Carteret
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borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Middlesex
- Incorporated
- April 11, 1906 (as Roosevelt )
- Renamed
- November 7, 1922 (as Carteret )
- Named after
- George Carteret and, Philip Carteret
- Type
- borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor borough administrator
- Daniel J. Reiman ( D , term ends December 31, 2026)
- Municipal clerk
- Carmela Pogorzelski
- Total
- 4.93 sq mi (12.77 km )
- Land
- 4.39 sq mi (11.37 km )
- Water
- 0.54 sq mi (1.40 km ) 11.53%
- Rank
- 276th of 565 in state, 15th of 25 in county
- Elevation
- 13 ft (4.0 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 25,281
- Density
- 5,767.7/sq mi (2,226.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
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Encyclopedic overview
Carteret is a borough in northeastern Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population reached 25,326, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 2,482 (+10.9%) from the 2010 census count of 22,844, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,135 (+10.3%) from the 20,709 counted in the 2000 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carteret” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.