
- Commerce
- Columbia
- PNC
- Financial Resources Federal Credit Union
- Provident Bank
- Magyar Bank
- Independance Community Bank
- North Fork Bank
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Economy
- 2nd among U.S. metropolitan areas in 1997 for Median Household Effective Buying Income by Sales and Marketing Management Magazine;
- 1st in the state in total value added by manufacturing, value of shipments, new capital ventures;
- 2nd in retail sales, volume of wholesale sales, number of manufacturing employees and payroll, completed housing units;
- 1st in square feet of office space authorized by building permits;
- 4th in volume of receipts;
- 4th in number of manufacturing establishments, volume of receipts from manufacturing.
Source: Middlesex County Office of Economic Dev.
Health Care facilities (# of hospital beds)
- JFK Medical Center (Edison) 501
- Raritan Bay Medical Center (Old Bridge) 110
- Raritan Bay Medical Center (Perth Amboy) 395
- R.W. Johnson University Hospital (New Brunswick) 448
- St. Peter's University Hospital (New Brunswick) 420
Education
- Approximately 100,000 primary and secondary school students
- 5 County vocational-technical schools
- Over 70 parochial and private schools
Colleges
- Middlesex County College - Edison
- Princeton University - Forestal Campus (Plainsboro)
- Rutgers, The State University
(New Brunswick, Piscataway)
- University of Medicine and Dentistry (New Brunswick)
- DeVry University (North Brunswick)
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Weather
Average July high:.................................89.4 F
Average January low:.............................28.9 F
Average Annual Rainfall............................47 in.
Days per year
when some rain falls:..............................128
Services
Major International Airports
- Newark Liberty International Airport (20 miles from central Middlesex County)
- John F. Kennedy International Airport (50 miles from central Middlesex County)
- Philadelphia International Airport (65 miles from central Middlesex County)
Public Transit Lines
AMTRAK............................1(800).872.7275
NJ Transit
(bus and trail).....................1(800)872.2222
Suburban Transit
(bus).................................1(800)872.7245
Academy Lines
(bus).................................1(800)624.0316
Metropark Parking Facility Commuter Parking Lot with direct access to Amtrak and NJ Transit rail services.
Utilities
Elizabethtown Gas Company......................1(800)289.6400
Elizabethtown Water Company...................1(908)654.1234
Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L)..........1(800)662.3115
Middlesex Water Company.........................1(732)634.1500
Milltown Municipal Electric Co. ...................1(732)828.2100
Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G)..........1(732)826.7000
So. River Municipal Electric Co. ..................1(732)257.1200
Communications
Daily Newspapers:
- The Asbury Park Press
- The Home News Tribune
- The Star Ledger
- The Trenton Times
Radio Stations:
- WDVR 89.7 FM
- WHWH 1350 AM
- WKXQ 101.5 FM
- WNJO 94.5 FM
- WMGQ 98.3 FM
- WCTC 1450 AM
- WPRB 103.3 FM
- WPST 97.5 FM
Cable Television:
- Cable Television Network of New Jersey
- Cablevision of Raritan Valley
- Comcast Cablevision
