10 Facts About Central Jersey

Central Jersey is the central region of the U S state of New Jersey.

The designation of Central New Jersey with a distinct toponym is a colloquial one rather than an administrative one.

All descriptions of Central Jersey include Middlesex County, the center of population of New Jersey, and tend to include much of nearby Monmouth, Mercer, Somerset, and Hunterdon counties.

At least two counties in Central Jersey carry official nicknames: Mercer County is known as "The Capital County" and Middlesex County carries the nickname "The Greatest County in the Land".

Decades, Central Jersey was a hub for manufacturing in the eastern United States.

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New Brunswick is known as "the Healthcare City", due to the concentration of medical facilities in Central Jersey, including Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Saint Peter's University Hospital, as well as the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey -Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Apart from Mercer County, which comes under the auspices of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, all counties in the region are part of the North Central Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, a government partner which approves transportation projects for the state.

NJT's Northeast Corridor Line and the North Central Jersey Coast were once part of the PRR, as was Amtrak which serves the commuter hub at Metropark, New Brunswick, and the Trenton Transit Center.

Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Turnpike, Interstate 287, U S Route 1, U S Route 9, New Jersey Route 18, and New Jersey Route 35 are major automobile routes through Central Jersey that pass over the Raritan River at Perth Amboy and New Brunswick.

Central Jersey Regional Airport is a privately owned, public airport in Somerset County.