Cranford
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township in Union County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Union
- Incorporated
- March 14, 1871
- Type
- Township
- Body
- Township Committee
- Mayor
- Kathleen Miller Prunty ( D , term ends December 31, 2026)
- Administrator
- Lavona Patterson (interim)
- Municipal clerk
- Patricia Donahue
- Total
- 4.87 sq mi (12.62 km )
- Land
- 4.83 sq mi (12.52 km )
- Water
- 0.039 sq mi (0.10 km ) 0.78%
- Rank
- 281st of 565 in state, 10th of 21 in county
- Elevation
- 82 ft (25 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 23,741
- Density
- 4,927.1/sq mi (1,902.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- township of New Jersey
- Official name
- Cranford
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Union County
- Population
- 23847
- Area
- 4.869
- Elevation
- 24
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Garwood
- Official website
- www.cranford.com
- Image
- A foggy morning at Nomahegan Park, Cranford, New Jersey.jpg
- Households
- 886
- Dialing code
- 908
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- Commons category
- Cranford, New Jersey
- topic's main category
- Category:Cranford, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07016
- per capita income
- 50724
- date of incorporation
- 1871-03-14
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Encyclopedic overview
Paddlers race past the Cranford Canoe Club on the Rahway River during the annual Fourth of July competition in Cranford.
Cranford as depicted on a 1913 Board of Trade brochure
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cranford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.