Editing Edison, New Jersey

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|motto                    = "Let There Be Light"<br />"Birthplace of Recorded Sound"<ref>Kuperinsky, Amy. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/01/town_mottos_new_jersey_slogans.html {{"'}}The Jewel of the Meadowlands'?: N.J.'s best, worst and weirdest town slogans"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120071513/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/01/town_mottos_new_jersey_slogans.html |date=November 20, 2017 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], January 22, 2015. Accessed July 12, 2016. "Edison's town seal is marked with 'Let There Be Light,' and its welcome signs say 'Birthplace of Recorded Sound', thanks to Thomas A. Edison's tinkering in Menlo Park, the same reason why a newer slogan for Essex County's West Orange — Edison later lived there — is 'Where Invention Lives'."</ref>

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'''Edison''' is a [[Township (New Jersey)|township]] located in [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]]. Situated in [[Central Jersey|Central New Jersey]] within the core of the state's [[Raritan River|Raritan Valley region]], Edison is a commercial hub (home to [[Menlo Park Mall]] and [[Little India (Middlesex County, New Jersey)|Little India]]) and is a [[Commuter town|bedroom community]] of [[New York City]] within the [[New York metropolitan area]].<ref>Lynn, Kathleen. [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/13/realestate/edison-nj-a-diverse-suburb-in-a-convenient-location.html "Living In Edison, N.J.: A Diverse Suburb in a Convenient Location"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717134524/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/13/realestate/edison-nj-a-diverse-suburb-in-a-convenient-location.html |date=July 17, 2022 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 13, 2022. Accessed July 17, 2022.</ref>

As of the [[2020 United States census]], the township was [[List of municipalities in New Jersey|the state's sixth-most-populous municipality]],<ref name=Largest2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_PL94_Summary/Table_1_2020.xlsx Table1. New Jersey Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships: 2020 and 2010 Censuses] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121552/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_PL94_Summary/Table_1_2020.xlsx |date=February 13, 2023 }}, [[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 United States census|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 United States census|2000 census]].<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2010/2010data/table7cm.xls Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602092646/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2010/2010data/table7cm.xls |date=June 2, 2022 }}, [[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, New Jersey|Piscataway]] and [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey|Woodbridge Township]]. The township got its original name from the [[Raritan people|Raritan indigenous people]]. Portions of the township were taken to form [[Metuchen, New Jersey|Metuchen]] on March 20, 1900, and [[Highland Park, New Jersey|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 [[Thomas Edison#Menlo Park|his main laboratory]] in the [[Menlo Park, New Jersey|Menlo Park]] section of the township.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314055548/https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf |date=March 14, 2022 }}, Bureau of Geology and Topography, [[Trenton, New Jersey]], 1969. p. 170 re Edison Township, p. 173 re Raritan Township.</ref>

==History==
===Early history===
[[File:Stelton Baptist Church cemetery, Edison, NJ - area view.jpg|thumb|left|[[Stelton Baptist Church, Edison|Stelton Baptist Church and Cemetery]], the second oldest Baptist Church in New Jersey and the tenth oldest in the [[United States]].<ref name=history>{{cite book |last=Jorgensen |first=Charles W. |title=History of the Stelton Baptist Church |year=1964 |publisher=Stelton Baptist Church }}</ref><ref name=middlesex>{{cite book |last=Wall|first=John P. |title=History of Middlesex County, New Jersey |year=1921| url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmiddles01pick}}</ref><ref name=plaque>{{cite web |url=http://www.edisonnj.org/historic/plaques/histplaq2.asp |title=Stelton Baptist Church |access-date=2007-08-26 |quote=The Stelton Baptist Church is the second oldest Baptist Church in New Jersey and the 10th oldest in the nation. Stelton Baptist Church was formed in the spring of 1689, and among its original members was the Stelle family, after whom the Stelton section of Edison is named. Through 1875, however, the church was known as the First Baptist Church of Piscataway. Present-day congregants celebrated the tercentennial of their church in a year-long celebration in 1989. The land now occupied by the church and burial ground at Stelton was purchased in April 1731, and a house of worship erected there in 1748. This building was taken down and rebuilt in 1825, but was destroyed by fire January 1, 1851. The building which took its place, also burned in 1924, and the present church was erected in 1925. In 1870 the incorporation of parts of Piscataway and Woodbridge Townships to form Raritan Township, placed the church in the latter municipality, which became Edison. |publisher=Edison, New Jersey |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070823115555/http://www.edisonnj.org/historic/plaques/histplaq2.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-08-23}}</ref>]]
The earliest residents of the area were the [[Raritan people]] of the [[Lenape]] [[Native Americans in the United States|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>[http://www.metuchen-edisonhistsoc.org/resources/HISTORY+OF+METUCHEN+Transcript+2012.pdf ''History of Metuchen''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730230841/http://www.metuchen-edisonhistsoc.org/resources/HISTORY+OF+METUCHEN+Transcript+2012.pdf |date=July 30, 2020 }}, [[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, New Jersey|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. [https://www1.gmnews.com/2011/10/12/artifacts-found-during-search-of-edisons-piscatawaytown/ "Artifacts found during search of Edison's Piscatawaytown"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023145554/https://www1.gmnews.com/2011/10/12/artifacts-found-during-search-of-edisons-piscatawaytown/ |date=October 23, 2019 }}, ''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.&nbsp;... 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, New Jersey|National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County]].<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/Middlesex.pdf New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places in Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107045405/http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/middlesex.pdf |date=November 7, 2014 }}, [[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, New Jersey|Raritan Township]] in [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Hunterdon County]].<ref name=Story/>

===The Edison era===
[[File:Menlo Park Laboratory of Thomas Edison site of the Invention of the light bulb in Dearborn, Michigan at Greenfield Village The Henry Ford Museum from Menlo Park, New Jersey.JPG|thumb|left|Replica of Edison's lab where he invented the first commercially practical light bulb. Henry Ford, Edison's longtime friend, built it at the [[Henry Ford Museum]] in Michigan.]]
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, New Jersey|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. [https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1910417_1910419_1910460,00.html "The Electrifying Edison"], ''[[Time (magazine)|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. [https://www.americanheritage.com/10-moments-made-american-business "10 Moments That Made American Business"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212131912/http://www.americanheritage.com/content/10-moments-made-american-business |date=December 12, 2018 }}, ''[[American Heritage (magazine)|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>[http://cms2.revize.com/revize/townshipofedison/about_edison/township_history/edison_historical_timeline.php An Edison Historical Timeline] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230917185433/http://cms2.revize.com/revize/townshipofedison/about_edison/township_history/edison_historical_timeline.php |date=September 17, 2023 }}, Township of Edison. Accessed September 17, 2017.</ref> Edison subsequently left Menlo Park and moved his home and laboratory to [[West Orange, New Jersey|West Orange]] in 1886.<ref>[http://www.menloparkmuseum.org/history/thomas-edison-and-menlo-park/ Thomas Edison and Menlo Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206081249/http://www.menloparkmuseum.org/history/thomas-edison-and-menlo-park/ |date=February 6, 2015 }}, 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 century===
Near Piscatawaytown village, a portion of the township was informally known as "[[Nixon, New Jersey|Nixon]]", after [[Lewis Nixon (naval architect)|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. [https://www.nytimes.com/1924/03/02/archives/fertilizer-plant-blows-up-theory-is-that-tnt-accidentally-left-in.html "Fertilizer Plant Blows Up; Theory Is That TNT, Accidentally Left in Shells, Caused Blast"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723004926/https://www.nytimes.com/1924/03/02/archives/fertilizer-plant-blows-up-theory-is-that-tnt-accidentally-left-in.html |date=July 23, 2018 }}, ''[[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">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Menlo-Park-New-Jersey|title=Menlo Park &#124; New Jersey, United States|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=March 22, 2021|archive-date=January 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124090146/https://www.britannica.com/place/Menlo-Park-New-Jersey|url-status=live}}</ref> Also on the ballot in 1954 was a failed proposal to change the community's name to Nixon.<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1954/09/05/archives/edison-may-be-the-name-of-raritan-after-vote.html "Edison May Be the Name Of Raritan After Vote"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105160451/https://www.nytimes.com/1954/09/05/archives/edison-may-be-the-name-of-raritan-after-vote.html |date=November 5, 2018 }}, ''[[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.&nbsp;... 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 mall|super regional shopping mall]], opened on [[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 1]].

===21st century===
[[File:Mall Menlo Park Mall 04.jpg|thumb|left|[[Menlo Park Mall]]]]
Edison has been one of the fastest-growing municipalities in New Jersey. As of the [[2000 United States Census]], it was the [[List of Municipalities in New Jersey (by population)|fifth most-populated municipality in the state]], after the cities of [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]], [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]], and [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]].<ref name=Census2010XLS>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/2010data/nj_tab1.xls 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 [[Jew]]ish community next to [[Highland Park, New Jersey|Highland Park]], with multiple synagogues located in Edison. Edison also has a growing [[Indian American|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 [[Town twinning|sister city]] arrangements with [[Shijiazhuang]], China,<ref name=ACCCI>[http://www.accci.com.au/sister.htm "Position Paper on Sister State and Sister City Relations Between Australia and China"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325024212/http://www.accci.com.au/sister.htm |date=March 25, 2018 }}, Australia-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New South Wales, dated November 14, 2001. Accessed August 30, 2015.</ref> and [[Vadodara|Baroda]], India.

Edison was ranked the 28th most-livable small city in the United States by ''[[Money (magazine)|CNN Money]]'' magazine, and second in New Jersey in 2006 in ''Money'' magazine's "Best Places To Live".<ref name="tws23oct01">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100802071714/https://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/snapshots/PL3420260.html 100 Best Places to Live 2006: #28 – Edison], ''[[Money (magazine)|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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011336/https://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/states/NJ.html "Best Places to Live 2008: New Jersey"], ''[[Money (magazine)|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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080105095719/http://www.morganquitno.com/cit07pop.htm#25 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. [http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/real-estate/articles/2009/08/19/americas-10-best-places-to-grow-up "America's 10 Best Places to Grow Up: Low crime, strong schools, green spaces, and fun activities are key ingredients for a happy childhood"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324010359/http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/real-estate/articles/2009/08/19/americas-10-best-places-to-grow-up |date=March 24, 2013 }}, ''[[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>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.parenting.com/activities/family-time/top-10-safest-cities-america-2014/ |title=Top 10 Safest Cities in America 2014 |magazine=[[Parenting (magazine)|Parenting]] |date=2014 |access-date=June 10, 2020 |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610204707/https://www.parenting.com/activities/family-time/top-10-safest-cities-america-2014/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[Image:Roosevelt Park2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|[[Roosevelt Park (Edison)|Roosevelt Park in Edison]]]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 30.69 square miles (79.49&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 30.06 square miles (77.86&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.63 square miles (1.63&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (2.05%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1>[https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824085937/https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |date=August 24, 2019 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 4, 2014.</ref><!--DO NOT USE TEMPLATE TO CONVERT English into metric units for these areas since the English and the metric units are reported directly from NJ Gazetteer citation source.!--><!--Percentage calculated based on reported metric units from NJ Gazetteer citation source!-->

Edison is on the east side of Raritan Valley (a line of communities in central New Jersey), along with [[Plainfield, New Jersey|Plainfield]], and completely surrounds the borough of [[Metuchen, New Jersey|Metuchen]], making it part of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another.<ref>DeMarco, Megan. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/princeton_merger_voters_to_dec.html "Voters to decide whether to merge two Princetons into one"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801210703/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/princeton_merger_voters_to_dec.html |date=August 1, 2016 }}, ''[[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, New Jersey|Princeton]] merger, 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" remain.</ref> The township borders the municipalities of [[East Brunswick, New Jersey|East Brunswick]], [[Highland Park, New Jersey|Highland Park]], [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]], [[Piscataway, New Jersey|Piscataway]], [[Sayreville, New Jersey|Sayreville]], [[South Plainfield, New Jersey|South Plainfield]] and [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey|Woodbridge Township]] in Middlesex County; [[Clark, New Jersey|Clark]], [[Plainfield, New Jersey|Plainfield]] and [[Scotch Plains, New Jersey|Scotch Plains]] in [[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]].<ref>[http://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/838049/touches.html Areas touching Edison] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922044914/https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/838049/touches.html |date=September 22, 2023 }}, MapIt. Accessed July 12, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Government/Pages/Municipalities.aspx Municipalities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201181824/http://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Government/Pages/Municipalities.aspx |date=February 1, 2020 }}, [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]]. Accessed December 1, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204213712/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf |date=December 4, 2003 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

Edison has [[List of neighborhoods in Edison, New Jersey|numerous sections and neighborhoods]].<ref name="NJDOTMidsex">{{cite web |title = NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex |publisher = New Jersey Department of Transportation |url = https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/middlesex.pdf |access-date = March 2, 2020 |archive-date = March 22, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200322085717/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/middlesex.pdf |url-status = live }}</ref> [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include [[Bonhamtown, New Jersey|Bonhamtown]], [[Briarwood East, New Jersey|Briarwood East]], Camp Kilmer, Centerville,{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} [[Clara Barton, New Jersey|Clara Barton]], Eggert Mills{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}, Greensand, Haven Homes, Lahiere, Lincoln Park, Lindenau, Martins Landing, [[Menlo Park, New Jersey|Menlo Park]], Millville, [[New Dover, New Jersey|New Dover]], [[New Durham, Middlesex County, New Jersey|New Durham]], [[Nixon, New Jersey|Nixon]], North Edison, Oak Tree, Phoenix, [[Potters, New Jersey|Potters]], [[Pumptown, New Jersey|Pumptown]], Raritan Arsenal, Raritan Manor, Sand Hills, Silver Lake,{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} [[Stelton, New Jersey|Stelton]], [[Stephenville, New Jersey|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>[https://rahwayriver.org/about.html Our Mission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928145732/https://rahwayriver.org/about.html |date=September 28, 2022 }}, 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>

===Climate===
Extreme temperatures in Edison have ranged from {{convert|-17|F|abbr=on}}, recorded in February 1934, to {{convert|106|F|abbr=on}}, 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.

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| Sep record high F = 105
| Oct record high F = 94
| Nov record high F = 86
| Dec record high F = 77
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| Jan high F = 39
| Feb high F = 42
| Mar high F = 51
| Apr high F = 62
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| Jul mean F = 75
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| Sep mean F = 66
| Oct mean F = 55
| Nov mean F = 45
| Dec mean F = 35
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| Jan record low F = −8
| Feb record low F = −17
| Mar record low F = 1
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| May record low F = 29
| Jun record low F = 37
| Jul record low F = 44
| Aug record low F = 40
| Sep record low F = 31
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| Nov record low F = 9
| Dec record low F = −7
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| Jan precipitation inch = 4.02
| Feb precipitation inch = 3.02
| Mar precipitation inch = 4.10
| Apr precipitation inch = 3.94
| May precipitation inch = 4.71
| Jun precipitation inch = 3.97
| Jul precipitation inch = 5.39
| Aug precipitation inch = 4.34
| Sep precipitation inch = 4.54
| Oct precipitation inch = 3.80
| Nov precipitation inch = 4.04
| Dec precipitation inch = 3.76
| year precipitation inch = 49.63
| source 1 = <ref>[http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/weddings/wxclimatology/monthly/08820 Monthly Averages for Edison, NJ (08820)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209232215/https://weather.com/outlook/events/weddings/wxclimatology/monthly/08820 |date=February 9, 2019 }}, [[Weather.com]]. Accessed August 31, 2011.</ref>
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==Demographics==
===Asian community===
Edison hosts one of the region's main centers of Asian American cultural diversity.<ref>Siddiqui, Habib. [http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/08/06/letter-america-stopping-terrorism-west "Letter from America: Stopping Terrorism in the West"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918174155/http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/08/06/letter-america-stopping-terrorism-west |date=September 18, 2022 }}, ''[[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. [https://archive.today/20120715145407/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mycentraljersey/access/1976609011.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+05,+2010&author=&pub=Home+News+Tribune&desc=SCHOOL+NEWS&pqatl=google "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 (journalist)|Andrew Jacobs]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/18/nyregion/the-census-a-region-of-enclaves-edison-nj-amid-strip-malls-indian-expansion.html "The Census -- A Region of Enclaves: Edison, N.J.; Amid Strip Malls, Indian Expansion"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922044912/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/18/nyregion/the-census-a-region-of-enclaves-edison-nj-amid-strip-malls-indian-expansion.html |date=September 22, 2023 }}, ''[[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>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/edisontownshipmiddlesexcountynewjersey/ |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Edison township, Middlesex County, New Jersey |access-date=September 7, 2023 |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001131947/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/edisontownshipmiddlesexcountynewjersey/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Indian community====
[[Oak Tree Road]] is a [[Little India|South Asian-focused commercial strip]] in Middlesex County, the [[U.S. county]] with the highest concentration of [[Indians in the New York City metropolitan region|Asian Indians]].<ref>Genovese, Peter. [https://www.nj.com/news/2012/11/big_business_in_little_india_c.html "Big business in Little India: Commerce flourishes in vibrant ethnic neighborhood"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413205752/https://www.nj.com/news/2012/11/big_business_in_little_india_c.html |date=April 13, 2019 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], November 16, 2012, updated March 30, 2019. Accessed December 3, 2019.</ref><ref>Shah, Riddhi. [https://www.saveur.com/article/Travels/Oak-Tree-Road-Iselin-NJ/ "Eat Street: Oak Tree Road, Iselin, N.J.; The Garden State boasts the country's most delicious South Asian strip"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202807/https://www.saveur.com/article/Travels/Oak-Tree-Road-Iselin-NJ/ |date=December 4, 2019 }}, ''[[Saveur]]'', March 31, 2011. Accessed December 3, 2019.</ref><ref>[[Joseph Berger (author)|Berger, Joseph]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/27indianj.html "A Place Where Indians, Now New Jerseyans, Thrive"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621041522/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/27indianj.html |date=June 21, 2016 }}, ''[[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, New Jersey|Iselin]] in [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey|Woodbridge Township]], near the area's sprawling [[Chinese in New York City|Chinatown]] and [[Koreans in New York City|Koreatown]], running along [[New Jersey Route 27]].<ref>Shaftel, David. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/travel/indo-chinese-restaurants-edison-new-jersey.html "Indo-Chinese Food Is Hard to Find, Except in New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418122336/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/travel/indo-chinese-restaurants-edison-new-jersey.html |date=April 18, 2019 }}, ''[[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. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/little-india-thrives-in-central-new-jersey-1506340801 {{"'}}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"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412142632/https://www.wsj.com/articles/little-india-thrives-in-central-new-jersey-1506340801 |date=April 12, 2019 }}, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', September 25, 2017. Accessed December 3, 2019.</ref><ref>Burke, Monte. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2012/06/06/the-ultimate-neighborhood-bank/ "How Indo-Americans Created The Ultimate Neighborhood Bank"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419225041/https://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2012/06/06/the-ultimate-neighborhood-bank/ |date=April 19, 2019 }}, ''[[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 [[ballot]]s are printed in English, [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], Hindi, and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]].<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/vote-by-mail.shtml Vote By Mail] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229144328/https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/vote-by-mail.shtml |date=December 29, 2020 }}, [[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 [[Indians in the New York City metropolitan region|Indian American]], an increase from 28.3% in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP1Y2022.DP05?g=060XX00US3402320230 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref name=Census2010>[https://archive.today/20200212103008/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3402320230 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>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Asian-Indian.html Asian Indian Communities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615091254/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Asian-Indian.html |date=June 15, 2012 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed October 5, 2011.</ref>

====Chinese community====
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, New Jersey|Highland Park]] and the [[Livingston Campus (Rutgers University)|Livingston Campus at Rutgers University]] in [[Piscataway, New Jersey|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. [https://www.npr.org/2023/05/31/1178131312/chinese-magazine-new-jersey-sino-monthly "'Like milk': How one magazine became a mainstay of New Jersey's Chinese community"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828192839/https://www.npr.org/2023/05/31/1178131312/chinese-magazine-new-jersey-sino-monthly|date=August 28, 2023}}, ''[[All Things Considered]]'', June 1, 2023. Accessed August 28, 2023.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NJ.com |first=Michael Mancuso &#124; NJ Advance Media for |date=March 2, 2023 |title=Inside a popular N.J. Cantonese restaurant, where dim sum dominates |url=https://www.nj.com/food/2023/03/inside-a-popular-nj-cantonese-restaurant-where-dim-sum-dominates.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828192839/https://www.nj.com/food/2023/03/inside-a-popular-nj-cantonese-restaurant-where-dim-sum-dominates.html |archive-date=August 28, 2023 |access-date=August 28, 2023 |website=nj}}</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>{{Cite web|url=https://centraljersey.com/2023/01/22/edison-welcomes-lunar-new-year-in-festive-style/|title=Edison welcomes Lunar New Year in festive style|first=Kathy |last=Chang|date=January 22, 2023|access-date=September 7, 2023|archive-date=September 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907113829/https://centraljersey.com/2023/01/22/edison-welcomes-lunar-new-year-in-festive-style/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Salvadore|first1=Sarah|url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/edison-metuchen/papaianni-park-will-be-edison-s-crown-jewel-says-mayor|title=Papaianni Park Will Be Edison's 'Crown Jewel' Says Mayor|date=February 25, 2022|website=Edison-Metuchen, NJ Patch|access-date=September 7, 2023|archive-date=September 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907113829/https://patch.com/new-jersey/edison-metuchen/papaianni-park-will-be-edison-s-crown-jewel-says-mayor|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Jewish community===
Edison is also home to a large [[American Jews|Jewish]] community, especially [[Orthodox Judaism|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. [https://www.tapinto.net/towns/edison/sections/religions-and-spirituality/articles/edison-expo-hall-hosts-world-s-largest-confab-of-rabbis-jewish-leaders-2 "Edison Expo Hall Hosts 'World’s Largest' Confab of Rabbis, Jewish Leaders"], [[TAPinto]] Edison, December 1, 2024. Accessed December 9, 2024.</ref>

===Historical population===
{{US Census population
| 1870= 3460
| 1880= 3789
| 1890= 3018
| 1900= 2801 | 1900n=*
| 1910= 2707 | 1910n=*
| 1920= 5419
| 1930= 10025
| 1940= 11470
| 1950= 16348
| 1960= 44799
| 1970= 67120
| 1980= 70193
| 1990= 88680
| 2000= 97687
| 2010= 99967
| 2020=107588
| estimate=106836
| estyear=2023
| estref=<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=PopEst>[https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/mcds/totals/SUB-MCD-EST2023-POP-34.xlsx Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Minor Civil Divisions in New Jersey: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023], [[United States Census Bureau]], released May 2024. Accessed May 16, 2024.</ref>
| footnote=Population sources:<small> 1870–1920<ref>[https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full ''Compendium of censuses 1726-1905: together with the tabulated returns of 1905''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226125132/https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full |date=February 26, 2021 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]], 1906. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref><br />1870<ref>Raum, John O. [https://books.google.com/books?id=5qZ4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA248 ''The History of New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001131938/https://books.google.com/books?id=5qZ4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA248#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=October 1, 2023 }}, p. 248, J. E. Potter and company, 1877. Accessed October 9, 2013. "Raritan township was formed from Piscataway and Woodbridge in 1870, and has a population of 3,460. It is nine miles north and south and six east and west "</ref><ref>Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gNwIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA260 ''A compendium of the ninth census, 1870''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714233452/https://books.google.com/books?id=gNwIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA260 |date=July 14, 2023 }}, p. 260. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1872. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref> 1880–1890<ref>Porter, Robert Percival. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA98 ''Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins: Volume III – 51 to 75''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001131939/https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA98#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=October 1, 2023 }}, p. 98. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1890. Accessed July 14, 2012. Listed as Raritan Township; Shows 1890 population of 3,789.</ref><br />1890–1910<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=T9HrAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA337 ''Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910: Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions, 1910, 1900, 1890''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001131939/https://books.google.com/books?id=T9HrAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA337#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=October 1, 2023 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 337. Accessed July 14, 2012. Listed as Raritan Township.</ref> 1910–1930<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA717 ''Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 – Population Volume I''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715184555/https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA717 |date=July 15, 2023 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 717. Accessed January 25, 2012.</ref><br />1940–2000<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2kpub/njsdcp3.pdf#page=27 Table 6: New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1940 – 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005222054/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2kpub/njsdcp3.pdf#page=27 |date=October 5, 2022 }}, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network, August 2001. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref> 2000<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/><br>2010<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_mid/edison1.pdf Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Edison township] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208215718/http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_mid/edison1.pdf |date=December 8, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 25, 2011.</ref><ref name=Census2010XLS/> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/edisontownshipmiddlesexcountynewjersey/ QuickFacts Edison township, Middlesex County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001131950/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/edisontownshipmiddlesexcountynewjersey/ |date=October 1, 2023 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 18, 2023.</ref><ref name=LWD2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf Total Population: Census 2010 – Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213084623/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf |date=February 13, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref><br />* = Lost territory during previous decade.<ref name=Story/></small>
}}

===2020 census===
{{Expand section|examples with reliable citations|date=September 2021}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Edison, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Jersey: 1990 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-32-1.pdf |access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Edison township, Middlesex County, New Jersey |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=060XX00US3402320230&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Edison township, Middlesex County, New Jersey |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=060XX00US3402320230&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Edison township, Middlesex County, New Jersey  |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=060XX00US3402320230&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!% 1990
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|67,919
|54,461
|39,577
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28,304
|76.59%
|55.75%
|39.59%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |26.31%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|4,784
|6,458
|6,631
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,764
|5.39%
|6.61%
|6.56%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.22%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|95
|85
|186
|style='background: #ffffe6; |219
|0.11%
|0.09%
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.20%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|11,983
|28,541
|43,092
|style='background: #ffffe6; |57,687
|13.51%
|29.22%
|43.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |53.62%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|N/A
|31
|31
|style='background: #ffffe6; |27
|N/A
|0.03%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|60
|263
|202
|style='background: #ffffe6; |629
|0.07%
|0.27%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.58%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|N/A
|1,622
|2,136
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,187
|N/A
|1.66%
|2.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.03%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|3,839
|6,226
|8,112
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10,771
|4.33%
|6.37%
|8.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.01%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''88,680'''
|'''97,687'''
|'''99,967'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''107,588'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

[[File:Race and ethnicity 2020 Edison, NJ.png|thumb|Map of racial distribution in Edison, 2020 U.S. census. Each dot is one person: {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(115, 178, 255)|White}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(159, 212, 0)|Black}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(255, 0, 0)|Asian}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(255, 170, 0)|Hispanic}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(140, 81, 181)|Multiracial}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(153, 102, 51)|Native American/Other}}]]

===2010 census===

[[File:Street scene Amboy Avenue in Edison NJ.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|Amboy Avenue]] in the [[Clara Barton, New Jersey|Clara Barton]] neighborhood of Edison]]
The [[2010 United States census]] counted 99,967 people, 34,972 households, and 26,509 families in the township. The [[population density]] was {{convert|3339.0|/sqmi}}. There were 36,302 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1212.5|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup was 44.10% (44,084) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 7.05% (7,046) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.23% (229) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 43.19% (43,177) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.04% (36) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.72% (2,718) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census#Race|other races]], and 2.68% (2,677) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|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 adjustment|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>[https://archive.today/20200212083240/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3402320230 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 census===
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 {{convert|3,243.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 36,018 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,195.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. 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>[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/0603402320230.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Edison township, Middlesex County, New Jersey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801031958/http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/0603402320230.pdf |date=August 1, 2013 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 25, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>[https://archive.today/20200212093327/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3402320230 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 [[Marriage|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/>

==Economy==
[[File:Raritancentergatewaysign.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Raritan Center]] is a {{convert|2300|acre|ha|adj=on}} business park.]]

===Manufacturing===
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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. [http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2012/10/edisons_exxonmobil_to_lay_off.html "Edison's ExxonMobil to close Middlesex County plant in 2014"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002122533/https://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2012/10/edisons_exxonmobil_to_lay_off.html |date=October 2, 2018 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], October 5, 2012. Accessed April 4, 2016.</ref><ref>Fisher, Janon; and Hanley, Robert. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/27/nyregion/with-last-50-pickups-ford-ends-56-years-of-work-in-edison.html?_r=0 "With Last 50 Pickups, Ford Ends 56 Years of Work in Edison"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118120737/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/27/nyregion/with-last-50-pickups-ford-ends-56-years-of-work-in-edison.html?_r=0 |date=November 18, 2020 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 27, 2014. Accessed April 4, 2016.</ref><ref>Siwolp, Sana. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/26/business/edison-hopes-to-transform-old-factory-sites-smartly.html "Edison Hopes to Transform Old Factory Sites, Smartly"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022145142/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/26/business/edison-hopes-to-transform-old-factory-sites-smartly.html |date=October 22, 2019 }}, ''[[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. [https://centraljersey.com/2019/03/12/edison-towne-square-becoming-a-booming-recreational-hub/ "Edison Towne Square becoming a booming recreational hub"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202800/https://centraljersey.com/2019/03/12/edison-towne-square-becoming-a-booming-recreational-hub/ |date=December 4, 2019 }}, ''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.&nbsp;... 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.&nbsp;... 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 presence===
[[Majesco Entertainment]], a video game company, has its corporate headquarters in Edison.<ref>[http://www.majescoentertainment.com/ Majesco Entertainment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214054929/http://www.majescoentertainment.com/ |date=December 14, 2020 }}. [[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 (company)|Amazon fulfillment center]], as well as the regional hubs for [[FedEx]], [[United Parcel Service|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>[http://www.njexpocenter.com/about-us/ Who We Are] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114085953/http://www.njexpocenter.com/about-us/ |date=November 14, 2013 }}, 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 Limited|Zylog Systems]] is located in Edison,<ref>[http://www.zsl.com/pages/corporate/aboutus.html About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407050956/https://www.zsl.com/pages/corporate/aboutus.html |date=April 7, 2023 }}, [[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.com|Boxed]] and [[Bare Necessities (company)|Bare Necessities]].<ref>King, Hope. [https://money.cnn.com/2015/08/31/technology/billion-dollar-high-school/ "The $2.5 billion high school"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808150038/https://money.cnn.com/2015/08/31/technology/billion-dollar-high-school/ |date=August 8, 2021 }}, [[CNNMoney]], August 31, 2015. Accessed April 4, 2016.</ref>

==Sports==
[[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. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/playoff-payoff/ "Playoff Payoff; The Barclays professional golf tournament returns to New Jersey's 95-year-old Plainfield Country Club"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922050413/https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/playoff-payoff/ |date=September 22, 2023 }}, ''[[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 recreation==
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>[http://www.achp.gov/casearchive/casessum04NJ.html New Jersey: Development of Revolutionary War Battlefield, Edison] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527201447/http://www.achp.gov/casearchive/casessum04NJ.html |date=May 27, 2010 }}, [[Advisory Council on Historic Preservation]], August 9, 2004. Accessed March 22, 2012.</ref>

[[Roosevelt Park (Edison)|Roosevelt Park]], located between Parsonage Road and Route 1, west of the Mall, covers {{convert|196|acres}}, including the {{convert|8|acre|adj=on}} Roosevelt Park Lake. The park was established in 1917, making it the oldest county park in Middlesex County.<ref>[https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/89/261 Roosevelt Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715024335/https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/89/261 |date=July 15, 2022 }}, [[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 (New Jersey)|Dismal Swamp]] are also located in the township.

==Government==
===Local government===
Edison Township operates within the [[Faulkner Act]], formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)|Mayor-Council]] form of government, which was implemented as of January 1, 1958, based on the recommendations of a [[Charter Study Commission]].<ref>[http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf "The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012040522/http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf |date=October 12, 2013 }}, [[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>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf ''Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601184216/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf |date=June 1, 2023 }}, [[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>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604040836/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 |date=June 4, 2023 }}, p. 10. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.edisonnj.org/departments/council/index.php Edison Municipal Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512013755/https://edisonnj.org/departments/council/index.php |date=May 12, 2020 }}, 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>

{{As of|2024}}, the [[Mayor of Edison, New Jersey|Mayor of Edison]] is [[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|Democrat]] Samip "Sam" Joshi, whose term of office ends December 31, 2025.<ref name=Mayor>[https://www.edisonnj.org/departments/mayor/index.php Mayor Sam Joshi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202757/https://www.edisonnj.org/departments/mayor/index.php |date=December 4, 2019 }}, 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>[https://www.edisonnj.org/departments/council/council_members.php Council Members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202804/https://www.edisonnj.org/departments/council/council_members.php |date=December 4, 2019 }}, Township of Edison. Accessed May 27, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://cms2.revize.com/revize/townshipofedison/Departments/Finance/Budget%20Documents/20240514_To%20Web_2024%20Budget%20Introduced%20Municipal.pdf#page=12 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Township of Edison. Accessed May 27, 2024.</ref><ref name=Middlesex2023>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Middlesex/119048/web.317647/#/summary November 7, 2023 General Election Official Results], [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]], December 7, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Middlesex2021>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Middlesex/110780/web.278093/#/summary General Election November 2, 2021 Official Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104080323/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Middlesex/110780/web.278093/#/summary |date=January 4, 2022 }}, [[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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130907211347/http://edisonnj.org/mayor/index.php 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. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/local_leaders_in_new_jersey_ge.html "Local leaders in New Jersey getting ready to take oath"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004130827/https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/local_leaders_in_new_jersey_ge.html |date=October 4, 2018 }}, ''[[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 2017 ====
Former Edison Democratic Chair and Detective Keith Hahn ran for mayor as a Republican<ref>{{cite web |last1=McCarthy |first1=Craig |title=Outsted Edison Democratic Chair plans to run for mayor (as a Republican) |url=https://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2017/08/former_edison_dem_chairman_to_make_mayoral_run_as.html |website=nj.com |date=August 23, 2017 |publisher=NJ Advance Media |access-date=15 July 2018 |archive-date=July 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715065110/https://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2017/08/former_edison_dem_chairman_to_make_mayoral_run_as.html |url-status=live }}</ref> against incumbent Mayor Thomas Lankey. Lankey was re-elected with 12,032 votes to Hahn's 8,574 votes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McCarthy |first1=Craig |title=Middlesex County real-time elections results 2017 |url=https://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2017/11/nj_elections_2017_results_in_middlesex_county.html |website=nj.com |date=November 8, 2017 |publisher=NJ Advance Media |access-date=15 July 2018 |archive-date=July 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715065424/https://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2017/11/nj_elections_2017_results_in_middlesex_county.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Election 2016====
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. [http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2016/06/edison_township_council_appoints_dem_to_fill_vacan.html "Edison Township Council appoints Dem to fill vacancy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918023134/http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2016/06/edison_township_council_appoints_dem_to_fill_vacan.html |date=September 18, 2017 }}, 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>[https://mcgisweb.co.middlesex.nj.us/elections/historic/results?e=2016-11-8 November 8, 2016 General Election Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214061813/https://mcgisweb.co.middlesex.nj.us/elections/historic/results?e=2016-11-8 |date=December 14, 2019 }}, [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]]. Accessed January 30, 2017.</ref>

====Election 2005====
Running on a [[good government]] platform and a call to reform the [[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|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. [https://archive.today/20120712183231/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mycentraljersey/access/1789041521.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+09,+2005&author=JERRY+BARCA&pub=Home+News+Tribune&desc=Edison+Dems+endorse+Choi+Primary+victor+gains+support&pqatl=google "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. {{cite web|url=http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?articleId=10802 |title=Jersey Boy: The election of a Korean-American mayor in Edison, New Jersey may offer a blueprint for Democrats nationwide in 2006 |access-date=2007-09-23 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513194654/http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?articleId=10802 |archive-date=May 13, 2008 }}, ''[[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 of New Jersey|Governor]] [[Jon Corzine]] as the youngest mayor in Edison history.<ref>Barca, Jerry. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-choi-sw/131414690/ "Choi sworn in as mayor"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907233726/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-choi-sw/131414690/ |date=September 7, 2023 }}, ''[[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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070917115712/http://www.edisonnj.org/edison-smart-growth.asp 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>{{Cite web|date=2007-04-28|title=Mayor Loses Courageous Legal Battle With Wal-Mart|url=https://sprawl-busters.com/mayor-loses-courageous-legal-battle-with-wal-mart/|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Sprawl Busters|language=en-US|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226215402/https://sprawl-busters.com/mayor-loses-courageous-legal-battle-with-wal-mart/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Law enforcement====
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>[http://www.edisonnj.org/departments/police_division/index.php Division of Police] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108223656/https://www.edisonnj.org/departments/police_division/index.php |date=November 8, 2019 }}, Township of Edison. Accessed September 17, 2017.</ref> The department is striving to overcome a history of widespread officer misconduct.<ref>Mueller, Mark. [http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2012/12/edison_police_misconduct_bruta.html "Betraying the badge: Edison police produce astonishing record of misconduct"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115070746/https://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2012/12/edison_police_misconduct_bruta.html |date=January 15, 2019 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', December 10, 2012. Accessed December 15, 2015.</ref><ref>Cohen, Noah. [http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2016/09/4_edison_cops_pleaded_guilty_in_retaliation_plot_o.html "4 Edison cops plead guilty in retaliation plot over DUI"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918022859/http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2016/09/4_edison_cops_pleaded_guilty_in_retaliation_plot_o.html |date=September 18, 2017 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', September 16, 2016. Accessed September 17, 2016.</ref><ref>Mueller, Mark. [http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2015/02/edison_police_departments_ugly_infighting_expected.html "Edison Police Department's ugly infighting expected to spill out in court this week"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002120804/https://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2015/02/edison_police_departments_ugly_infighting_expected.html |date=October 2, 2018 }}, ''The Star-Ledger'', February 23, 2015. Accessed December 15, 2015.</ref><ref>Kent, Spencer. [http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2016/08/retired_edison_officer_admits_to_stealing_38k_offi.html "Retired Edison officer admits to stealing $38K from town"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519184710/http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2016/08/retired_edison_officer_admits_to_stealing_38k_offi.html |date=May 19, 2018 }}, ''The Star-Ledger'', August 2, 2016. Accessed August 3, 2016.</ref><ref>Napoliello, Alex. [http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2016/11/edison_cop_former_officer_accused_of_plotting_to_s.html "Edison cop, ex-officer charged with plot to burn down superior's house"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123180513/http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2016/11/edison_cop_former_officer_accused_of_plotting_to_s.html |date=January 23, 2018 }}, ''The Star-Ledger'', November 7, 2016. Accessed November 7, 2016.</ref><ref>Russell, Suzann. [http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2016/03/09/edison-cop-sex-scandal-return-work-monday/81530604/ "Edison cop in sex scandal to return to work Monday"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922044912/https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2016/03/09/edison-cop-sex-scandal-return-work-monday/81530604/ |date=September 22, 2023 }}, ''[[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 representation===
Edison is located in the 6th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2012>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219202014/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf |date=February 19, 2020 }}, [[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>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2011-legislative-districts/towns-districts.pdf Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120165412/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2011-legislative-districts/towns-districts.pdf |date=November 20, 2021 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref><ref name=LWV2019>[https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5bae63366fd2b2e5b9f87e5e/5d30f0a94a82c66427e564d2_2019_CitizensGuide.pdf ''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105221009/https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5bae63366fd2b2e5b9f87e5e/5d30f0a94a82c66427e564d2_2019_CitizensGuide.pdf |date=November 5, 2019 }}, New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed October 30, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#18 Districts by Number for 2011-2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714024328/https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#18 |date=July 14, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>

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===Politics===
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 [[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|Democrats]], 6,242 (11.7%) were registered as [[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republicans]] and 21,929 (41.1%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 18 voters registered to other parties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-middlesex-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary – Middlesex] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215902/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-middlesex-co-summary-report.pdf |date=October 4, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential elections results
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
![[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republican]]
![[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|Democratic]]
![[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2024 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2024]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2024/2024-official-general-results-president-middlesex.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results – November 5, 2024 – Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=January 5, 2024}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.5% ''17,554''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.2%''' ''21,475''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.3% ''1,316''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|2020]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-middlesex.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results – November 3, 2020 – Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2022}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.4% ''15,986''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''61.6%''' ''26,335''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.0% ''239''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016]]<ref name="2016Elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2016-results/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results – November 8, 2016 – Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017|archive-date=November 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119223546/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2016-results/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|36.2% ''13,483''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''61.0%''' ''22,707''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.8% ''1,031''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2016-results/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results – November 6, 2012 – Middlesex County|date=March 15, 2013|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 23, 2014|archive-date=November 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119223546/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2016-results/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|36.3% ''12,769''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''62.8%'''  ''22,104''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.0% ''339''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008]]'''<ref name="Presidential Election 2008">[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722203923/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf |date=July 22, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.3% ''14,986''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.8%'''  ''22,409''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.1% ''418''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004]]'''<ref name="Presidential Election 2004">[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_middlesex_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722204150/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_middlesex_co_2004.pdf |date=July 22, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.1% ''15,615''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.2%'''   ''20,000''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.6% ''311''
|}

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|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 [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 64.8%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-middlesex.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results – November 6, 2012 – Middlesex County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111233101/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-middlesex.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 6, 2012 – General Election Results – Middlesex County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111223203/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|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 [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|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 United States presidential election|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.

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![[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republican]]
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| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021|2021]]<ref name="2021Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2021/2021-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor – Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2022}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.7% ''9,684''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''59.3%''' ''14,484''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.0% ''253''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017|2017]]<ref name="2017Elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor – Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101082423/http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|archive-date=January 1, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.4% ''8,382''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.5%''' ''12,453''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.1% ''451''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013]]<ref name="2013Elections">{{cite web|url=http://nj.gov/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor – Middlesex County|date=January 29, 2014|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910072807/http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|archive-date=September 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.6%''' ''12,502''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.3%  ''8,373''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.1% ''443''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009]]'''<ref name="2009Elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor – Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=January 2, 2018|archive-date=September 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911213517/http://nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''47.3%''' ''11,230''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.2%  ''10,727''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |7.5% ''1,792''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2005|2005]]'''<ref name="2005Elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2005governor%27s_results-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor – Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=January 2, 2018|archive-date=November 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119223551/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2005governor%27s_results-middlesex.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.8% ''10,166''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.3%''' ''14,636''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.9% ''1,002''
|}

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|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>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-middlesex.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 5, 2013 – General Election Results – Middlesex County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133312/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|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>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf 2009 Governor: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230558/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf |date=October 17, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref>

==Education==

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===Public schools===
The [[Edison Township Public Schools]] serve students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=872d7fa6dac44a08ba4829100fa19af7 Edison Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428223158/https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=872d7fa6dac44a08ba4829100fa19af7 |date=April 28, 2023 }}, 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 [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 13.4:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3404500&DistrictID=3404500 District information for Edison Township School District] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922120738/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3404500&DistrictID=3404500 |date=September 22, 2018 }}, [[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>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404500 School Data for the Edison Township Public Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213021917/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404500 |date=February 13, 2018 }}, [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are 
Edison Early Learning Center<ref>[https://prek.edison.k12.nj.us/offices Edison Early Learning Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428232549/https://prek.edison.k12.nj.us/offices |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (53 students; grades PreK-K), 
Franklin D. Roosevelt Preschool<ref>[https://prek.edison.k12.nj.us/administration Franklin D. Roosevelt Preschool] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428225543/https://prek.edison.k12.nj.us/administration |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (124; PreK-K), 
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School<ref>[https://ben.edison.k12.nj.us/ Benjamin Franklin Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428234053/https://ben.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (602; K-5), 
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School<ref>[https://mlk.edison.k12.nj.us/ Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428231045/https://mlk.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (618; K-5), 
Lincoln Elementary School<ref>[https://lnc.edison.k12.nj.us/ Lincoln Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428232548/https://lnc.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (900; K-5), 
Lindeneau Elementary School<ref>[https://lin.edison.k12.nj.us/ Lindeneau Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428232547/https://lin.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (444; K-5), 
James Madison Primary School<ref>[https://jmp.edison.k12.nj.us/ James Madison Primary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428225546/https://jmp.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, 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>[https://jmi.edison.k12.nj.us/ James Madison Intermediate School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428234052/https://jmi.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (521; 3–5), 
John Marshall Elementary School<ref>[https://mar.edison.k12.nj.us/ John Marshall Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428232548/https://mar.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (736; K-5), 
Menlo Park Elementary School<ref>[https://men.edison.k12.nj.us/ Menlo Park Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428234052/https://men.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (796; K-5), 
James Monroe Elementary School<ref>[https://mon.edison.k12.nj.us/ James Monroe Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428232549/https://mon.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (521; K-5), 
Washington Elementary School<ref>[https://was.edison.k12.nj.us/ Washington Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428234051/https://was.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (589; K-5), 
Woodbrook Elementary School<ref>[https://wbr.edison.k12.nj.us/ Woodbrook Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428231045/https://wbr.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (902; K-5), 
John Adams Middle School<ref>[https://jams.edison.k12.nj.us/ John Adams Middle School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428231045/https://jams.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (980; 6–8, from James Madison Intermediate and MLK Jr.), 
Herbert Hoover Middle School<ref>[https://hhms.edison.k12.nj.us/ Herbert Hoover Middle School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428231550/https://hhms.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (911; 6–8, from Franklin, Lincoln, Monroe, and some Lindeneau), 
Thomas Jefferson Middle School<ref>[https://tjms.edison.k12.nj.us/ Thomas Jefferson Middle School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428232547/https://tjms.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (868; 6–8, from Lindeneau, Marshall and Washington), 
Woodrow Wilson Middle School<ref>[https://wwms.edison.k12.nj.us/ Woodrow Wilson Middle School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428225543/https://wwms.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (1,163; from Menlo Park and Woodbrook), 
[[Edison High School (New Jersey)|Edison High School]]<ref>[https://ehs.edison.k12.nj.us/ Edison High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428234052/https://ehs.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 28, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (2,243; 9–12, from Hoover and Jefferson) and 
[[J.P. Stevens High School]]<ref>[https://jps.edison.k12.nj.us/ J.P. Stevens High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324121128/https://jps.edison.k12.nj.us/ |date=March 24, 2023 }}, Edison Township Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> (2,643; 9–12, from Adams and Wilson).<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/23/1290 School Performance Reports for the Edison Township School District]{ [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 31, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1290 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. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/the-top-new-jersey-high-schools-alphabetical.html "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313065941/http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/the-top-new-jersey-high-schools-alphabetical.html |date=March 13, 2015 }}, ''[[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. [https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-jersey/districts/edison-township-public-schools/john-p-stevens-high-school-12529 "Best High Schools: John P. Stevens High School"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730224442/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-jersey/districts/edison-township-public-schools/john-p-stevens-high-school-12529 |date=July 30, 2020 }}, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', 2016. Accessed November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Staff. [https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-jersey/districts/edison-township-public-schools/edison-high-school-12528 "Best High Schools: Edison High School"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730224331/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-jersey/districts/edison-township-public-schools/edison-high-school-12528 |date=July 30, 2020 }}, ''[[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, New Jersey|Highland Park]], [[Milltown, New Jersey|Milltown]] and [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]].<ref>[http://www.greaterbrunswick.org/About-Us/Charter/index.html About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215155718/http://www.greaterbrunswick.org/About-Us/Charter/index.html |date=December 15, 2019 }}, [[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 [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.3:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3400047&DistrictID=3400047 District information for Greater Brunswick Charter School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730230745/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3400047&DistrictID=3400047 |date=July 30, 2020 }}, [[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 Magnet School|East Brunswick]], [[Edison Academy Magnet School|Edison]], [[Perth Amboy Magnet School|Perth Amboy]], [[Piscataway Magnet School|Piscataway]] and [[Woodbridge Academy Magnet School|Woodbridge Township]], with no tuition charged to students for attendance.<ref>Heyboer, Kelly. [https://www.nj.com/news/g66l-2019/02/1b0ab48c995308/how-to-get-your-kid-a-seat-in-one-of-njs-hardesttogetinto-high-schools.html "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>[https://www.mcmsnj.net/about 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 (New Jersey)|Middlesex College]] is home to Edison Academy Magnet School.<ref>[https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2022/11/03/middlesex-county-nj-college-expansion/69613051007/ "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 schools===
[[St. Thomas Aquinas High School (New Jersey)|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>[https://diometuchen.org/assets/Uploads/Documents/Schools/ListofSchools2018.pdf Schools in the Diocese of Metuchen Listed by County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202806/https://diometuchen.org/assets/Uploads/Documents/Schools/ListofSchools2018.pdf |date=December 4, 2019 }}, [[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>[https://www.rpry.org/about/index About RPRY] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202808/https://www.rpry.org/about/index |date=December 4, 2019 }}, [[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>[http://www.ystnj.org/about-our-school/ About Our School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202819/http://www.ystnj.org/about-our-school/ |date=December 4, 2019 }}, 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 school]]s in Edison include Lakeview School (for children ages 3–21 with disabilities),<ref>[https://www.njid.org/lakeviewschool Lakeview School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202757/https://www.njid.org/lakeviewschool |date=December 4, 2019 }}, 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>[https://www.whschool.org/page.cfm?p=508 Facts & Stats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202800/https://www.whschool.org/page.cfm%3Fp%3D508 |date=December 4, 2019 }}, [[Wardlaw-Hartridge School]]. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref>

In 1998, the Huaxia Edison Chinese School, which teaches in [[Simplified Chinese characters|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 (New Jersey)|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 [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin Chinese]] and [[Hindi|Standard Hindi]] as an elective language for students who are interested in learning it.

===Colleges===
[[Lincoln Tech]] is a for-profit vocational school located in Edison.<ref>[http://www.lincolnedu.com/campus/edison-nj Lincoln Technical Institute in Edison, NJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319015301/http://www.lincolnedu.com/campus/edison-nj |date=March 19, 2016 }}, [[Lincoln Group of Schools|Lincoln Tech]]. Accessed August 26, 2015.</ref> Lincoln Tech offers various programs in Nursing and in medical and computer applications.

[[Middlesex College (New Jersey)|Middlesex College]] is a public, two-year [[community college]] located in Edison at the intersection of Woodbridge Avenue and Mill Road.<ref>[https://www.middlesexcc.edu/campus-map/ Edison Campus Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202758/https://www.middlesexcc.edu/campus-map/ |date=December 4, 2019 }}, [[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. [https://www.proquest.com/docview/377927048 "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.&nbsp;... About one-third of the Livingston campus is in Edison and Highland Park."</ref>

===Libraries===
Edison has three public library branches: The Main Branch, North Edison Branch and the Clara Barton Branch.<ref>[https://www.edisonpubliclibrary.net/location-hours/ Locations and Hours] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816174630/https://www.edisonpubliclibrary.net/location-hours/ |date=August 16, 2023 }}, Edison Public Library. Accessed August 16, 2023.</ref>

==Infrastructure==

===Transportation===

====Roads and highways====
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, New Jersey|Trenton]] and [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/middlesex.pdf Middlesex County Road Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322085717/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/middlesex.pdf |date=March 22, 2020 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed December 1, 2019.</ref> Edison is located about {{Convert|25|mi}} from [[Newark Liberty International Airport]], a 30 to 45 minute drive.

{{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|307.05|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|257.31|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|29.78|mi}} by Middlesex County and {{convert|14.75|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] and {{convert|5.21|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Middlesex.pdf Middlesex County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210143955/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Middlesex.pdf |date=February 10, 2015 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 24, 2014.</ref>

State highways include [[New Jersey Route 27|Route 27]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000027__-.pdf#page=7 Route 27 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205740/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000027__-.pdf#page=7 |date=March 3, 2016 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated March 2018. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> and [[New Jersey Route 440|440]],<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000440__-.pdf Route 440 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202807/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000440__-.pdf |date=December 4, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2016. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> both of which are state-maintained. [[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 1]] also passes through the township.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000001__-.pdf#page=10 U.S. Route 1 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101230/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000001__-.pdf#page=10 |date=December 24, 2017 }}, [[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>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000287__-.pdf Interstate 287 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202808/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000287__-.pdf |date=December 4, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2017. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> The municipality also houses about a {{convert|5|mi|km|adj=on}} section of the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|Interstate 95]]).<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000095__-.pdf#page=20 Interstate 95 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228124507/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000095__-.pdf#page=20 |date=December 28, 2019 }}, [[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>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/enlarged_view_42.pdf Enlarged View 42 (Edison Township, Middlesex County)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202753/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/enlarged_view_42.pdf |date=December 4, 2019 }}, [[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, New Jersey|Newark]]. It wasn't until 1973 that the "dual-dual" was extended south of 10 to Exit 9 in [[East Brunswick, New Jersey|East Brunswick Township]] (and then extended further south in 1990 to Exit 8A in [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]]).

Since [[Interstate 287]] connects to [[Interstate 87 (New York)|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. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034207/http://em.gmnews.com/news/2015-01-15/Front_Page/States_redlight_camera_program_comes_to_a_stop.html "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 transportation====
[[File:Edison station - October 2019.jpg|thumb|right|275px|[[Edison station]]]]
[[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>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38 Edison station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812225443/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38 |date=August 12, 2012 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=NEC Northeast Corridor Line Edison station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712073924/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=NEC |date=July 12, 2014 }}, [[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, New Jersey|Iselin]] in [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey|Woodbridge Township]]) or [[Metuchen station]].<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=84 Metuchen station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017150337/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=84 |date=October 17, 2013 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=83 Metropark station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017145933/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=83 |date=October 17, 2013 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref>

NJ Transit bus service is provided on the [[48 (New Jersey bus)|48]] route to [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]], with local service available on the [[801 (New Jersey bus)|801]], [[804 (New Jersey bus)|804]], [[805 (New Jersey bus)|805]], [[810 (New Jersey bus)|810]], [[813 (New Jersey bus)|813]], [[814 (New Jersey bus)|814]], and [[819 (New Jersey bus)|819]] routes.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212321/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesMiddlesexCountyTo 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>[https://www.china-airlines.com/us/en/fly/at-the-airport/Airport-Shuttle Airport Shuttle Bus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306022345/https://www.china-airlines.com/us/en/fly/at-the-airport/Airport-Shuttle |date=March 6, 2016 }}, [[China Airlines]], September 15, 2015. Accessed September 17, 2017.</ref>

===Healthcare===
[[File:Jfk-medical-center-edison-17.jpg|thumb|right|275px|[[JFK Medical Center (Edison, New Jersey)|JFK Medical Center]]]]
[[JFK Medical Center (Edison, New Jersey)|JFK Medical Center]], located on James Street off Parsonage Road is a 498-bed hospital founded in 1967.<ref>[https://www.jfkmc.org/about-us/about-jfk About JFK Medical Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522124942/https://jfkmc.org/about-us/about-jfk |date=May 22, 2019 }}, 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 Hospital (Edison, New Jersey)|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>[http://www.rooseveltcarecenter.com/edison.html Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407043302/http://www.rooseveltcarecenter.com/edison.html |date=April 7, 2023 }}, 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>[https://sites.google.com/a/edisonems.org/rvr-ems/about-us?authuser=0 About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405180340/https://sites.google.com/a/edisonems.org/rvr-ems/about-us?authuser=0 |date=April 5, 2023 }}, Raritan Valley Regional EMS. Accessed September 19, 2021.</ref>

===Telecommunications===
Edison is served by [[area codes 732 and 848]] and [[area code 908|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 codes 732 and 848|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 cities==
* {{flagdeco|PRC}} [[Shijiazhuang]], [[Hebei]], China<ref name=ACCCI/>
* {{flagdeco|IND}} [[Vadodara]], [[Gujarat]], India<ref>Kalita, S. Mitra. [https://books.google.com/books?id=qo9VFb45n5UC&pg=PA115 ''Suburban Sahibs: Three Immigrant Families and Their Passage from India to America''], p. 115. [[Rutgers University Press]], 2003. {{ISBN|9780813533186}}. Accessed August 30, 2015.</ref>

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Edison, New Jersey}}
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. [https://archive.today/20120713042324/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mycentraljersey/access/1735003311.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+05,+2007&author=&pub=Home+News+Tribune&desc=Assemblyman+Barnes+nominated+to+head+parole+board&pqatl=google "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>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=265 Assemblyman Barnes's Legislative Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020230225/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/bio.asp?Leg=265 |date=October 20, 2011 }}, [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed October 16, 2011.</ref>
* [[Tyus Battle]] (born 1997), college basketball player for the [[Syracuse Orange]]<ref>Waters, Mike. [http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2015/11/why_syracuse_recruit_tyus_battle_switched_schools_high_schools_that_is.html 'Why Syracuse recruit Tyus Battle switched schools&nbsp;... high schools, that is"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525113145/http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2015/11/why_syracuse_recruit_tyus_battle_switched_schools_high_schools_that_is.html |date=May 25, 2018 }}, ''[[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>[https://und.com/roster/brandon-bielak/ Brandon Bielak] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125204301/https://und.com/roster/brandon-bielak/ |date=January 25, 2021 }}, [[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 [[United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso|Burkina Faso]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cotonou.usembassy.gov/bio.html |title=Ambassador Gayleatha B. Brown, United States Ambassador to the Republic of Benin |access-date=February 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608042547/http://cotonou.usembassy.gov/bio.html |archive-date=June 8, 2009 }}, 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>[http://www.davidbryan.com/bio.asp About David Bryan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917121824/http://www.davidbryan.com/bio.asp |date=September 17, 2016 }}. Accessed December 31, 2006.</ref>
* [[Michael Campbell (gridiron football)|Michael Campbell]] (born 1989), [[wide receiver]] who played in the NFL for the [[New York Jets]]<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CampMi01.htm Michael Campbell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421144832/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CampMi01.htm |date=April 21, 2020 }}, [[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]. Accessed May 1, 2020. "Born: August 12, 1989 (Age: 30-263d) in Edison, NJ&nbsp;... High School: Edison (NJ)"</ref>
* [[Leonte Carroo]] (born 1994), wide receiver who has played in the NFL for the [[Miami Dolphins]]<ref>Barto, Tyler. [https://www.trentonian.com/sports/leonte-carroo-the-rutgers-receiver-that-almost-wasn-t/article_8d3bd14f-c7a3-576f-b8e9-612a13ad6d73.html "Leonte Carroo, the Rutgers receiver that almost wasn't"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018122358/https://www.trentonian.com/sports/leonte-carroo-the-rutgers-receiver-that-almost-wasn-t/article_8d3bd14f-c7a3-576f-b8e9-612a13ad6d73.html |date=October 18, 2018 }}, ''[[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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071006220236/http://www.bushwackers.org/staff/chez.html 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>[https://yea.org/bio-pop/22-static/cadets/725-al-chez-bio Al Chez] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918063854/https://yea.org/bio-pop/22-static/cadets/725-al-chez-bio |date=September 18, 2017 }}, Youth Education in the Arts. Accessed September 17, 2017.</ref>
* [[Jun Choi]] (born 1971), politician who served as Mayor of Edison<ref>Whiten, Jon. [https://www.njpp.org/blog/jun-choi-elected-chair-of-new-jersey-policy-perspective "Jun Choi Elected Chair of New Jersey Policy Perspective"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730233413/https://www.njpp.org/blog/jun-choi-elected-chair-of-new-jersey-policy-perspective |date=July 30, 2020 }}, 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>[https://www.ufc.com/athlete/rich-clementi Rich Clementi], [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]]. Accessed March 22, 2012.</ref>
* [[Ken Cuccinelli]] (born 1968), former [[Attorney General of Virginia]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130807225937/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kenneth-t-cuccinelli-r/gIQAS4WgAP_topic.html 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>[[Margalit Fox|Fox, Margalit]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/30/sports/baseball/jerry-dior-designer-of-major-league-baseballs-logo-dies-at-82.html "Jerry Dior, Designer of Major League Baseball's Logo, Dies at 82"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108092509/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/30/sports/baseball/jerry-dior-designer-of-major-league-baseballs-logo-dies-at-82.html |date=November 8, 2020 }}, ''[[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. [http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/article/3297/lee-watkinson-wins-aussie-millions-event-no-7 "Lee Watkinson Wins Aussie Millions Event No. 7"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001131950/https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/3297-lee-watkinson-wins-aussie-millions-event-no-7 |date=October 1, 2023 }}, 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. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/25/nyregion/congressional-delegation-will-undergo-some-shifts.html "Congressional Delegation Will Undergo Some Shifts"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212202345/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/25/nyregion/congressional-delegation-will-undergo-some-shifts.html |date=December 12, 2019 }}, ''[[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 federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]]<ref>[https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/failla-katherine-polk Katherine Polk Failla] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730230837/https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/failla-katherine-polk |date=July 30, 2020 }}, [[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. [https://www.nj.com/rutgers/2019/05/rutgers-baseball-coaching-search-11-potential-candidates-including-an-early-favorite.html "Rutgers baseball coaching search: 11 potential candidates, including an early favorite"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730235920/https://www.nj.com/rutgers/2019/05/rutgers-baseball-coaching-search-11-potential-candidates-including-an-early-favorite.html |date=July 30, 2020 }}, 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>[[Lawrence Van Gelder|Van Gelder, Lawrence]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/20/arts/gail-fisher-65-tv-actress-who-won-emmy-for-mannix.html "Gail Fisher, 65, TV Actress Who Won Emmy for 'Mannix{{'"}}] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313094016/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/20/arts/gail-fisher-65-tv-actress-who-won-emmy-for-mannix.html |date=March 13, 2011 }}, ''[[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 [[bodybuilding supplement|supplement]] company Gaspari Nutrition who was inducted into the [[IFBB Hall of Fame]] in 2004<ref>Gaspari, Rich. [http://musculardevelopment.com/training/14160-rich-gaspari-how-he-started-as-a-skinny-kid-ended-up-3x-mr-olympia-runner-up.html#.WhWz8Hm1vIU "Rich Gaspari | How He Started as a Skinny Kid & Ended Up 3x Mr. Olympia Runner Up"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033126/http://musculardevelopment.com/training/14160-rich-gaspari-how-he-started-as-a-skinny-kid-ended-up-3x-mr-olympia-runner-up.html#.WhWz8Hm1vIU |date=December 1, 2017 }}, ''[[Muscular Development]]'', February 3, 2017. "I lived in Edison, New Jersey, and Rutgers University wasn't too far away."</ref>
* [[Greg Gigantino]] (born {{Circa|1955}}), [[college football]] coach who was the head football coach for [[Iona College]] in 1984<ref>Konick, Emery Jr. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-stevens/144770272/ "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>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000570 "Frank Giunta"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102182902/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000570 |date=November 2, 2012 }}, ''[[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 (singer)|Halsey]] (born 1994 as Ashley Nicolette Frangipane) singer-songwriter<ref>Olivier, Bobby. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2017/10/halsey_concert_review_2017_hopeless_nj_prudential.html "N.J. pop star Halsey was magnetic in her largest home-state concert yet"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015191104/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2017/10/halsey_concert_review_2017_hopeless_nj_prudential.html |date=October 15, 2017 }}, 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 [[New Jersey Attorney General|attorney general of New Jersey]] from 2013 to 2016<ref>Bauwens, Erica. [https://www.southjerseymagazine.com/article/948/South-Jersey-Justice "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, New Jersey|Briarwood East]] community<ref name="MetalTempleTriskalyonInterview">{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Dave |date=January 11, 2023 |title=Triskalyon's Alexander Julien Interview |url=http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/musicians/triskalyon-s-alexander.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111175106/http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/musicians/triskalyon-s-alexander.htm |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=July 12, 2023 |website=Metal Temple |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="IdioteqInterview2024">{{Cite web |last=Rojas |first=John |date=February 6, 2024 |title=Vision Eternel's "Echoes from Forgotten Hearts": An In-Depth Journey Through Emotional Landscapes of Melogaze |url=https://idioteq.com/vision-eternels-echoes-from-forgotten-hearts-an-in-depth-journey-through-emotional-landscapes-of-melogaze |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240207004352/https://idioteq.com/vision-eternels-echoes-from-forgotten-hearts-an-in-depth-journey-through-emotional-landscapes-of-melogaze |archive-date=February 7, 2024 |access-date=February 19, 2024 |website=Idioteq |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="ItsPsychedelicBabyMagazineInterview">{{Cite web |last=Breznikar |first=Klemen |author-link=Klemen Breznikar |date=December 24, 2020 |title=Vision Eternel Interview |url=https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2020/12/vision-eternel-interview.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224130050/https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2020/12/vision-eternel-interview.html |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=July 12, 2023 |website=[[It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Clarence Lewis (American football)|Clarence Lewis]], [[American football]] [[defensive back]] for the [[Tennessee Titans]] of the<ref>Sampson, Pete. [https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2092873/2020/09/25/clarence-lewis-notre-dame-cornerback-mater-dei/ "‘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)|Pamela Long]], singer with former Bad Boy group [[Total (group)|Total]]<ref>Jordan, Chris. [http://www.app.com/article/CN/20120326/NJENT01/120326001/R-B-singer-Pamela-Long-tells-Total-story "R&B singer Pamela Long tells the Total story"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', March 26, 2012. Accessed March 28, 2013. {{"'}}(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 federal judge|United States circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]]<ref>Moriarty, Thomas. [https://www.nj.com/politics/2018/04/trump_to_tap_christie_ally_for_3rd_us_circuit_cour.html "Trump will name this Christie ally from Jersey to federal judgeship"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116183506/https://www.nj.com/politics/2018/04/trump_to_tap_christie_ally_for_3rd_us_circuit_cour.html |date=January 16, 2021 }}, 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 (comic strip)|Mutts]]'' comics<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2010/07/09/july-9-2010-cartoonist-patrick-mcdonnell/6629/ Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922044913/https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2010/07/09/july-9-2010-cartoonist-patrick-mcdonnell/6629/ |date=September 22, 2023 }}, [[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. [https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/19/archives/earl-schenck-miers-dies-qt62-wrote-on-civil-war-and-lincoln.html "Earl Schenck Miers Dies at 62; Wrote on Civil War and Lincoln"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918022047/http://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/19/archives/earl-schenck-miers-dies-qt62-wrote-on-civil-war-and-lincoln.html |date=September 18, 2017 }}, ''[[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>[http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/66275 Victor Mitchell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503094226/http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/66275 |date=May 3, 2012 }}, [[Project Vote Smart]]. Accessed March 22, 2012.</ref>
* [[Akash Modi]] (born 1995), [[artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]] who represented the United States at the [[2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]]<ref>[https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=119053 Akash Modi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221034443/https://www.usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=119053 |date=December 21, 2018 }}, [[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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051101024519/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_5_30/ai_62140753 Brittany Murphy – Interview], ''[[Interview (magazine)|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 (comedian)|Jim Norton]] (born 1968), stand-up comedian<ref>Emling, Shelley. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111219073309/http://verona.patch.com/articles/stand-up-comic-jim-norton-a-new-jersey-boy-returns-to-the-wellmont-2 "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>[http://www.margiepalatini.com/my-story/ My story] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324064957/http://www.margiepalatini.com/my-story/ |date=March 24, 2012 }}, 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. [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20103340,00.html "In the Kitchen With&nbsp;... 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"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425161410/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20103340,00.html |date=April 25, 2016 }}, ''[[People (magazine)|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 [[Association football|soccer]] player who plays as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[USL League One]] club [[Richmond Kickers]]<ref>[https://www.wpupioneers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3664 Zach Perez] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426000911/https://www.wpupioneers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3664 |date=April 26, 2021 }}, [[William Paterson Pioneers]]. Accessed October 10, 2019. "Hometown: Edison, N.J.&nbsp;... as a captain and was named the team's Most Valuable Player as a junior at Rutgers Prep&nbsp;... 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. [https://archive.today/20120712150305/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/13398244.html?dids=13398244:13398244&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&type=current&date=Aug+09,+1997&author=Glenn+Jeffers,+Tribune+Staff+Writer.&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=SHUTOUT+IN+RELIEF+BETTER+THAN+SHUT-EYE&pqatl=google "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.&nbsp;... '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. [https://www1.gmnews.com/2007/05/09/five-million-miles-and-one-heck-of-a-view/ "Five million miles and one heck of a view: Astronaut returns after space flight; township names day in his honor"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212200639/https://www1.gmnews.com/2007/05/09/five-million-miles-and-one-heck-of-a-view/ |date=December 12, 2019 }}, ''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. [http://www.app.com/article/20131004/NJENT01/310040072/Drummer-Bernard-Pretty-Purdie-has-kept-time-your-life "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 (TV series)|Good Girls]]''<ref>Feuer, Ryan. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2015/07/comedian_retta_talks_jersey_roots_parks_and_rec_an.html "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 (sports anchor)|Jim Rose]] (born 1953), sports anchor for [[WLS-TV]] in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]<ref>{{cite news |first=Stella |last=Foster |title=Goode times |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |page=39 |date=July 3, 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Matt Salzberg]], businessperson and entrepreneur who co-founded [[Blue Apron]] (where he was CEO), [[Embark Veterinary]] and Suma Brands<ref>King, Hope. [https://money.cnn.com/2015/08/31/technology/billion-dollar-high-school/index.html "The $2.5 billion high school"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119031740/https://money.cnn.com/2015/08/31/technology/billion-dollar-high-school/index.html |date=January 19, 2022 }}, ''[[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, New Jersey|Stephenville]] community<ref>Thomas, Bob via [[Associated Press]]. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tP4sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yswFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2054,2317560&dq=susan-sarandon+in-edison&hl=en "Film Was Revelation For Susan Sarandon"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224101123/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tP4sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yswFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2054,2317560&dq=susan-sarandon+in-edison&hl=en |date=February 24, 2015 }}, ''[[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>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on February 23, 1962 · 9|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315905661/|access-date=2021-08-16|website=Newspapers.com|date=February 23, 1962|language=en|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021160500/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315905661/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on July 12, 1970 · 29|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/316361693/|access-date=2021-08-16|website=Newspapers.com|date=July 12, 1970|language=en|archive-date=August 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816213944/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/316361693/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Jasmin Singer]] (born 1979), [[animal rights]] activist, writer, speaker and actress<ref>[https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/interview-article-1.2553393 "''Always Too Much and Never Enough'': How a New Yorker found her authentic self through veganism and juicing"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306095348/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/interview-article-1.2553393 |date=March 6, 2016 }}, ''[[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 (runner)|Janet Smith]], former [[long-distance running|long-distance runner]] who competed in the [[5000 metres|5000-meter run]], [[10,000 metres|10000-meter run]] and [[Cross country running|cross country]]<ref>Malinconico, Joseph. [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/22/nyregion/and-a-runner-stresses-determination.html "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. [http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3623951 "B-Mets Plan 'Giant' Event For Chris Snee Day"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712173831/http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3623951 |date=July 12, 2014 }}, 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. [https://www1.gmnews.com/2011/09/21/edisons-tv-station-marks-20-years-of-broadcasting/ "Edison's TV station marks 20 years of broadcasting"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922044911/https://www1.gmnews.com/2011/09/21/edisons-tv-station-marks-20-years-of-broadcasting/ |date=September 22, 2023 }}, ''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>[http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-bio-stein-b,1,715325.blurb?coll=la-news-columns Joel Stein – Columnist] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523020755/http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-bio-stein-b,1,715325.blurb?coll=la-news-columns |date=May 23, 2010 }}, ''[[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 [[WestPoint Home|J.P. Stevens and Company]]<ref>[[Robert D. McFadden|McFadden, Robert D.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/01/obituaries/robert-t-stevens-former-army-secretary-dies-at-83.html "Robert T. Stevens, Former Army Secretary, Dies At 83"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309182740/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/01/obituaries/robert-t-stevens-former-army-secretary-dies-at-83.html |date=March 9, 2018 }}, ''[[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 (ice hockey)|goaltender]] for the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] of the [[National Hockey League]] and [[2024 Stanley Cup Finals|2024 Stanley Cup Champion]]<ref>Isaac, Dave. [https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/sports/nhl/flyers/2016/11/26/edison-anthony-stolarz-first-nj-goalie-play-nhl/94475632/ "Edison's Stolarz to be first NJ goalie to play in NHL"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001132445/https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/sports/nhl/flyers/2016/11/26/edison-anthony-stolarz-first-nj-goalie-play-nhl/94475632/ |date=October 1, 2023 }}, ''[[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>[http://thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=18510 Jim Stoops] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730224553/http://thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=18510 |date=July 30, 2020 }}, 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 federal judge|United States circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]]<ref>[https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Sung%20SJQ%20Public%20Final.pdf Questionnaire For Judicial Nominees: Jennifer Sung] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225171831/https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Sung%20SJQ%20Public%20Final.pdf |date=December 25, 2021 }}, [[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. [http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-7339304767832722050/a-q-and-a-session-with-marques-townes-of-st-joseph-met-what-sport-will-he-play-in-college/ "Q and A session with Marques Townes of St. Joseph (Met.), what sport will he play in college?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001132447/https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/article/a-q-and-a-session-with-marques-townes-of-st-joseph-met-what-sport-will-he-play-in-college/ |date=October 1, 2023 }}, ''[[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. [http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-4810857735208698811/karl-towns-of-st-joseph-met-is-the-star-ledger-boys-basketball-state-player-of-the-year-2013-14/ "Karl Towns of St. Joseph (Met.) is The Star-Ledger boys basketball state Player of the Year, 2013-14"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004121125/http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-4810857735208698811/karl-towns-of-st-joseph-met-is-the-star-ledger-boys-basketball-state-player-of-the-year-2013-14/ |date=October 4, 2018 }}, ''[[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 (band)|Black Flag]]<ref>Chang, Kathy. [https://www1.gmnews.com/2010/08/11/vallely-brings-skating-stunts-home-to-edison/ "Vallely brings skating stunts home to Edison: Many come out to enjoy pro skateboarding tour stop"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922044911/https://www1.gmnews.com/2010/08/11/vallely-brings-skating-stunts-home-to-edison/ |date=September 22, 2023 }}, ''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.&nbsp;... 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>[[Tad Friend|Friend, Tad]]. [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/06/07/v-va-va-voom "V-Va-Va-Voom!"] {{Webarchive| url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140331192236/http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2010/06/07/100607ta_talk_friend | date = March 31, 2014}}, ''[[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'&nbsp;— to Edison, New Jersey&nbsp;— '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 [[New Jersey's 18th legislative district|18th Legislative District]]<ref>King, Wayne. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/12/nyregion/legislators-vote-to-ban-photo-radar-for-speeders.html "Legislators Vote to Ban Photo Radar For Speeders"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829145833/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/12/nyregion/legislators-vote-to-ban-photo-radar-for-speeders.html |date=August 29, 2019 }}, ''[[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.{{'"}}</ref>
* [[Darrin Winston]] (1966–2008), played two seasons in [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]<ref>Staff. [http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008808170376 "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. [http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2008/11/jeremy_zuttah_paying_immediate.html "Edison native Jeremy Zuttah making impact on O-line for Bucs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715015506/http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2008/11/jeremy_zuttah_paying_immediate.html |date=July 15, 2014 }}, ''[[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>

==Notable places==
* Advian, which in 2012 featured what was then the nation's largest solar rooftop installation at {{convert|17|acres}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pv-tech.org/avidan_management_unveils_uss_largest_solar_rooftop_system/|title=Avidan Management unveils US's largest solar rooftop system|date=April 20, 2011|access-date=March 22, 2021|archive-date=October 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028180833/https://www.pv-tech.org/avidan_management_unveils_uss_largest_solar_rooftop_system/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Bonhamtown, New Jersey|Bonhamtown]], site of a battle during the [[American Revolutionary War]]<ref name=Birth>Chang, Kathy; and Kesten, Karen L. [https://www1.gmnews.com/2009/12/30/birth-of-a-town-3/ "Birth of a town"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922044913/https://www1.gmnews.com/2009/12/30/birth-of-a-town-3/ |date=September 22, 2023 }} ''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.{{'"}}</ref>
* [[Camp Kilmer]], a [[World War II]] era army post, was partially located in what is now Edison.<ref>[https://www.archives.gov/northeast/nyc/exhibits/camp-kilmer/ Camp Kilmer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926062705/http://www.archives.gov/northeast/nyc/exhibits/camp-kilmer/ |date=September 26, 2012 }}, 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 (New Jersey)|Dismal Swamp]], preserved wetlands area that also includes portions of [[Metuchen, New Jersey|Metuchen]] and [[South Plainfield, New Jersey|South Plainfield]].<ref>[http://newjersey.sierraclub.org/raritanvalley/dismal_swamp/index.asp Dismal Swamp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601075055/http://newjersey.sierraclub.org/RaritanValley/dismal_swamp/index.asp |date=June 1, 2012 }}, [[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>[[Robert D. McFadden|McFadden, Robert D.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/25/nyregion/explosion-edison-overview-new-jersey-pipeline-explosion-sets-off-panic-chaos.html "Explosion In Edison: The Overview; New Jersey Pipeline Explosion Sets Off Panic, Chaos and Fear"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922044911/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/25/nyregion/explosion-edison-overview-new-jersey-pipeline-explosion-sets-off-panic-chaos.html |date=September 22, 2023 }}, ''[[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. [https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/28/archives/state-orders-edison-landfill-shut.html "State Orders Edison Landfill Shut"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105160453/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/28/archives/state-orders-edison-landfill-shut.html |date=November 5, 2018 }}, ''[[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>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38&x=34&y=19 Edison station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712091248/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38&x=34&y=19 |date=July 12, 2014 }}, [[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. [https://www1.gmnews.com/2007/03/07/dep-finds-hazardous-materials-in-ilr-landfill/ "DEP finds hazardous materials in ILR landfill: Contaminants were found on site of proposed 500K-sq.-ft. warehouse"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922044913/https://www1.gmnews.com/2007/03/07/dep-finds-hazardous-materials-in-ilr-landfill/ |date=September 22, 2023 }}, ''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 {{convert|70|e6USgal|m3}} of hazardous waste was dumped.<ref>[https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0200346 Superfund Site: Kin-Buc Landfill; Edison Township, NJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405180342/https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0200346 |date=April 5, 2023 }}, [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|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. [http://www.plainfieldquakers.org/history/dudley.asp '' The Story of the Friends in PlainfieldIncludingA History of Early Quaker Families''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715155319/http://www.plainfieldquakers.org/history/dudley.asp |date=July 15, 2012 }}, 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 (Edison, New Jersey)|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 {{convert|1260703|sqft}}.<ref>[http://www.mallsandoutlets.com/malls/menlo-park-edison-nj-mall/ Menlo Park Mall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319204304/http://www.mallsandoutlets.com/malls/menlo-park-edison-nj-mall/ |date=March 19, 2014 }}, Malls and Outlets. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref>
* [[Little India (Edison/Iselin)|Oak Tree Road]] in Edison and the [[Iselin, New Jersey|Iselin]] section of [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey|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>[http://www.menloparkmuseum.org/about-us About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415122112/http://www.menloparkmuseum.org/about-us |date=April 15, 2012 }}, [[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. [https://www.nj.com/news/2010/07/president_obama_greets_tastee.html "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>

==See also==
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* [[Edison divorce torture plot]]

==References==
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==External links==
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