Edison, New Jersey
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}}Template:Main other Edison is a township located in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Situated in Central New Jersey within the core of the state's Raritan Valley region, Edison is a commercial hub (home to Menlo Park Mall and Little India) and is a bedroom community of New York City within the New York metropolitan area.<ref>Lynn, Kathleen. "Living In Edison, N.J.: A Diverse Suburb in a Convenient Location" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, July 13, 2022. Accessed July 17, 2022.</ref>
As of the 2020 United States census, the township was the state's sixth-most-populous municipality,<ref name=Largest2020>Table1. New Jersey Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships: 2020 and 2010 Censuses Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> with a population of 107,588,<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> an increase of 7,621 (+7.6%) from the 2010 census count of 99,967,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010/> which in turn reflected an increase of 2,280 (+2.3%) from the 97,687 counted in the 2000 census.<ref>Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref>
What is now Edison Township was originally incorporated as Raritan Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1870, from portions of both Piscataway and Woodbridge Township. The township got its original name from the Raritan indigenous people. Portions of the township were taken to form Metuchen on March 20, 1900, and Highland Park on March 15, 1905. The name was officially changed to Edison Township on November 10, 1954, in honor of inventor Thomas Edison, who had his main laboratory in the Menlo Park section of the township.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968 Template:Webarchive, Bureau of Geology and Topography, Trenton, New Jersey, 1969. p. 170 re Edison Township, p. 173 re Raritan Township.</ref>
HistoryEdit
Early historyEdit
The earliest residents of the area were the Raritan people of the Lenape Native Americans, who lived in the area and travelled through it to the shore. In 1646, Chief Matouchin led a group of 1,200 warriors.<ref>History of Metuchen Template:Webarchive, Federal Writers' Project of the Works Project Administration, 1941. Accessed December 3, 2019. "The local natives were doubtless a group of the Raritans who belonged to the Unami tribe. Philhower, an expert on New Jersey's Indians, describes them as 'a quickwitted, modest, fine looking people, black-haired and of a dark copper color' who spoke the Lenape dialect. In 1646 the tribe consisted of 1200 warriors and twenty chiefs, among whom tradition has it was Matouchin, chief of the Indians in this section."</ref>
Edison Township, which was formed from sections of Piscataway and Woodbridge townships, was settled (by Europeans) in the 17th century. The earliest village was Piscatawaytown, which is centered around St. James Church and the Piscatawaytown Common, near the intersection of Plainfield and Woodbridge Avenues in South Edison.<ref>Staff. "Artifacts found during search of Edison's Piscatawaytown" Template:Webarchive, Edison Sentinel, October 12, 2011. Accessed September 17, 2017. "Three artifacts discovered in the township's oldest neighborhood are believed to date back to the Colonial era. ... Piscatawatown and the Commons were founded in 1666 as the original settlement of Piscataway. The Commons is still public land and is one of the few remaining commons areas in the state. The location was part of Piscataway Township until 1870, when it became part of Raritan Township. In 1954, the area became part of Edison."</ref> The Laing House of Plainfield Plantation (listed on the National Register in 1988), the Benjamin Shotwell House (listed 1987) and the Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge (liste 1995), are buildings from the colonial era included in National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County.<ref>New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places in Middlesex County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Historic Preservation Office, updated September 18, 2019. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref>
The community was previously known as "Raritan Township", not to be confused with the current-day Raritan Township in Hunterdon County.<ref name=Story/>
The Edison eraEdit
In 1876, Thomas Edison set up his home and research laboratory in New Jersey on the site of an unsuccessful real estate development in Raritan Township called "Menlo Park", (currently located in Edison State Park). While there he earned the nickname "the Wizard of Menlo Park". Before his death at age 83 in 1931, the prolific inventor amassed a record 1,093 patents for creations including the phonograph, a stock ticker, the motion-picture camera, the incandescent light bulb, a mechanical vote counter, the alkaline storage battery including one for an electric car, and the first commercial electric light.<ref name=Walsh>Walsh, Bryan. "The Electrifying Edison", Time, July 5, 2010. Accessed March 16, 2015.</ref>
The Menlo Park lab was significant in that was one of the first laboratories to pursue practical, commercial applications of research.<ref>Gordon, John Steele. "10 Moments That Made American Business" Template:Webarchive, American Heritage, February/March 2007. Accessed December 3, 2019. "But even more important than the inventions themselves was the process. Laboratories in the past had mostly pursued pure research, with little or no regard for the practical applications that might flow from that research. Menlo Park was all about practical application, turning ideas into products that would have commercial potential."</ref> It was in his Menlo Park laboratory that Thomas Edison came up with the phonograph and a commercially viable incandescent light bulb filament. Christie Street was the first street in the world to use electric lights for illumination.<ref>An Edison Historical Timeline Template:Webarchive, Township of Edison. Accessed September 17, 2017.</ref> Edison subsequently left Menlo Park and moved his home and laboratory to West Orange in 1886.<ref>Thomas Edison and Menlo Park Template:Webarchive, The Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park. Accessed September 17, 2017. "In 1886, Edison started building a new facility in West Orange, New Jersey. In 1887, his laboratory moved out of Menlo Park and into the new, much larger laboratory in West Orange."</ref>
20th centuryEdit
Near Piscatawaytown village, a portion of the township was informally known as "Nixon", after Lewis Nixon, a manufacturer and community leader. Soon after the outbreak of World War I, Nixon established a massive volatile chemicals processing facility there, known as the Nixon Nitration Works. It was the site of the 1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster, a massive explosion and resulting fire that killed 20 people and destroyed several square miles of the township.<ref>Staff. "Fertilizer Plant Blows Up; Theory Is That TNT, Accidentally Left in Shells, Caused Blast" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, March 2, 1924. Accessed November 4, 2018. "At least twenty persons were killed yesterday in an explosion of a two-story tile and brick fertilizer building of Ammonite Company at Nixon, N.J., six miles northeast of New Brunswick. A dozen others were unaccounted for last night and were listed as missing."</ref>
In 1954, the township's name was changed to honor inventor Thomas A. Edison.<ref name=Story/><ref name="britannica.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Also on the ballot in 1954 was a failed proposal to change the community's name to Nixon.<ref>Staff. "Edison May Be the Name Of Raritan After Vote" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, September 5, 1954. Accessed November 4, 2018. Raritan Township, N. J., Sept. 4 – This community may change its name on election day to Edison, N. J., to honor the man who perfected the incandescent lamp here seventy-five years ago. ... The other petition, with 2,856 names, asks that the name be changed to Nixon, N. J., after the late Lewis Nixon, a local manufacturer and civic leader."</ref>
In 1959, the Menlo Park Mall, a two-level super regional shopping mall, opened on U.S. Route 1.
21st centuryEdit
Edison has been one of the fastest-growing municipalities in New Jersey. As of the 2000 United States Census, it was the fifth most-populated municipality in the state, after the cities of Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, and Elizabeth.<ref name=Census2010XLS>The Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships in 2010 in New Jersey: 2000 and 2010, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed December 21, 2016.</ref>
Edison is primarily a middle-class community with more than 75 ethnic communities represented. Edison has a large Jewish community next to Highland Park, with multiple synagogues located in Edison. Edison also has a growing Indian community and a number of temples serving the religious needs of the community. Reflecting the number of Edison's residents from India and China, the township has sister city arrangements with Shijiazhuang, China,<ref name=ACCCI>"Position Paper on Sister State and Sister City Relations Between Australia and China" Template:Webarchive, Australia-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New South Wales, dated November 14, 2001. Accessed August 30, 2015.</ref> and Baroda, India.
Edison was ranked the 28th most-livable small city in the United States by CNN Money magazine, and second in New Jersey in 2006 in Money magazine's "Best Places To Live".<ref name="tws23oct01">100 Best Places to Live 2006: #28 – Edison, Money / Cable News Network, October 22, 2009, backed up by the Internet Archive as of August 2, 2010. Accessed March 16, 2015.</ref> In 2008, two years later, Money ranked the township 35th out of the top 100 places to live in the United States.<ref>"Best Places to Live 2008: New Jersey", Money / Cable News Network, December 5, 2009, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 3, 2012. Accessed March 16, 2015.</ref> In the 2006 survey of America's Safest Cities, the township was ranked 23rd, out of 371 cities included nationwide, in the 13th annual Morgan Quitno survey.<ref>13th Annual Safest (and Most Dangerous) Cities: Top and Bottom 25 Cities Overall: Top and Bottom 26 Cities Overall, Morgan Quitno, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 5, 2008. Accessed April 4, 2016.</ref> In 2009, Edison was ranked as one of "America's 10 Best Places to Grow Up" by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings focused on low crime, strong schools, green spaces, and abundance of recreational activities.<ref>Mullins, Luke. "America's 10 Best Places to Grow Up: Low crime, strong schools, green spaces, and fun activities are key ingredients for a happy childhood" Template:Webarchive, U.S. News & World Report, August 19, 2009. Accessed April 4, 2016.</ref> In 2014, parenting.com ranked Edison as the top safest city in America.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
GeographyEdit
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 30.69 square miles (79.49 km2), including 30.06 square miles (77.86 km2) of land and 0.63 square miles (1.63 km2) of water (2.05%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1>US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.</ref>
Edison is on the east side of Raritan Valley (a line of communities in central New Jersey), along with Plainfield, and completely surrounds the borough of Metuchen, making it part of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another.<ref>DeMarco, Megan. "Voters to decide whether to merge two Princetons into one" Template:Webarchive, The Star-Ledger, November 3, 2011. Accessed January 8, 2017. "There are 22 sets of 'doughnut towns' in New Jersey, those where one town wraps around the other town". Note that following voter approval of the Princeton merger, 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" remain.</ref> The township borders the municipalities of East Brunswick, Highland Park, New Brunswick, Piscataway, Sayreville, South Plainfield and Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County; Clark, Plainfield and Scotch Plains in Union County.<ref>Areas touching Edison Template:Webarchive, MapIt. Accessed July 12, 2016.</ref><ref>Municipalities Template:Webarchive, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Accessed December 1, 2019.</ref><ref>New Jersey Municipal Boundaries Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>
Edison has numerous sections and neighborhoods.<ref name="NJDOTMidsex">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Bonhamtown, Briarwood East, Camp Kilmer, Centerville,Template:Citation needed Clara Barton, Eggert MillsTemplate:Citation needed, Greensand, Haven Homes, Lahiere, Lincoln Park, Lindenau, Martins Landing, Menlo Park, Millville, New Dover, New Durham, Nixon, North Edison, Oak Tree, Phoenix, Potters, Pumptown, Raritan Arsenal, Raritan Manor, Sand Hills, Silver Lake,Template:Citation needed Stelton, Stephenville, Valentine, and Washington Park.<ref name="NJDOTMidsex"/>
Edison is about halfway between Midtown Manhattan, and New Jersey's capitol, Trenton, being about 27 miles from each.
While the Township's topography is mostly flat, there are some hillier areas, especially along the Perth Amboy Moraine, which forms an arc across the township, left by the southern limit of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. The highest point is on Grandview Avenue, which reaches a maximum elevation of about 220 feet. The lowest elevation in the township is on sea level on the Raritan River.
The Robinsons Branch of the Rahway River flows through Edison en route to the Robinson's Branch Reservoir.<ref>Our Mission Template:Webarchive, Rahway River Watershed Association. Accessed December 15, 2022. "The Robinson's Branch begins in Scotch Plains and flows east through Westfield and Clark. The South Branch begins in Edison and flows north through Woodbridge before joining the main stem in Rahway."</ref>
ClimateEdit
Extreme temperatures in Edison have ranged from Template:Convert, recorded in February 1934, to Template:Convert, recorded in July 1936 and August 1949. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Edison has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa), with abundant rainfall throughout the year, although the late summer months tend to have more rain. Summers tend to be hot and humid with much rain and winters tend to be cool to cold, with snow being an annual occurrence, falling multiple times every winter.
DemographicsEdit
Asian communityEdit
Edison hosts one of the region's main centers of Asian American cultural diversity.<ref>Siddiqui, Habib. "Letter from America: Stopping Terrorism in the West" Template:Webarchive, Asian Tribune, August 7, 2011. Accessed March 22, 2012. "Truly, the western governments should have an open and honest debate about why immigration is important for their very survival in this age. It may be a great idea that when their leaders visit New York for attending the UN sessions that they should opt for taking a ride in a taxicab, driven by a naturalized citizen of the USA, to places like Queens in New York City and Edison in New Jersey to get a flavor of what multiculturalism truly means."</ref><ref>Staff. "School News: Middlesex County College", Home News Tribune, March 5, 2010. Accessed March 22, 2012. "The curator of the exhibit, Kathryn Myers, professor of art at the University of Connecticut, said the college's location in Edison made it an ideal choice for the program. 'Since Edison is home to a significant South Asian population, it is an appropriate site for this exhibition where an abundance of creative endeavors reflects the rich diversity of this community,' she said."</ref><ref>Andrew Jacobs. "The Census -- A Region of Enclaves: Edison, N.J.; Amid Strip Malls, Indian Expansion" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, June 18, 2001. Accessed March 22, 2012. "Although Indians have settled in every part of the state, they have had a remarkable impact on Edison, a 32-square-mile township. The Asian population of Edison, most of it Indian, has grown to 29,000 from 2,200 in 1980. The adjacent hamlet of Iselin, part of Woodbridge Township, has had an even greater increase in its Asian population."</ref> The township was 50.0% ethnically Asian by population as of the 2020 Census.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Indian communityEdit
Oak Tree Road is a South Asian-focused commercial strip in Middlesex County, the U.S. county with the highest concentration of Asian Indians.<ref>Genovese, Peter. "Big business in Little India: Commerce flourishes in vibrant ethnic neighborhood" Template:Webarchive, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 16, 2012, updated March 30, 2019. Accessed December 3, 2019.</ref><ref>Shah, Riddhi. "Eat Street: Oak Tree Road, Iselin, N.J.; The Garden State boasts the country's most delicious South Asian strip" Template:Webarchive, Saveur, March 31, 2011. Accessed December 3, 2019.</ref><ref>Berger, Joseph. "A Place Where Indians, Now New Jerseyans, Thrive" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, August 22, 2016. Accessed December 3, 2019.</ref> The Oak Tree Road strip runs for about one-and-a-half miles through Edison and neighboring Iselin in Woodbridge Township, near the area's sprawling Chinatown and Koreatown, running along New Jersey Route 27.<ref>Shaftel, David. "Indo-Chinese Food Is Hard to Find, Except in New Jersey" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, March 9, 2017. Accessed December 3, 2019.</ref> It is the largest and most diverse South Asian cultural hub in the United States.<ref>King, Kate. Template:"'Little India' Thrives in Central New Jersey; Oak Tree Road, once rundown and desolate, is a booming ethnic business district that attracts South Asian customers" Template:Webarchive, The Wall Street Journal, September 25, 2017. Accessed December 3, 2019.</ref><ref>Burke, Monte. "How Indo-Americans Created The Ultimate Neighborhood Bank" Template:Webarchive, Forbes, June 25, 2012. Accessed December 3, 2019. "The Indo-American community in Edison, N.J. builds wealth the old-fashioned way, financing each other's businesses."</ref> In Middlesex County, election ballots are printed in English, Spanish, Gujarati, Hindi, and Punjabi.<ref>Vote By Mail Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections. Accessed December 3, 2019.</ref> As part of the 2020 Census, 34.9% of Edison residents identified themselves as being Indian American, an increase from 28.3% in 2010.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Census2010>DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Edison township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 25, 2011.</ref> In the 2000 Census, 17.75% of Edison residents identified themselves as being Indian American, the highest percentage of Indian-American people of any municipality in the United States with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.<ref>Asian Indian Communities Template:Webarchive, EPodunk. Accessed October 5, 2011.</ref>
Chinese communityEdit
Edison also has a significant Chinese population. The town contains several Chinese-language schools and cultural associations. The area near the borders with Highland Park and the Livingston Campus at Rutgers University in Piscataway, has a number of Chinese food establishments, including Kam Man Food, 99 Ranch Market, and various dim sum, dumpling, dessert, and tea shops as well as the pan-Asian Korean-founded supermarket, H Mart.<ref>Yang, Mary. "'Like milk': How one magazine became a mainstay of New Jersey's Chinese community" Template:Webarchive, All Things Considered, June 1, 2023. Accessed August 28, 2023.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Other Chinese operations in Edison include Sino Monthly magazine and Chinese News Weekly.
The township's Lunar New Year parade typically travels northbound from Division Street to festivities in Papaianni Park by the lake and township municipal building.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Jewish communityEdit
Edison is also home to a large Jewish community, especially Orthodox. The world's largest gathering of rabbis outside of Israel occurred at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center on December 1, 2024.<ref>Gallotto, Tony. "Edison Expo Hall Hosts 'World’s Largest' Confab of Rabbis, Jewish Leaders", TAPinto Edison, December 1, 2024. Accessed December 9, 2024.</ref>
Historical populationEdit
2020 censusEdit
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| White alone (NH) | 67,919 | 54,461 | 39,577 | 28,304 | 76.59% | 55.75% | 39.59% | 26.31% | ||||
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 4,784 | 6,458 | 6,631 | 7,764 | 5.39% | 6.61% | 6.56% | 7.22% | ||||
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 95 | 85 | 186 | 219 | 0.11% | 0.09% | 0.19% | 0.20% | ||||
| Asian alone (NH) | 11,983 | 28,541 | 43,092 | 57,687 | 13.51% | 29.22% | 43.11% | 53.62% | ||||
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | N/A | 31 | 31 | 27 | N/A | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | ||||
| Other race alone (NH) | 60 | 263 | 202 | 629 | 0.07% | 0.27% | 0.20% | 0.58% | ||||
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | N/A | 1,622 | 2,136 | 2,187 | N/A | 1.66% | 2.14% | 2.03% | ||||
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3,839 | 6,226 | 8,112 | 10,771 | 4.33% | 6.37% | 8.11% | 10.01% | ||||
| Total | 88,680 | 97,687 | 99,967 | 107,588 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
2010 censusEdit
The 2010 United States census counted 99,967 people, 34,972 households, and 26,509 families in the township. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 36,302 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup was 44.10% (44,084) White, 7.05% (7,046) Black or African American, 0.23% (229) Native American, 43.19% (43,177) Asian, 0.04% (36) Pacific Islander, 2.72% (2,718) from other races, and 2.68% (2,677) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 8.11% (8,112) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>
Of the 34,972 households, 36.4% had children under the age of 18; 62.3% were married couples living together; 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present and 24.2% were non-families. Of all households, 20.4% were made up of individuals and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.26.<ref name=Census2010/>
22.7% of the population was under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 95.8 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 93.8 males.<ref name=Census2010/>
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $86,725 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,000) and the median family income was $100,008 (+/− $2,624). Males had a median income of $66,898 (+/− $4,094) versus $50,953 (+/− $1,462) for females. The per capita income for the township was $36,464 (+/− $1,184). About 3.5% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref>DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Edison township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 25, 2012.</ref>
2000 censusEdit
As of the 2000 United States census<ref name="GR2" /> there were 97,687 people, 35,136 households, and 25,881 families residing in the township. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 36,018 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the township was 59.49% White, 29.27% Asian, 6.89% African American, 0.14% Native American, .04% Pacific Islander, 2.02% from other races, and 2.15% from two or more races. 6.37% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref name=Census2000>Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Edison township, Middlesex County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 25, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 – Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Edison township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 14, 2012.</ref>
There were 35,136 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 61.1% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.19.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
In the township 22.9% of the population was under the age of 18, 7.8% was from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.0 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
The median household income in the township is $69,746, and the median income for a family was $77,976. Males had a median income of $53,303 versus $36,829 for females. The per capita income for the township was $30,148. About 3.3% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.3% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
EconomyEdit
ManufacturingEdit
A number of production facilities in and around the area, included Edison Assembly, Ford Motor Company's production plant for Rangers, Mustangs, Pintos, Mercurys, and Lincolns. Other notable companies included Frigidaire's air-conditioner plant in Edison, Siemens in Edison.
Starting in the 2000s, manufacturing began to leave Central Jersey, and many facilities closed and moved overseas.<ref>Attrino, Anthony G. "Edison's ExxonMobil to close Middlesex County plant in 2014" Template:Webarchive, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 5, 2012. Accessed April 4, 2016.</ref><ref>Fisher, Janon; and Hanley, Robert. "With Last 50 Pickups, Ford Ends 56 Years of Work in Edison" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, February 27, 2014. Accessed April 4, 2016.</ref><ref>Siwolp, Sana. "Edison Hopes to Transform Old Factory Sites, Smartly" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, January 26, 2005. Accessed April 4, 2016. "Like a number of other suburban towns in the New York area during the boom years after World War II, Edison, N.J., was a magnet for manufacturers looking for vast tracts of land that usually could not be found in older industrial areas like Elizabeth and Rahway. Fifty years later, however, many of the large manufacturing companies that flocked to Edison have left."</ref> The Ford plant was demolished by 2008 and was replaced by Sam's Club, Topgolf and Starbucks.<ref>Chang, Kathy. "Edison Towne Square becoming a booming recreational hub" Template:Webarchive, Edison / Metuchen Sentinel News, March 12, 2019. Accessed December 3, 2019. "With two recreational projects moving forward and the proposed new community center location, the vicinity in and around the Edison Towne Square is becoming a booming recreational hub. ... More than a decade ago, a $1.2 million lifestyle center was envisioned for the 98-acre site. The center is on the former Ford Motor Company site on Route 1. ... Since 2000, when a 152,000-square-foot Sam's Club membership warehouse and gas station opened, businesses have been coming to the site, including Topgolf, which is an entertainment and event venue with point-scoring golf games, Starbucks and Zinburger Wine and Burger Bar."</ref>
Corporate presenceEdit
Majesco Entertainment, a video game company, has its corporate headquarters in Edison.<ref>Majesco Entertainment Template:Webarchive. J.M. Huber Corporation one of the largest family-owned businesses in the United States is based in Edison. Accessed January 8, 2016.</ref> Other companies have warehouse operations within Edison. These companies include the Italian food producer and importer Colavita, an Amazon fulfillment center, as well as the regional hubs for FedEx, UPS, and Newegg. In addition Edison is home to the state's largest private convention center, the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center, located within the Raritan Center Business Park.<ref name=NJExpo>Who We Are Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center. Accessed March 22, 2012.</ref> Raritan Center itself is the largest industrial park on the east side of the Mississippi River. The United States headquarters of the international company Zylog Systems is located in Edison,<ref>About Us Template:Webarchive, Zylog Systems Limited. Accessed September 17, 2017. "Headquartered in Edison, NJ and Chennai, India with over 1000 employees and 10 offices that span across the globe – from North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Singapore to Malaysia, and with state-of-the-art Offshore Development Centers (ODCs)& Research Development Center in India, ZSL is certified for ISO 9001:2015 standards and assessed for higher CMMI Levels."</ref> as is the headquarters of the e-commerce companies Boxed and Bare Necessities.<ref>King, Hope. "The $2.5 billion high school" Template:Webarchive, CNNMoney, August 31, 2015. Accessed April 4, 2016.</ref>
SportsEdit
Plainfield Country Club is a private country club that has hosted the 1987 U.S. Women's Open and The Barclays golf tournament, the first PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff event, in both 2011 and 2015.<ref>Rothman, Evan. "Playoff Payoff; The Barclays professional golf tournament returns to New Jersey's 95-year-old Plainfield Country Club" Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Monthly, July 11, 2011. Accessed August 26, 2015. "From August 23 through 28, the 95-year-old club in Edison will host the 125 best players from the 2011 PGA Tour at the Barclays, the first leg in the four-tournament playoff for the FedExCup, worth a cool $10 million to the winner. For Plainfield Country Club, it's the first important professional championship since the 1987 U.S. Women's Open."</ref>
Parks and recreationEdit
Oak Tree Pond is the site of the Battle of Short Hills, a minor battle of the American Revolutionary War and whose conversion into a park ended a real estate development controversy.<ref>New Jersey: Development of Revolutionary War Battlefield, Edison Template:Webarchive, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, August 9, 2004. Accessed March 22, 2012.</ref>
Roosevelt Park, located between Parsonage Road and Route 1, west of the Mall, covers Template:Convert, including the Template:Convert Roosevelt Park Lake. The park was established in 1917, making it the oldest county park in Middlesex County.<ref>Roosevelt Park Template:Webarchive, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Accessed July 14, 2022. "Roosevelt Park is the oldest park in the Middlesex County Park System, dating back to 1917. Set in the midst of a highly developed area, Roosevelt Park is our answer to New York City's Central Park. Here park visitors can enjoy 196 acres of majestic trees complemented by a picturesque eight acre lake just perfect for fishing."</ref>
Edison State Park and Dismal Swamp are also located in the township.
GovernmentEdit
Local governmentEdit
Edison Township operates within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the Mayor-Council form of government, which was implemented as of January 1, 1958, based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission.<ref>"The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law" Template:Webarchive, New Jersey State League of Municipalities, July 2007. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref> The township is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide governed under this form.<ref>Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey Template:Webarchive, Rutgers University Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> Edison's governing body is comprised of the mayor and the seven-member Township Council. Members of the council are elected at-large in partisan elections held as part of the November general election to four-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three or four seats coming up for election in odd-numbered years, with the mayoral seat up for vote at the same time that three seats are expiring.<ref name=DataBook>2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 84.</ref><ref>"Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey" Template:Webarchive, p. 10. Rutgers University Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>Edison Municipal Council Template:Webarchive, Township of Edison. Accessed December 14, 2022. "The Edison Township Council is the legislative branch of this local government. It is comprised of seven members. All of the members are elected to at-large seats with four year terms. The terms are staggered. Three council seats are up of election in a given year and then the remaining four seats are up for election two years later."</ref>
Template:As of, the Mayor of Edison is Democrat Samip "Sam" Joshi, whose term of office ends December 31, 2025.<ref name=Mayor>Mayor Sam Joshi Template:Webarchive, Township of Edison. Accessed May 27, 2024.</ref> Members of the Township Council are Council President Nishith Patel (D, 2025), Council Vice President Margot Harris (D, 2025), Richard Brescher (D, 2027), Joseph Coyle (D, 2027), Ajay Patil (D, 2027) and John Poyner (D, 2025) and Asaf Shmuel (D, 2027).<ref>Council Members Template:Webarchive, Township of Edison. Accessed May 27, 2024.</ref><ref>2024 Municipal Data Sheet, Township of Edison. Accessed May 27, 2024.</ref><ref name=Middlesex2023>November 7, 2023 General Election Official Results, Middlesex County, New Jersey, December 7, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Middlesex2021>General Election November 2, 2021 Official Results Template:Webarchive, Middlesex County, New Jersey, updated November 19, 2021. Accessed April 13, 2022.</ref>
The first (and to-date, only) female mayor of Edison was Antonia "Toni" Ricigliano, whose term of office ended on December 31, 2013.<ref>Mayor Antonia Ricigliano Township of Edison, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 7, 2013. Accessed September 17, 2017. "Currently serving as the first woman Mayor of Edison Township since being sworn into office January 1, 2010."</ref><ref>Melisurgo, Len. "Local leaders in New Jersey getting ready to take oath" Template:Webarchive, The Star-Ledger, January 1, 2010. Accessed October 9, 2013. "In Edison, the first female mayor in the township's history -- Antonia 'Toni' Ricigliano -- is scheduled to take the oath of office today, ending the four-year reign of the township's first Asian-American mayor, Jun Choi."</ref>
Election 2017Edit
Former Edison Democratic Chair and Detective Keith Hahn ran for mayor as a Republican<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> against incumbent Mayor Thomas Lankey. Lankey was re-elected with 12,032 votes to Hahn's 8,574 votes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Election 2016Edit
In June 2016, the Township Council selected Joseph Coyle from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2019 that had been held by Robert Karabinchak, until he stepped down from office to take a vacant seat in the New Jersey General Assembly.<ref>Kent, Spencer. "Edison Township Council appoints Dem to fill vacancy" Template:Webarchive, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 24, 2016. Accessed July 12, 2016. "The Edison Township Council has appointed Joseph A. Coyle, a Democrat, to fill the seat left vacant by Robert Karabinchak after Karabinchak was appointed to the state Assembly in late May, according to a statement from the township."</ref> Coyle served on an interim basis until the November 2016 general election, when voters elected him to fill the balance of the term of office.<ref name=Middlesex2016>November 8, 2016 General Election Results Template:Webarchive, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Accessed January 30, 2017.</ref>
Election 2005Edit
Running on a good government platform and a call to reform the Democratic Party, Jun Choi won the June 2005 primary by a 56–44% margin, defeating longtime incumbent Mayor George A. Spadoro, the first time in Edison history that a challenger won the Democratic primary.<ref>Barca, Jerry. "Edison Dems endorse Choi Primary victor gains support", Home News Tribune, June 9, 2005. Accessed March 22, 2012.</ref> An article in The American Prospect details aspects that Choi brought together in his 2005 mayoral campaign, including 1. attracting new voters into the process, 2. a good government message, 3. anti-Wal-Mart or economic justice theme and 4. an effective Internet-based progressive mobilization.<ref>Green, Adam; and Stoller, Matt. {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}, The American Prospect, January 9, 2006, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 13, 2008. Accessed March 22, 2012.</ref> In the general election, Jun Choi declared victory, leading in unofficial results with a vote of 12,126 to 11,935; a recount effort was unsuccessful. On January 1, 2006, at age 34, Choi was sworn in by Governor Jon Corzine as the youngest mayor in Edison history.<ref>Barca, Jerry. "Choi sworn in as mayor" Template:Webarchive, Home News Tribune, January 2, 2006. Accessed September 7, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "In order to gain the mayor's seat, Choi, a first-time candidate for office, defeated incumbent Mayor George Spadoro in a crushing upset to win the Democratic primary. In the general election, Choi beat an- other party stalwart, William Stephens, a former council president who ran as an independent."</ref>
Recent politics in Edison have concerned plans for zoning the township to facilitate the creation of "walkable" communities that will attract businesses, while still maintaining open spaces and parks and easy access to commuter transit. This strategy is meant to encourage "Smart Growth".<ref>Edison Smart Growth Planning Summit, Township of Edison, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 17, 2007.</ref>
Politics in Edison since the 2005 mayoral election have been polarized by an attempt by retail giant Walmart to open a store in central Edison near the junction of Interstate 287 and New Jersey Route 27. Even though Jun Choi stated in his mayoral campaign that he would stop Walmart from being built, Walmart filed suit and won, and Choi was there to cut the yellow ribbon when the store was opened.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Law enforcementEdit
The town is served by the full-time Edison Division of Police, led by Chief Thomas Bryan and employing 168 officers as of 2012, assisted by the Edison Auxiliary Police.<ref>Division of Police Template:Webarchive, Township of Edison. Accessed September 17, 2017.</ref> The department is striving to overcome a history of widespread officer misconduct.<ref>Mueller, Mark. "Betraying the badge: Edison police produce astonishing record of misconduct" Template:Webarchive, The Star-Ledger, December 10, 2012. Accessed December 15, 2015.</ref><ref>Cohen, Noah. "4 Edison cops plead guilty in retaliation plot over DUI" Template:Webarchive, The Star-Ledger, September 16, 2016. Accessed September 17, 2016.</ref><ref>Mueller, Mark. "Edison Police Department's ugly infighting expected to spill out in court this week" Template:Webarchive, The Star-Ledger, February 23, 2015. Accessed December 15, 2015.</ref><ref>Kent, Spencer. "Retired Edison officer admits to stealing $38K from town" Template:Webarchive, The Star-Ledger, August 2, 2016. Accessed August 3, 2016.</ref><ref>Napoliello, Alex. "Edison cop, ex-officer charged with plot to burn down superior's house" Template:Webarchive, The Star-Ledger, November 7, 2016. Accessed November 7, 2016.</ref><ref>Russell, Suzann. "Edison cop in sex scandal to return to work Monday" Template:Webarchive, Courier News, March 9, 2016. Accessed December 3, 2019. "An Edison police officer who has been suspended with pay for more than two years in connection with allegedly pressuring a woman for sex and lying to internal affairs, is slated to return to work Monday, in compliance with a judge's court order."</ref>
Federal, state, and county representationEdit
Edison is located in the 6th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2012>Plan Components Report Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 18th state legislative district.<ref name=Districts2011>Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref><ref name=LWV2019>2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government Template:Webarchive, New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed October 30, 2019.</ref><ref>Districts by Number for 2011-2020 Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>
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PoliticsEdit
As of March 2011, there were a total of 53,352 registered voters in Edison Township, of which 25,163 (47.2%) were registered as Democrats, 6,242 (11.7%) were registered as Republicans and 21,929 (41.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 18 voters registered to other parties.<ref>Voter Registration Summary – Middlesex Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref>
| Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties | |
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| style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2024<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|43.5% 17,554 | style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|53.2% 21,475 | 3.3% 1,316 |
| style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2020<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|37.4% 15,986 | style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|61.6% 26,335 | 1.0% 239 |
| style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2016<ref name="2016Elections">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|36.2% 13,483 | style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|61.0% 22,707 | 2.8% 1,031 |
| style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2012<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|36.3% 12,769 | style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|62.8% 22,104 | 1.0% 339 |
| style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2008<ref name="Presidential Election 2008">2008 Presidential General Election Results: Middlesex County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref> | style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|39.3% 14,986 | style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|58.8% 22,409 | 1.1% 418 | |
| style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2004<ref name="Presidential Election 2004">2004 Presidential Election: Middlesex County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref> | style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|43.1% 15,615 | style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|55.2% 20,000 | 0.6% 311 |
In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 62.8% of the vote (22,104 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 36.3% (12,769 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (339 votes), among the 35,546 ballots cast by the township's 54,857 registered voters (334 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 64.8%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 58.8% of the vote (22,409 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 39.3% (14,986 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (418 votes), among the 38,129 ballots cast by the township's 55,305 registered voters, for a turnout of 68.9%.<ref name="Presidential Election 2008"/> In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 55.2% of the vote (20,000 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush with 43.1% (15,615 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (311 votes), among the 36,205 ballots cast by the township's 52,308 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 69.2.<ref name="Presidential Election 2004"/> 2004 and 2024 were the only presidential elections where the Republican candidate got over 40.0% of the vote in the township, while Democrats obtained under 60.0%. In the 2024 presidential election, Republican candidate Donald Trump earned the most votes, 17,554 votes, as well as the highest percentage of all votes cast, 43.5%, that the party had ever earned in Edison since at least the 2004 presidential election. Third-party candidates also earned the most votes, with 1,316 votes, and highest percentage of all votes cast, 3.3%, in 2024 since at least the same year.
| Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties | |
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| style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2021<ref name="2021Elections">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|39.7% 9,684 | style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|59.3% 14,484 | 1.0% 253 |
| style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2017<ref name="2017Elections">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|39.4% 8,382 | style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|58.5% 12,453 | 2.1% 451 |
| style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|2013<ref name="2013Elections">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|58.6% 12,502 | style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|39.3% 8,373 | 2.1% 443 |
| style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|2009<ref name="2009Elections">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|47.3% 11,230 | style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|45.2% 10,727 | 7.5% 1,792 |
| style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2005<ref name="2005Elections">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|39.8% 10,166 | style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|57.3% 14,636 | 2.9% 1,002 |
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 58.6% of the vote (12,502 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 39.3% (8,373 votes), and other candidates with 2.1% (443 votes), among the 21,877 ballots cast by the township's 55,392 registered voters (559 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 39.5%.<ref name=2013Elections/><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 46.6% of the vote (11,230 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 44.5% (10,727 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 6.4% (1,549 votes) and other candidates with 1.0% (243 votes), among the 24,097 ballots cast by the township's 53,358 registered voters, yielding a 45.2% turnout.<ref>2009 Governor: Middlesex County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref>
EducationEdit
Public schoolsEdit
The Edison Township Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.<ref>Edison Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Edison School District. Composition: The Edison School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Edison."</ref> The district's two high schools separate the south and north ends of Edison. In the Edison High School zone to the south, there are six K–5 elementary schools and two 6-8 middle schools, while in the J.P. Stevens High School zone to the north there are five K–5 elementary schools and two 6-8 middle schools. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of 19 schools, had an enrollment of 16,268 students and 1,215.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1.<ref name=NCES>District information for Edison Township School District Template:Webarchive, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021-22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics<ref>School Data for the Edison Township Public Schools Template:Webarchive, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are Edison Early Learning Center<ref>Edison Early Learning Center Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (53 students; grades PreK-K), Franklin D. Roosevelt Preschool<ref>Franklin D. Roosevelt Preschool Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (124; PreK-K), Benjamin Franklin Elementary School<ref>Benjamin Franklin Elementary School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (602; K-5), Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School<ref>Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (618; K-5), Lincoln Elementary School<ref>Lincoln Elementary School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (900; K-5), Lindeneau Elementary School<ref>Lindeneau Elementary School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (444; K-5), James Madison Primary School<ref>James Madison Primary School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (455; K-2, who then move on to James Madison Intermediate) James Madison Intermediate School<ref>James Madison Intermediate School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (521; 3–5), John Marshall Elementary School<ref>John Marshall Elementary School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (736; K-5), Menlo Park Elementary School<ref>Menlo Park Elementary School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (796; K-5), James Monroe Elementary School<ref>James Monroe Elementary School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (521; K-5), Washington Elementary School<ref>Washington Elementary School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (589; K-5), Woodbrook Elementary School<ref>Woodbrook Elementary School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (902; K-5), John Adams Middle School<ref>John Adams Middle School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (980; 6–8, from James Madison Intermediate and MLK Jr.), Herbert Hoover Middle School<ref>Herbert Hoover Middle School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (911; 6–8, from Franklin, Lincoln, Monroe, and some Lindeneau), Thomas Jefferson Middle School<ref>Thomas Jefferson Middle School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (868; 6–8, from Lindeneau, Marshall and Washington), Woodrow Wilson Middle School<ref>Woodrow Wilson Middle School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (1,163; from Menlo Park and Woodbrook), Edison High School<ref>Edison High School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (2,243; 9–12, from Hoover and Jefferson) and J.P. Stevens High School<ref>J.P. Stevens High School Template:Webarchive, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (2,643; 9–12, from Adams and Wilson).<ref>School Performance Reports for the Edison Township School District{ New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2024.</ref><ref>New Jersey School Directory for the Edison Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>
J.P. Stevens was the 80th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 65th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed, while Edison High School was ranked 174 in 2012 and 169 in 2010.<ref>Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed November 20, 2012.</ref> According to U.S. News & World Report in 2016, J.P. Stevens ranked 41st within New Jersey and 905th nationally, while Edison H.S. ranked 59th and 2,015th.<ref>Staff. "Best High Schools: John P. Stevens High School" Template:Webarchive, U.S. News & World Report, 2016. Accessed November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Staff. "Best High Schools: Edison High School" Template:Webarchive, U.S. News & World Report, 2016. Accessed November 11, 2016.</ref>
The community is also served by the Greater Brunswick Charter School, a K–8 charter school serving students from Edison, Highland Park, Milltown and New Brunswick.<ref>About Us Template:Webarchive, Greater Brunswick Charter School. Accessed December 15, 2019. "The Greater Brunswick Regional Charter School is defined by the broad themes of child-directed learning in the vein of constructivism, Howard Gardner's 'unschooled mind,' and Montessori instruction; multi-age groupings of students; a unique degree of parental and community involvement; and a region of residence serving the entire and contiguous school districts of New Brunswick, Edison, Highland Park, and Milltown."</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 399 students and 32.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1.<ref>District information for Greater Brunswick Charter School Template:Webarchive, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>
Eighth grade students from all of Middlesex County are eligible to apply to attend the high school programs offered by the Middlesex County Magnet Schools, a county-wide vocational school district that offers full-time career and technical education at its schools in East Brunswick, Edison, Perth Amboy, Piscataway and Woodbridge Township, with no tuition charged to students for attendance.<ref>Heyboer, Kelly. "How to get your kid a seat in one of N.J.'s hardest-to-get-into high schools", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 23, 2019. Accessed February 8, 2025. "Middlesex County has two stand-alone career academies for high-achieving students: the Academy for Science, Math and Engineering Technology, located on the campus of Middlesex County College in Edison, and the Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences in Woodbridge. How to apply: Students must attend a mandatory information session and submit an application by November of their 8th grade year."</ref><ref>About Our Schools, Middlesex County Magnet Schools. Accessed February 8, 2025. "These high schools are free public schools that offer hands-on, integrated learning opportunities for students in grades 9-12 interested in all types of careers as well as higher education. Any student who resides anywhere in Middlesex County's 25 municipalities student may apply to the school district. If accepted, the home school district will permit the student to attend and will organize daily transportation at no cost to the student's family."</ref> Middlesex College is home to Edison Academy Magnet School.<ref>"Middlesex County unveils ambitious plan to transform its college into regional destination", Courier News, November 3, 2022. Accessed February 9, 2025. "The Middlesex College campus is already home to the Edison Academy Magnet School and will become home to the Middlesex County Magnet School of the Future."</ref>
Private schoolsEdit
St. Thomas Aquinas High School (9–12), St. Helena School (Pre-K–8) and St. Matthew School (Pre-K–8) operate under the supervision of Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen.<ref>Schools in the Diocese of Metuchen Listed by County Template:Webarchive, Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> Jewish schools in the township, which all operate independently, include Rabbi Jacob Joseph School, Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva (Pre-K–8, founded in 1945)<ref>About RPRY Template:Webarchive, Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva. Accessed December 4, 2019. "From pre-nursery through eighth grade, RPRY is committed to providing a stellar foundation for our students' Jewish commitment, academic success and emotional well-being. Born of a dream to rebuild Jewish education in the United States after the Holocaust, Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva was founded in 1945 as Moriah Yeshiva Academy by Rabbi Pesach Raymon."</ref> and Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion (Pre-K–8, opened in 1992).<ref>About Our School Template:Webarchive, Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion. Accessed December 4, 2019. "The school quickly grew into a three-campus system with a Preschool, a Girls School, and a Boys School, serving families from communities throughout Central New Jersey. YST is Highland Park/Edison's only Jewish community school to offer separate boys and girls elementary education."</ref>
Other private schools in Edison include Lakeview School (for children ages 3–21 with disabilities),<ref>Lakeview School Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Institute for Disabilities. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> Our Lady of Peace School and Wardlaw-Hartridge School (Pre-K–12, founded in 1882).<ref>Facts & Stats Template:Webarchive, Wardlaw-Hartridge School. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref>
In 1998, the Huaxia Edison Chinese School, which teaches in Simplified Chinese on Sunday afternoons, was established in Thomas Jefferson Middle School, subsequently relocating to Herbert Hoover Middle School. Huaxia currently resides in Edison High School. However, many families from Taiwan send their children to Edison Chinese School, located at John Adams Middle School, or Tzu Chi, located at Woodrow Wilson Middle School. These schools both teach Traditional Chinese. J.P. Stevens High School offers Mandarin Chinese and Standard Hindi as an elective language for students who are interested in learning it.
CollegesEdit
Lincoln Tech is a for-profit vocational school located in Edison.<ref>Lincoln Technical Institute in Edison, NJ Template:Webarchive, Lincoln Tech. Accessed August 26, 2015.</ref> Lincoln Tech offers various programs in Nursing and in medical and computer applications.
Middlesex College is a public, two-year community college located in Edison at the intersection of Woodbridge Avenue and Mill Road.<ref>Edison Campus Map Template:Webarchive, Middlesex County College. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref>
Rutgers University's Livingston campus is located on the former Camp Kilmer, partially located in Edison.<ref>Boyd, Leslie. "Campuses are cities within Piscataway", Courier News, October 26, 1999. Accessed October 9, 2013. "Across Metlars Lane is the 972-acre Livingston Campus, home to 2,145 undergraduate students and the Rutgers Athletic Center, where the university basketball teams play. ... About one-third of the Livingston campus is in Edison and Highland Park."</ref>
LibrariesEdit
Edison has three public library branches: The Main Branch, North Edison Branch and the Clara Barton Branch.<ref>Locations and Hours Template:Webarchive, Edison Public Library. Accessed August 16, 2023.</ref>
InfrastructureEdit
TransportationEdit
Roads and highwaysEdit
Edison is a transport hub, with an extensive network of highways passing through the township and connecting to major Northeast cities, New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Trenton and Washington, D.C.<ref>Middlesex County Road Map Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed December 1, 2019.</ref> Edison is located about Template:Convert from Newark Liberty International Airport, a 30 to 45 minute drive.
Template:As of, the township had a total of Template:Convert of roadways, of which Template:Convert were maintained by the municipality, Template:Convert by Middlesex County and Template:Convert by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and Template:Convert by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.<ref>Middlesex County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed July 24, 2014.</ref>
State highways include Route 27<ref>Route 27 Straight Line Diagram Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated March 2018. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> and 440,<ref>Route 440 Straight Line Diagram Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated May 2016. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> both of which are state-maintained. U.S. Route 1 also passes through the township.<ref>U.S. Route 1 Straight Line Diagram Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated May 2018. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> Interstate 287 passes through Edison, where it houses its southern end at I-95.<ref>Interstate 287 Straight Line Diagram Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated May 2017. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> The municipality also houses about a Template:Convert section of the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95).<ref>Interstate 95 Straight Line Diagram Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated May 2017. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> Exit 10 is located in Edison, featuring a 13-lane toll gate and a unique interchange design.<ref>Enlarged View 42 (Edison Township, Middlesex County) Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, March 2019. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> When the "dual-dual" setup of the turnpike was created, it first started in Edison and continued north to Exit 14 in Newark. It wasn't until 1973 that the "dual-dual" was extended south of 10 to Exit 9 in East Brunswick Township (and then extended further south in 1990 to Exit 8A in Monroe Township).
Since Interstate 287 connects to Interstate 87 (the New York State Thruway), Exit 10 (of the turnpike) is one of the busiest interchanges to be used by tractor-trailers as it connects the New Jersey Turnpike to the New York Thruway. For truck drivers, it is the only direct limited-access road connection they have from the Turnpike to the Thruway as the Garden State Parkway, which has its northern terminus at the Thruway, prohibits trucks from using the roadway north of Exit 105.
In 2009, the New Jersey Department of Transportation selected Edison as one of the first communities to have a red light camera enforcement system. The program was ended by the state in December 2014, despite a more than 30% drop in accidents at the three camera-controlled intersections in the township.<ref>D'Amico, Jessica. "State's red-light camera program comes to a stop", Edison/Metuchen Sentinel, January 15, 2015, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 4, 2016. Accessed September 17, 2017. "In Edison, cameras were located at three intersections, all along Route 1 — at Plainfield Avenue, Prince Street and Wooding Avenue. According to information from the township dating back to 2013, the cameras brought about a 32 percent reduction in accidents at the three intersections. Rightangle collisions fell by 71 percent and rear-end accidents decreased by 17 percent, according to the data."</ref>
Public transportationEdit
Edison station, located in South Edison, is served by NJ Transit northbound trains to Newark Penn Station and New York Penn Station, and southbound to the Trenton Transit Center via the Northeast Corridor Line, with connecting service to Amtrak, and SEPTA.<ref>Edison station Template:Webarchive, NJ Transit. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref><ref>Northeast Corridor Line Edison station Template:Webarchive, NJ Transit. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref> Some passengers in North Edison are closer to, and may prefer to use, the Metropark station (near neighboring Iselin in Woodbridge Township) or Metuchen station.<ref>Metuchen station Template:Webarchive, NJ Transit. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref><ref>Metropark station Template:Webarchive, NJ Transit. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref>
NJ Transit bus service is provided on the 48 route to Elizabeth, with local service available on the 801, 804, 805, 810, 813, 814, and 819 routes.<ref>Middlesex County Bus/Rail Connections, NJ Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22, 2009. Accessed January 25, 2012.</ref>
The Taiwanese airline China Airlines provides private bus service to John F. Kennedy International Airport from the Kam Man Food location in Edison to feed its flight to Taipei, Taiwan.<ref>Airport Shuttle Bus Template:Webarchive, China Airlines, September 15, 2015. Accessed September 17, 2017.</ref>
HealthcareEdit
JFK Medical Center, located on James Street off Parsonage Road is a 498-bed hospital founded in 1967.<ref>About JFK Medical Center Template:Webarchive, JFK Medical Center. Accessed September 17, 2017. "Founded in 1967, JFK Medical Center is a non-profit 498-bed community hospital, serving residents of Middlesex, Union and Somerset counties in Central New Jersey. With more than 900 affiliated physicians, JFK offers services including general and specialized surgery, cardiac care, maternity and pediatric care, and emergency medicine."</ref>
Roosevelt Care Center is a long term/sub-acute care facility located just east of Roosevelt Park. The facility was original constructed in 1936 under the auspices of the Work Projects Administration.<ref>Home Page Template:Webarchive, Roosevelt Care Center Edison. Accessed March 24, 2015.</ref>
Edison is served by the Raritan Valley Regional EMS. The squad consists of three sub-squads, Edison First Aid Squad #1 (established in 1935), Edison First Aid Squad #2 (since 1936) and Clara Barton First Aid Squad (since 1951). The three squads merged in 2009 to better provide residents of Edison with more comprehensive care. RVREMS receives support from paramedics out of JFK Medical Center. The squad consists of approximately 50 volunteer EMTs.<ref>About Us Template:Webarchive, Raritan Valley Regional EMS. Accessed September 19, 2021.</ref>
TelecommunicationsEdit
Edison is served by area codes 732 and 848 and 908. Area Code 848 is an overlay area code that was created so that a split was not needed.
Edison has five Verizon Central offices serving the Township:
- Central Office Rahway (Switch ID: RHWYNJRADS5) (Area Code 732): Serving from Wood Avenue North to Roxy Avenue on the west side of the Street inward to New Dover Road.
- Central Office Plainfield (Switch ID: PLFDNJPFDS5) (Area Code 908): Serving Roxy Avenue heading north into South Plainfield on both sides of Inman Avenue.
- Central Office Metuchen (Switch ID: MTCHNJMTDS5) (Area Code 732): Serving Edison, Metuchen and Iselin (Technically Iselin Numbers that have 732–283 and 732–404 are routed out of the Woodbridge Office Switch ID: WDBRNJWDDS5).
- Central Office Edison (Switch ID: EDSNNJEDDS5): Serving South Edison with phone numbers that come up as "New Brunswick" – 732–339, 732–393, 732–572, 732–777, 732–819, 732–985, and Exchanges for "Metuchen" that are 732–248, 732–287, 732–650.
- Central Office Fords (Switch ID: FRDSNJFRDS5): Serving Eastern Edison area and Raritan Center areas with 732–225, 732–346, 732–417, 732–512 and Perth Amboy Exchanges 732–661, 732–738.
In 1982, the BPU and New Jersey Bell, after receiving thousands of complaints from both North and South Edison residents, made an exception that any calls originating and terminating in the Township would be considered a local call. This was due to the new home construction in Edison where existing cables that belonged to the Rahway central office were assigned to give new phone service to over 400 homes.
In 1997, mandatory ten-digit dialing came to Edison with the introduction of Area code 732. Edison residents living on Roxy Avenue once again were in the spotlight in the news, with one side of the street served by the Rahway central office (Area code 732) and the other side of the street is served by the Plainfield central office (Area Code 908). Residents complained to the BPU and Bell Atlantic that it would be easier to yell across the street than dial a ten-digit number to call their neighbor across the street.
Edison has Cablevision's Optimum cable television service. Before Cablevision, there was TKR, which was so poorly run that many FCC and BPU complaints about programming and many town hall meetings eventually forced change. TKR was bought out by Cablevision.
Sister citiesEdit
- Template:Flagdeco Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China<ref name=ACCCI/>
- Template:Flagdeco Vadodara, Gujarat, India<ref>Kalita, S. Mitra. Suburban Sahibs: Three Immigrant Families and Their Passage from India to America, p. 115. Rutgers University Press, 2003. Template:ISBN. Accessed August 30, 2015.</ref>
Notable peopleEdit
Template:Category see also People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Edison include:
- Peter J. Barnes Jr. (1928–2018), Chairman of the New Jersey State Parole Board who had served in the New Jersey General Assembly<ref>Staff. "Assemblyman Barnes nominated to head parole board", Home News Tribune. Accessed March 22, 2012. "Governor Jon S. Corzine today nominated Assemblyman Peter J. Barnes Jr. of Edison as chairman of the State Parole Board."</ref>
- Peter J. Barnes III (born 1956), politician who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly and previously on the Edison Township Council<ref>Assemblyman Barnes's Legislative Website Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed October 16, 2011.</ref>
- Tyus Battle (born 1997), college basketball player for the Syracuse Orange<ref>Waters, Mike. 'Why Syracuse recruit Tyus Battle switched schools ... high schools, that is" Template:Webarchive, The Post-Standard, November 13, 2015. Accessed February 2, 2017. "Battle lives in Edison, N.J., with his father, brother, sister and step-mother."</ref>
- Brandon Bielak (born 1996), pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball<ref>Brandon Bielak Template:Webarchive, Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball. Accessed April 6, 2021. "Born in Edison, New Jersey"</ref>
- Gayleatha B. Brown (1947–2013), United States Ambassador to Benin and to Burkina Faso<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}, Embassy of the United States Cotonou, Benin. Accessed March 22, 2012. "She was educated in the Red Jacket Elementary School, Matewan Elementary and High Schools in Mingo County, West Virginia; and Edison Township High School, Edison, New Jersey."</ref>
- David Bryan (born 1962), keyboardist, founding member of Bon Jovi<ref>About David Bryan Template:Webarchive. Accessed December 31, 2006.</ref>
- Michael Campbell (born 1989), wide receiver who played in the NFL for the New York Jets<ref>Michael Campbell Template:Webarchive, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed May 1, 2020. "Born: August 12, 1989 (Age: 30-263d) in Edison, NJ ... High School: Edison (NJ)"</ref>
- Leonte Carroo (born 1994), wide receiver who has played in the NFL for the Miami Dolphins<ref>Barto, Tyler. "Leonte Carroo, the Rutgers receiver that almost wasn't" Template:Webarchive, The Trentonian, November 14, 2013. Accessed October 17, 2018. "Carroo said head coach Kyle Flood's hiring helped soothe his concerns. 'Once Coach Flood got the job, I knew this place was the right place for me and I was going to be fine,' the Edison native said."</ref>
- Alan Chez (born 1961), trumpet player for the Late Show with David Letterman<ref>Al Chez – Brass Consultant, The Bushwackers, backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 6, 2007. Accessed September 17, 2017. "When the family moved to Edison N.J. his father helped start up a local drum corps called The Saints."</ref><ref>Al Chez Template:Webarchive, Youth Education in the Arts. Accessed September 17, 2017.</ref>
- Jun Choi (born 1971), politician who served as Mayor of Edison<ref>Whiten, Jon. "Jun Choi Elected Chair of New Jersey Policy Perspective" Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Policy Perspective, January 13, 2016. Accessed May 1, 2020. "Former Edison Mayor Jun Choi was unanimously elected to serve as Chair of the New Jersey Policy Perspective board last month."</ref>
- Rich Clementi (born 1976), mixed martial arts fighter<ref>Rich Clementi, Ultimate Fighting Championship. Accessed March 22, 2012.</ref>
- Ken Cuccinelli (born 1968), former Attorney General of Virginia<ref>Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, The Washington Post. Accessed March 22, 2012.</ref>
- Jerry Dior (1932–2015), graphic designer, best known for creating the Major League Baseball logo<ref>Fox, Margalit. "Jerry Dior, Designer of Major League Baseball's Logo, Dies at 82" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, May 29, 2015. Accessed May 1, 2020. "Jerry Dior, a graphic designer who created one of the most instantly recognizable logos in the history of American marketing — the silhouetted batter that has long symbolized Major League Baseball — but who received official credit for it only 40 years after the fact, died on May 10 at his home in Edison, N.J. He was 82."</ref>
- Tom Dwan (born 1986), professional poker player<ref>Pajich, Bob. "Lee Watkinson Wins Aussie Millions Event No. 7" Template:Webarchive, CardPlayer.com. January 11, 2008. Accessed November 10, 2008.</ref>
- Bernard J. Dwyer (1921–1998), politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993<ref>King, Wayne. "Congressional Delegation Will Undergo Some Shifts" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, September 25, 1992. Accessed March 22, 2012. "The fourth incumbent to announce his retirement after this term is Bernard J. Dwyer of Edison, now in his sixth term."</ref>
- Thomas Edison (1847–1931), inventor who is the township's namesake<ref name=Story/><ref name="britannica.com"/>
- Katherine Polk Failla (born 1969), United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York<ref>Katherine Polk Failla Template:Webarchive, Federal Judicial Center. Accessed May 1, 2020. "Born 1969 in Edison, NJ"</ref>
- Darren Fenster (born 1978), former professional baseball player who has been a manager in the Boston Red Sox Minor League Baseball system<ref>Kratch, James. "Rutgers baseball coaching search: 11 potential candidates, including an early favorite" Template:Webarchive, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 29, 2019. Accessed May 1, 2020. "Darren Fenster, Boston Red Sox minor league outfield/base running coordinator: The 40-year-old Edison native and Rutgers Hall of Famer started his coaching career on Hill's staff and has been with the Red Sox for eight years now, five as a manager at the Single- and Double-A levels."</ref>
- Gail Fisher (1935–2000), actress best known for her role on Mannix<ref>Van Gelder, Lawrence. "Gail Fisher, 65, TV Actress Who Won Emmy for 'MannixTemplate:'" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, February 20, 2001. Accessed March 19, 2014. "She was born in Orange, N.J., and grew up in Potters Crossing, a black section of Edison Township, N.J."</ref>
- Rich Gaspari (born 1963), retired professional bodybuilder and founder of supplement company Gaspari Nutrition who was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame in 2004<ref>Gaspari, Rich. "Rich Gaspari | How He Started as a Skinny Kid & Ended Up 3x Mr. Olympia Runner Up" Template:Webarchive, Muscular Development, February 3, 2017. "I lived in Edison, New Jersey, and Rutgers University wasn't too far away."</ref>
- Greg Gigantino (born Template:Circa), college football coach who was the head football coach for Iona College in 1984<ref>Konick, Emery Jr. "Stevens grad receives coaching honor", Home News Tribune, July 3, 2003. Accessed April 14, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Greg Gigantino of Hofstra has been honored as an AFLAC National Assistant Football Coach of the Year, an honor he accepts with a sense of humility.... For 26 years the Edison native has served as a graduate assistant, assistant or associate head coach at five different colleges."</ref>
- Frank Guinta (born 1970), served in the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st congressional district<ref>"Frank Giunta" Template:Webarchive, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 17, 2017. "Guinta, Frank, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Edison, Middlesex County, N.J., September 26, 1970"</ref>
- Halsey (born 1994 as Ashley Nicolette Frangipane) singer-songwriter<ref>Olivier, Bobby. "N.J. pop star Halsey was magnetic in her largest home-state concert yet" Template:Webarchive, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 28, 2017. Accessed February 8, 2018. "Before she was Halsey, the Grammy-nominated alt-pop songstress who sold out Madison Square Garden last summer and scored her first No. 1 album this past June, she was Ashley (Halsey being an anagram) Nicoletta Frangipane, born Sept. 29, 1994 at JFK Medical Center in Edison, to parents who had met and married at Fairleigh Dickinson University."</ref>
- John Jay Hoffman (born 1965), lawyer who served as the acting attorney general of New Jersey from 2013 to 2016<ref>Bauwens, Erica. "South Jersey Justice", South Jersey Magazine, August 2013. Accessed August 28, 2024. "I was raised in Edison, and when we were deciding where we could live, the chance to come back to Jersey was something I couldn’t turn down."</ref>
- Alexander Julien (born 1988), musician, member of Vision Eternel, lived in the Briarwood East community<ref name="MetalTempleTriskalyonInterview">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Clarence Lewis, American football defensive back for the Tennessee Titans of the<ref>Sampson, Pete. "‘He’s a prodigy’: Clarence Lewis’ fast start doesn’t surprise those who know him", The New York Times, September 25, 2020. Accessed May 9, 2025. "They were surprised, but only a little, as Notre Dame freshman cornerback Clarence Lewis played as well as he had as a Mater Dei Prep senior, only now he was halfway across the country.... The do-everything athlete from Edison, N.J., is doing something that hasn’t been done in South Bend in almost a decade."</ref>
- Pamela Long, singer with former Bad Boy group Total<ref>Jordan, Chris. "R&B singer Pamela Long tells the Total story", Asbury Park Press, March 26, 2012. Accessed March 28, 2013. Template:"'(Today) everybody's jumping back on and piggy backing on what the next person is doing,' said Long, a native of Edison."</ref>
- Paul Matey (born 1971), attorney who is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit<ref>Moriarty, Thomas. "Trump will name this Christie ally from Jersey to federal judgeship" Template:Webarchive, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 10, 2018, updated January 30, 2019. Accessed January 21, 2021. "Matey, a 47-year-old who was born in Edison and raised in Rahway, spent four years under Christie at the U.S. Attorney's Office before joining him in Trenton."</ref>
- Patrick McDonnell (born 1956), cartoonist, creator Mutts comics<ref>Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell Template:Webarchive, PBS, July 9, 2010. Accessed September 17, 2017. "The world of all those characters mirrors his own world in Edison, New Jersey, one acre of tranquility where deer often graze and a cat sleeps on a nearby window sill—reminders, says McDonnell, of this stillness all around and that true happiness is found in simple things."</ref>
- Earl Schenck Miers (1910–1972), historian who wrote extensively about the American Civil War<ref>Staff. "Earl Schenck Miers Dies at 62; Wrote on Civil War and Lincoln" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, November 19, 1972. Accessed September 17, 2017. "Edison, N.J. Nov. 18 – Earl Schenck Miers, an author and editor best known for his writings on the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln, died yesterday at his home. His age was 62."</ref>
- Victor Mitchell (born 1965), former member of the Colorado House of Representatives<ref>Victor Mitchell Template:Webarchive, Project Vote Smart. Accessed March 22, 2012.</ref>
- Akash Modi (born 1995), artistic gymnast who represented the United States at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships<ref>Akash Modi Template:Webarchive, USA Gymnastics. Accessed August 11, 2019. "Birthplace: Edison, NJ USA Hometown: Morganville, NJ USA Name of High School: High Technology High School High School Graduation Year: 2013"</ref>
- Brittany Murphy (1977–2009), actress<ref>Brittany Murphy – Interview, Interview, May 2000. "Breathy and infectious, Murphy, an only child raised by her mom in Edison, New Jersey, was in a bind the night we talked in a Manhattan apartment."</ref>
- Jim Norton (born 1968), stand-up comedian<ref>Emling, Shelley. "Stand-up Comic Jim Norton, a New Jersey Boy, Returns to the Wellmont", Verona-CedarGrove Patch, March 3, 2011, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 19, 2011. Accessed September 17, 2017. "Although he now lives in New York City, he grew up in Edison and says he's still a Jersey boy at heart."</ref>
- Margie Palatini, author of books for children<ref>My story Template:Webarchive, Margie Palatini. Accessed March 22, 2012. "As Zoey Zinevich would say, 'here's the spill.' I grew up in Edison, New Jersey. Yup. It's named after Thomas you-know-who, (He invented the light bulb, phonograph, movie camera, etc. etc. – lots of etc.) and his first laboratory was in Edison, then called Menlo Park."</ref>
- Robert Pastorelli (1954–2004), theater, film and television actor<ref>Armstrong, Lois. "In the Kitchen With ... Robert Pastorelli; After Leaving Murphy Brown, the Man Who Played Eldin the Painter Returns to a Familiar Role (well, Sort Of) as a Celebrity Chef" Template:Webarchive, People, June 27, 1994. Accessed April 4, 2016. "His mom provided the recipe for zucchini parmigiana, one of Bobby's favorites when he was growing up in Edison, N.J."</ref>
- Zach Perez (born 1996), professional soccer player who plays as a defender for USL League One club Richmond Kickers<ref>Zach Perez Template:Webarchive, William Paterson Pioneers. Accessed October 10, 2019. "Hometown: Edison, N.J. ... as a captain and was named the team's Most Valuable Player as a junior at Rutgers Prep ... Won a Greater Middlesex County title at Edison H.S. during his freshman campaign"</ref>
- Marc Pisciotta (born 1970), former Major League Baseball pitcher<ref>Jeffers, Glenn. "Shutout In Relief Better Than Shut-Eye", Chicago Tribune, August 9, 1997. Accessed March 22, 2012. "Marc Pisciotta got the call around 11:45 Thursday night. The right-handed pitcher was going to Chicago. ... 'I had to go into the clubhouse for some coffee,' said the Edison, NJ, native, who turned 27 Thursday."</ref>
- Mark L. Polansky (born 1956), NASA astronaut<ref>Caiazza, Tom. "Five million miles and one heck of a view: Astronaut returns after space flight; township names day in his honor" Template:Webarchive, Woodbridge Sentinel, May 9, 2007. Accessed September 17, 2017. "Polansky, an Edison native and graduate of J.P. Stevens High School, returned to his alma mater Monday after commanding STS-116, the space shuttle mission to the International Space Station last December."</ref>
- Bernard Purdie (born 1939), prolific session drummer<ref>Jordan, Chris. "Drummer Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie has kept the time to your life", Asbury Park Press, October 4, 2013. Accessed October 5, 2013. "Purdie eventually moved to Jersey — Teaneck and Edison before settling in Springfield."</ref>
- Retta (born 1970), comedian and actress, best known for her roles of Donna Meagle on NBC's Parks and Recreation and Ruby Hill on NBC's Good Girls<ref>Feuer, Ryan. "Comedian Retta talks Jersey roots, Parks and Rec and Geeks Who Drink", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 16, 2015. Accessed October 8, 2024. "'Growing up in Jersey makes you a little bit ballsier, a little more outspoken,' says the comedian/actress, who was born in Newark and raised in Edison and Cliffwood Beach."</ref>
- Jim Rose (born 1953), sports anchor for WLS-TV in Chicago, Illinois<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Matt Salzberg, businessperson and entrepreneur who co-founded Blue Apron (where he was CEO), Embark Veterinary and Suma Brands<ref>King, Hope. "The $2.5 billion high school" Template:Webarchive, CNN, August 31, 2015. Accessed March 11, 2022. "Chieh Huang, Matt Salzberg, and Ken Chen graduated just a few years before me.... We grew up in central New Jersey. We went to J.P. Stevens, a public high school in Edison."</ref>
- Susan Sarandon (born 1946), actress, lived in the Stephenville community<ref>Thomas, Bob via Associated Press. "Film Was Revelation For Susan Sarandon" Template:Webarchive, The Palm Beach Post, April 24, 1981. Accessed October 9, 2013. "The new film Atlantic City displays the underside of that reviving New Jersey resort, and it's a world that actress Susan Sarandon has visited. She grew up in Edison, N.J., an hour's drive distant, but before the movie, she had never seen Atlantic City, old or new."</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Jasmin Singer (born 1979), animal rights activist, writer, speaker and actress<ref>"Always Too Much and Never Enough: How a New Yorker found her authentic self through veganism and juicing" Template:Webarchive, New York Daily News, March 4, 2016. Accessed November 26, 2019. "Like many of us, Jasmin Singer had a complicated relationship with food growing up, which she details in her memoir, Always Too Much and Never Enough. The Edison, N.J., native found comfort in junk food while dealing with the divorce of her parents."</ref>
- Janet Smith, former long-distance runner who competed in the 5000-meter run, 10000-meter run and cross country<ref>Malinconico, Joseph. "And a Runner Stresses Determination", The New York Times, January 22, 1984. Accessed February 1, 2025. "Edison - In a quiet high school classroom at the end of the day, there is little in Janet Smith's manner to suggest that she is a top athlete not only in her school, but also in the entire country."</ref>
- Chris Snee (born 1982), guard who has played for the New York Giants<ref>Staff. "B-Mets Plan 'Giant' Event For Chris Snee Day" Template:Webarchive, OurSportsCentral.com, April 15, 2008. Accessed October 16, 2011. "After high school, the son of Montrose residents Diane & Ed Snee earned a full scholarship to Boston College. After redshirting his first year, the Edison, NJ-born lineman evolved into a three-year starter for the Eagles and an All Big East performer before making himself eligible for the NFL Draft in January 2004."</ref>
- George A. Spadoro (born 1955), former mayor of Edison, Council President and Assemblyman<ref>Chang, Kathy. "Edison's TV station marks 20 years of broadcasting" Template:Webarchive, Edison Sentinel, September 21, 2011. Accessed September 17, 2017. "Then, in 1994, with Mayor George Spadoro's vision, the township sent its tapes to TKR Cable and began airing a segment called Focus on Edison as well as Township Council meetings and specials."</ref>
- Joel Stein (born 1971), Los Angeles Times columnist<ref>Joel Stein – Columnist Template:Webarchive, Los Angeles Times. Accessed October 9, 2013. "Joel Stein is desperate for attention. He grew up in Edison, N.J., went to Stanford and then worked for Martha Stewart for a year."</ref>
- Robert T. Stevens (1899–1983), businessman and former chairman of J.P. Stevens and Company<ref>McFadden, Robert D. "Robert T. Stevens, Former Army Secretary, Dies At 83" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, February 1, 1983. Accessed March 8, 2018. "Robert T. Stevens, a former Secretary of the Army who became a major figure in the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings that led to the condemnation of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and the collapse of his anti-Communist campaigns, died Sunday at his home in Edison, N.J."</ref>
- Anthony Stolarz (born 1994), professional ice hockey goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League and 2024 Stanley Cup Champion<ref>Isaac, Dave. "Edison's Stolarz to be first NJ goalie to play in NHL" Template:Webarchive, Courier-Post, November 26, 2016. Accessed March 7, 2023. "Anthony Stolarz has been thinking about Sunday for a long, long time.... Selected in the second round of the 2012 draft, the Edison-born player will be the first goalie from New Jersey to play in an NHL game."</ref>
- Jim Stoops (born 1972), former professional baseball pitcher who played for one season in MLB for the Colorado Rockies<ref>Jim Stoops Template:Webarchive, The Baseball Cube. Accessed December 3, 2019. "Born Date: June 30,1972 [47.156] Place: Edison, New Jersey"</ref>
- Jennifer Sung (born 1972), lawyer who is a nominee to be a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit<ref>Questionnaire For Judicial Nominees: Jennifer Sung Template:Webarchive, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Accessed October 14, 2021. "Birthplace: State year and place of birth. 1972; Edison, New Jersey"</ref>
- Marques Townes (born 1995), basketball player for the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team, who transferred out of Cardinal McCarrick after his sophomore year<ref>Haley, John. "Q and A session with Marques Townes of St. Joseph (Met.), what sport will he play in college?" Template:Webarchive, The Star-Ledger, January 28, 2014. Accessed March 26, 2018. "So that was the first thing I addressed with Townes, who grew up in Rahway, moved to South Amboy in the fifth grade and who now lives in Edison."</ref>
- Karl-Anthony Towns (born 1995), professional basketball player for the New York Knicks<ref>Haley, John. "Karl Towns of St. Joseph (Met.) is The Star-Ledger boys basketball state Player of the Year, 2013-14" Template:Webarchive, The Star-Ledger, March 30, 2014. Accessed April 23, 2017. "When a New York City television station was following around a political figure who was visiting newborn babies at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, the crew was immediately drawn to Towns. He was the biggest kid in the nursery, weighing 10 pounds, measuring 25 inches in length with huge feet."</ref>
- Mike Vallely (born 1970), professional skateboarder and lead singer of Black Flag<ref>Chang, Kathy. "Vallely brings skating stunts home to Edison: Many come out to enjoy pro skateboarding tour stop" Template:Webarchive, Edison Sentinel, August 11, 2010. Accessed September 17, 2017. "edison — After about a dozen times attempting a 360-degree knee flip-and-grab trick on his skateboard, Mike Vallely, a professional skateboarder and township native, threw his hands up. ... Vallely's hometown was the 13th of 24 stops on the inaugural Glory Bound Skatepark Tour."</ref>
- Gary Vaynerchuk (born 1975), entrepreneur and Internet personality who spent much of his childhood in Edison<ref>Friend, Tad. "V-Va-Va-Voom!" Template:Webarchive, The New Yorker, June 7, 2010. Accessed August 30, 2023. "He thumped his heart. 'I was born in the Soviet Union, and we were poor when we came here' — to Edison, New Jersey — 'so it's incredible to me that that many people are interested.'"</ref>
- Jeffrey A. Warsh (born 1960), politician who served two terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, from 1992 to 1996, where he represented the 18th Legislative District<ref>King, Wayne. "Legislators Vote to Ban Photo Radar For Speeders" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, June 12, 1992. Accessed August 29, 2019. "Another sponsor of the bill, Assemblyman Jeffrey Warsh, Republican of Edison, called the device 'nothing less than a full, frontal assault on the system of American jurisprudence' that would overturn 'the tradition that we are innocent until proven guilty.Template:'"</ref>
- Darrin Winston (1966–2008), played two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies<ref>Staff. "Darrin A. Winston, 42, of Clarksburg in Millstone Township", Asbury Park Press, August 17, 2008. Accessed September 4, 2008. "Darrin A. Winston, 42, of Clarksburg in Millstone Township, passed away Friday, Aug. 15, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Passaic, he lived in Edison before moving to Millstone Township 10 years ago."</ref>
- Jeremy Zuttah (born 1986), offensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers<ref>Sullivan, William J. "Edison native Jeremy Zuttah making impact on O-line for Bucs" Template:Webarchive, The Star-Ledger, November 10, 2008. Accessed October 16, 2011. "Jeremy Zuttah was a sturdy presence during his Rutgers career, starting 40 of 44 games in his four seasons on the offensive line for the Scarlet Knights. Now, the Edison native has quickly made his presence felt in the NFL as a rookie with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers."</ref>
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- Bonhamtown, site of a battle during the American Revolutionary War<ref name=Birth>Chang, Kathy; and Kesten, Karen L. "Birth of a town" Template:Webarchive Edison Sentinel, December 30, 2009. Accessed September 17, 2017. "The Bonhamtown section of Edison was named after Nicholas Bonham, a freeholder from 1682 to 1683. In his book Welcome to Edison – An Enlightening Community, David C. Sheehan writes that Bonhamtown at the time was 'a hamlet town [of few homes], which is said to have been the site of an old Indian Village and later a Continental Army camp and battleground during the Revolution.Template:'"</ref>
- Camp Kilmer, a World War II era army post, was partially located in what is now Edison.<ref>Camp Kilmer Template:Webarchive, National Archives at New York City. Accessed March 22, 2012. "Toward the end of 1941, with the threat of war imminent, the War Department chose a site between Edison and Piscataway, New Jersey as a staging area for troops."</ref>
- Dismal Swamp, preserved wetlands area that also includes portions of Metuchen and South Plainfield.<ref>Dismal Swamp Template:Webarchive, Sierra Club. Accessed March 22, 2012. "The Dismal Swamp (located in Edison, Metuchen, and South Plainfield) is 660 acres and is designated a 'priority wetland' by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service."</ref>
- Durham Woods, a complex of several apartment buildings and scene of the Edison, New Jersey natural gas explosion in 1994, in which a 36-inch natural gas pipeline burst and exploded, destroying buildings in the area.<ref>McFadden, Robert D. "Explosion In Edison: The Overview; New Jersey Pipeline Explosion Sets Off Panic, Chaos and Fear" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, March 25, 1994. Accessed March 22, 2012. "About 100 people suffered burns or were felled by smoke, 2,000 residents of Edison and nearby Metuchen were evacuated and about 300 lost their homes and all their possessions in the blast of undetermined origin. It occurred just before midnight Wednesday in a buried, 36-inch pipeline that supplies natural gas from Texas to much of New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area."</ref>
- Edison Landfill, landfill site undergoing environmental cleanup since it was ordered closed in 1977.<ref>Staff. "State Orders Edison Landfill Shut" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, June 28, 1977. Accessed November 4, 2018. "The State Department of Environmental Protection ordered today that Kin-Buc Inc. in Edison Township stop accepting solid waste and close its land-fill operation within 30 days."</ref>
- Edison station in South Edison, offering service on NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor Line.<ref>Edison station Template:Webarchive, NJ Transit. Accessed March 22, 2012.</ref>
- ILR Landfill, closed landfill site owned by Industrial Land Reclaiming (ILR) providing power to Middlesex County's wastewater treatment operations from methane gas recovery.<ref>Caiazza, Tom. "DEP finds hazardous materials in ILR landfill: Contaminants were found on site of proposed 500K-sq.-ft. warehouse" Template:Webarchive, Edison Sentinel, March 7, 2007. Accessed September 17, 2017. "The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a pair of violations to Industrial Land Reclaiming Inc., owners of the landfill of the same name, for hazardous waste that was found in the soil outside of the landfill wall."</ref>
- Kin-Buc Landfill, former landfill and Superfund site where Template:Convert of hazardous waste was dumped.<ref>Superfund Site: Kin-Buc Landfill; Edison Township, NJ Template:Webarchive, Environmental Protection Agency. Accessed September 17, 2017. The Kin-Buc Landfill Superfund Site is located in Edison Township, New Jersey. The 220-acre Site is composed of an inactive landfill that operated from the late 1940s to 1976. From 1971 to 1976, the Site was a State-approved landfill for industrial and municipal wastes, both solid and liquid. The Site accepted hazardous waste during this period, until the State revoked its permit in 1976 due to the violation of several environmental statutes."</ref>
- Laing House of Plainfield Plantation, historic home built in the early 1700s when the region was being settled by Scottish Quakers in the late 17th and early 18th century.<ref>Dudley, William L. The Story of the Friends in PlainfieldIncludingA History of Early Quaker Families Template:Webarchive, Rahway & Plainfield Friends (Quaker) Meeting, March 29, 1929. Accessed March 24, 2015. "The Laing family composed a prominent part of the first permanent settlers in this neighborhood. John Laing, the progenitor of this long line in East Jersey, came over from Craigforth, Aberdeen County, Scotland, August 1685, landing in Amboy, near which place for a few years he lived with his wife Margaret and his children, John, Abraham, William, Christiana and Isabel. In 1698 he moved to 'the Plains' near where South Plainfield now is. His son John married, in 1708, Elizabeth Shotwell, a direct descendent of the original Abraham Shotwell. His daughter Isabel, in 1700, married Joseph Fitz Randolph, son of Nathaniel."</ref>
- Roosevelt Park, a 196-acre park next to Menlo Park Mall.
- Menlo Park Mall, located at the intersection of Route 1 and Parsonage Road, has a gross leasable area of Template:Convert.<ref>Menlo Park Mall Template:Webarchive, Malls and Outlets. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref>
- Oak Tree Road in Edison and the Iselin section of Woodbridge Township is known for its large concentration of Indian stores and restaurants.
- The Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum, in Menlo Park, dedicated in 1938. Located in Edison State Park, at the site where its namesake inventor invented the incandescent light bulb and the phonograph.<ref>About Us Template:Webarchive, Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum. Accessed March 22, 2012.</ref>
- Tastee Sub Shop is a popular sandwich establishment off of Route 27 Lincoln Highway in South Edison that President Barack Obama visited in 2010 as part of a small business campaign.<ref>Friedman, Matt. "President Obama meets small business owners at Edison Tastee Sub Shop", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 28, 2010. Accessed February 7, 2024.</ref>
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