Union Township, New Jersey | |
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Union Municipal Building and Library Downtown Union Union Municipal Building and Library | |
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 Location of Union Township in Union County highlighted in yellow (left). Inset map: Location of Union County in New Jersey highlighted in black (right). | |
 Census Bureau map of Union Township, Union County, New Jersey | |
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| Coordinates: 40°41′43″N 74°16′09″W / 40.695266°N 74.269078°W[1][2] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Union |
| Incorporated | November 23, 1808 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Manuel Figueiredo (D, term ends December 31, 2024)[3] |
| • Administrator | Donald J. Travisano[4] |
| • Municipal clerk | Eileen Birch[5] |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.08 sq mi (23.52 km2) |
| • Land | 9.05 sq mi (23.44 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) 0.35% |
| • Rank | 219th of 565 in state 3rd of 21 in county[1] |
| Elevation | 125 ft (38 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 59,728 |
| 60,676 | |
| • Rank | 28th of 565 in state 2nd of 21 in county[11] |
| • Density | 6,599.0/sq mi (2,547.9/km2) |
| • Rank | 76th of 565 in state 9th of 21 in county[11] |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Codes | |
| Area code | 908 |
| FIPS code | 3403974480[1][14][15] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882212[1][16] |
| Website | www |
Union Township is a township in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. In the 18th century, the area that is now Union was then called Connecticut Farms. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 59,728,[8][9] an increase of 3,086 (+5.4%) from the 2010 census count of 56,642,[17][18] which in turn reflected an increase of 2,237 (+4.1%) from the 54,405 counted in the 2000 census.[19]
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- ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Union, NJ Archived June 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, United States Postal Service. Accessed December 7, 2011.
- ^ "ZIP Code™ Lookup | USPS". Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ U.S. Census website Archived December 27, 1996, at the Wayback Machine , United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
- ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey Archived November 19, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.
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