Watchung
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borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Somerset
- Incorporated
- April 20, 1926
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Ronald Jubin ( R , term ends December 31, 2026)
- Administrator
- James J. Damato
- Municipal clerk
- Edith G. Gil
- Total
- 6.04 sq mi (15.65 km )
- Land
- 6.02 sq mi (15.58 km )
- Water
- 0.027 sq mi (0.07 km ) 0.46%
- Rank
- 256th of 565 in state, 10th of 21 in county
- Elevation
- 259 ft (79 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 6,434
- Density
- 1,072/sq mi (414/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Watchung
- Population
- 6449
- Area
- 15.679172
- Elevation
- 79
- Official website
- www.watchungnj.gov
- Image
- Texier House Museum, Watchung, NJ.jpg
- Households
- 2039
- Dialing code
- 908
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- postal code
- 07069
- Commons category
- Watchung, New Jersey
- inception
- 1926-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.4575
- IPA transcription
- /wɑːˈtʃʌŋ/
- per capita income
- 64061
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Watchung (/wɑːˈtʃʌŋ/) is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located approximately 29 miles (47 km) west of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,449, an increase of 648 (+11.2%) from the 2010 census count of 5,801, which in turn reflected an increase of 188 (+3.3%) from the 5,613 counted in the 2000 census. It is located within the Raritan Valley region.
Watchung was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 23, 1926, from portions of North Plainfield Township (now Green Brook Township) based on the results of a referendum held on April 20, 1926. The name "Watchung" comes from the Lenni Lenape Native Americans, meaning "high hills" or from "watschu," meaning "hill."