Iselin, New Jersey
unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States
Iselin () is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, Iselin's population was 20,088, up from 18,695 in 2010.
Previously known as "Perrytown" and "Unionville", Iselin received its current name after New York City investment banker and philanthropist Adrian Iselin, who established a finishing school in the 1870s for girls from wealthy New York families there. Iselin additionally subsidized the erection of a new train station, which was later replaced by a newer station to the south known as Metropark.
Geography
Iselin is in northeastern Middlesex County, in the northwest part of Woodbridge Township. It is bordered by the Woodbridge communities of Colonia to the north, Avenel to the northeast, Woodbridge to the southeast, and Menlo Park Terrace to the south, while to the west it is bordered by Edison Township. It is 9 miles (14 km) northeast of New Brunswick, the Middlesex county seat, and 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Newark.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Iselin has a total area of 3.13 square miles (8.1 km2), including 0.001 square miles (0.0026 km2) of water (0.03%). It is drained to the northeast by the South Branch of the Rahway River
Downtown area
Iselin's downtown is centered on Little India (also known as "Oak Tree Road"), bound by the Garden State Parkway to the west and Route 27 (Lincoln Highway) to the southeast. Once home to a wide array of shops, eateries, services, and complemented by a single-screen 1920s movie palace, the area was in obvious decline in the 1980s.
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