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South Amboy
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city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Middlesex
- Incorporated
- February 21, 1798
- Type
- Faulkner Act (mayor–council)
- Body
- City Council
- Mayor
- Fred A. Henry ( D , term ends December 31, 2026)
- Administrator
- David Kales
- Municipal clerk
- Deborah Brooks
- Total
- 2.70 sq mi (6.99 km )
- Land
- 1.54 sq mi (3.98 km )
- Water
- 1.16 sq mi (3.01 km ) 42.76%
- Rank
- 365th of 565 in state, 19th of 25 in county
- Elevation
- 9 ft (2.7 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 10,549
- Density
- 6,119/sq mi (2,363/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- South Amboy
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Middlesex County
- Population
- 9411
- Area
- 6.975633
- Elevation
- 38
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Sayreville
- Official website
- www.southamboynj.gov
- Image
- Downtown South Amboy, NJ.jpg
- Households
- 3584
- Dialing code
- 732
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- topic's main category
- Category:South Amboy, New Jersey
- Commons category
- South Amboy, New Jersey
- water as percent of area
- 42.5401
- postal code
- 08879
- per capita income
- 39684
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- date of incorporation
- 1798-02-21
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
South Amboy is a city in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located on Raritan Bay. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 9,411, an increase of 780 (+9.0%) from the 2010 census count of 8,631, which in turn reflected an increase of 718 (+9.1%) from the 7,913 counted in the 2000 census.
South Amboy and Perth Amboy, across the Raritan River, are collectively referred to as The Amboys. Signage for exit 11 on the New Jersey Turnpike refers to "The Amboys" as a destination.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “South Amboy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.