Scotch Plains, New Jersey | |
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 Malcom E. Nettingham Middle School, constructed in the 1920s as Scotch Plains High School, later becoming Park Middle School, was renamed to honor Nettingham, a Tuskegee Airman and an alumnus of the school. | |
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 Map of Scotch Plains Township in Union County. Inset: Location of Union County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
 Census Bureau map of Scotch Plains, New Jersey | |
  Scotch Plains Location in Union County  Scotch Plains Location in New Jersey  Scotch Plains Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 40°37′59″N 74°22′22″W / 40.633029°N 74.372899°W[1][2] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Union |
| Incorporated | March 6, 1878 (as Fanwood Township) |
| Renamed | March 29, 1917 (as Scotch Plains) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (council–manager) |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | Joshua Losardo (D, term ends December 31, 2024)[3][4] |
| • Manager | Alexander Mirabella[5] |
| • Municipal clerk | Bozena Lacina[6] |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.06 sq mi (23.46 km2) |
| • Land | 9.02 sq mi (23.36 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.09 km2) 0.40% |
| • Rank | 220th of 565 in state 4th of 21 in county[1] |
| Elevation | 141 ft (43 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 24,968 |
| 24,430 | |
| • Rank | 105th of 565 in state 7th of 21 in county[12] |
| • Density | 2,767.8/sq mi (1,068.7/km2) |
| • Rank | 232nd of 565 in state 19th of 21 in county[12] |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07076[13] |
| Area code | 908 |
| FIPS code | 3403966060[1][14][15] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882217[1][16] |
| Website | www |
Scotch Plains is a township in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is located on a ridge in northern-central New Jersey, within the Raritan Valley and Rahway Valley regions in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 24,968,[9][10] an increase of 1,458 (+6.2%) from the 2010 census count of 23,510,[17][18] which in turn reflected an increase of 778 (+3.4%) from the 22,732 counted in the 2000 census.[19]
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- ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Scotch Plains, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed December 17, 2011.
- ^ U.S. Census website, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
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