Englishtown
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borough in New Jersey
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Monmouth
- Incorporated
- January 4, 1888
- Named after
- James English
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Daniel Francisco ( R , term ends December 31, 2027)
- Administrator
- Vacant
- Municipal clerk
- Kerry Killeen
- Total
- 0.59 sq mi (1.52 km )
- Land
- 0.57 sq mi (1.48 km )
- Water
- 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km ) 2.88%
- Rank
- 543rd of 565 in state, 46th of 53 in county
- Elevation
- 69 ft (21 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 2,342
- Density
- 4,117/sq mi (1,590/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough of New Jersey
- Official name
- Englishtown
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Monmouth County
- Population
- 2346
- Area
- 1.517138
- Elevation
- 69
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Manalapan Township
- Official website
- www.englishtownnj.com
- Image
- Englishtown, NJ.jpg
- Households
- 730
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- inception
- 1888-01-04
- Commons category
- Englishtown, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07726
- water as percent of area
- 2.8529
- per capita income
- 40580
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Encyclopedic overview
Englishtown is a rapidly growing borough in western Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The community is located within the Raritan Valley region. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,346, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 499 (+27.0%) from the 2010 census count of 1,847, which in turn reflected an increase of 83 (+4.7%) from the 1,764 counted in the 2000 census.
Englishtown was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on January 4, 1888, from portions of Manalapan Township, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day. The borough was named for James English, an early settler.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Englishtown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.