Highland Park

Also known as Highland Park, New Jersey, Highland Park, NJ

borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: New Jersey
County: Middlesex
Incorporated: March 15, 1905
Type: Borough
Body: Borough Council
Mayor: Elsie Foster ( D , appointed to unexpired term ending December 31, 2027)
Administrator: Teri Jover
Municipal clerk: Jennifer Santiago
Total: 1.83 sq mi (4.74 km )
Land: 1.82 sq mi (4.72 km )
Water: 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km ) 0.44%
Rank: 424th of 565 in state, 21st of 25 in county
Elevation: 75 ft (23 m)
Estimate 2024: 15,386
Density: 8,276.8/sq mi (3,195.7/km )
Time zone: UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst: UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )

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Encyclopedic overview

Highland Park is a borough in Middlesex County, in the central region of the U.S. state of New Jersey, in the New York City metropolitan area. The borough is located on the northern banks of the Raritan River, in the Raritan Valley region. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 15,072, an increase of 1,090 (+7.8%) from the 2010 census count of 13,982, which in turn had reflected a decline of 17 (−0.1%) from the 13,999 counted at the 2000 census.

Highland Park was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 15, 1905, when it broke away from what was then known as Raritan Township (present-day Edison). The borough was named for its location above the Raritan River.

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