Back Scotch Plains CEB Scotch Plains, New Jersey Welsh Scotch Plains German Scotch Plains Spanish اسکاتچ پلینز، نیوجرسی Persian Scotch Plains French Scotch Plains, New Jersey HT Scotch Plains Italian Скотч Плэйнс (Нью-Джерси) Kazakh Скотч Плэйнс (Нү-Жерси) Kirghiz
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]
- ^ a b c d e 2019 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 1, 2020.
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
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- ^ Township Manager, Township of Scotch Plains. Accessed March 22, 2023.
- ^ Clerk, Township of Scotch Plains. Accessed March 22, 2023.
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DataBookwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Township of Scotch Plains, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 14, 2013.
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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.
- ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.
- ^ US Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.
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LWD2010was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.