Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Union
- Incorporated
- December 20, 1894
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Donald A. Shaw ( D , term ends December 31, 2027)
- Administrator
- Christopher Laba (acting)
- Municipal clerk
- Lisette Sanchez
- Total
- 2.65 sq mi (6.86 km )
- Land
- 2.63 sq mi (6.82 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km ) 0.49%
- Rank
- 366th of 565 in state, 16th of 21 in county
- Elevation
- 56 ft (17 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 22,342
- Density
- 8,612.9/sq mi (3,325.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
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Encyclopedic overview
Roselle (/roʊˈzɛl/ row-ZELL) is a borough located in Union County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 22,695, an increase of 1,610 (+7.6%) from the 2010 census count of 21,085, which in turn reflected a decline of 189 (−0.9%) from the 21,274 counted in the 2000 census. The Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 22,342 in 2023, a decrease of 353 (−1.6%).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roselle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.