18 Facts About Edison NJ

Edison NJ is a township located in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

Edison NJ Township, comprising former sections of Piscataway and Woodbridge townships, was settled in the 17th century.

In 1876, Thomas Edison NJ set up his home and research laboratory in New Jersey on the site of an unsuccessful real estate development in Raritan Township called "Menlo Park", .

Edison NJ subsequently left Menlo Park and moved his home and laboratory to West Orange in 1886.

Edison NJ has been one of the fastest-growing municipalities in New Jersey.

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Edison NJ is primarily a middle-class community with more than 75 ethnic communities represented.

Edison NJ has a large Jewish community next to Highland Park, with multiple synagogues located in Edison NJ.

Edison NJ has a growing Indian community and a number of temples serving the religious needs of the community.

Edison NJ was ranked the 28th most-livable small city in the United States by CNN Money magazine, and second in New Jersey in 2006 in Money magazine's "Best Places To Live".

Edison NJ is on the east side of Raritan Valley, along with Plainfield, and completely surrounds the borough of Metuchen, New Jersey, making it part of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another.

Edison NJ is about halfway between Midtown Manhattan, and New Jersey's capitol, Trenton, being about 27 miles from both.

The United States headquarters of the international company Zylog Systems is located in Edison NJ, as is the headquarters of the e-commerce companies Boxed and Bare Necessities.

Recent politics in Edison NJ have concerned plans for zoning the township to facilitate the creation of "walkable" communities that will attract businesses, while still maintaining open spaces and parks and easy access to commuter transit.

Edison NJ is located in the 6th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 18th state legislative district.

Exit 10 is located in Edison NJ, featuring a 13-lane toll gate and a unique interchange design.

Edison NJ station, located in South Edison NJ, is served by NJ Transit northbound trains to Newark Penn Station and Penn Station New York, and southbound to the Trenton Transit Center via the Northeast Corridor Line, with connecting service to Amtrak, and SEPTA.

In 1982, the BPU and New Jersey Bell, after receiving thousands of complaints from both North and South Edison NJ residents, made an exception that any calls originating and terminating in the Township would be considered a local call.

Edison NJ residents living on Roxy Avenue were in the spotlight in the news, with one side of the street served by the Rahway central office and the other side of the street is served by the Plainfield central office .