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Middlesex, New Jersey

Population: 13,055

Located in Middlesex County

Middlesex is home to approximately 13,717 residents and covers approximately 3.5 square miles. The city of Middlesex is located in the county of Middlesex.

Middlesex County, also known as the "Heart" of New Jersey is located squarely in the center of New Jersey and stretches from the Rahway River south to Mercer and Monmouth Counties and form Raritan Bay on the Atlantic Ocean west to Somerset County. The county is 318 square miles in size, has 25 municipalities which includes the City of New Brunswick, the seat of Middlesex County Government and includes extensive industrial, office, and residential areas.

Middlesex County has an average July high temperature of 84.9 degrees, Average January low of 28.9 degrees. The county sees an average rainfall of 47 inches annually, while on average 128 days a year see rain fall.

Middlesex County has been one of the fastest growing counties in the State, having an estimated population increase between 1970 and 1990 of 87,967 persons. Preliminary population projections for 2000 are estimated at 745,000 while the population is projected to increase to nearly 796,000 by the year 2010.

Serving approximately 100,000 primary and secondary school students are 175 public school, five County vocational-technical Schools, and over 70 parochial and private schools. Middlesex County College, a two year education center for academic and technical training, was one of the first in the State. Graduate level studies are available at Rutgers, The state University of New Jersey. Located in Middlesex County are five main Rutgers campuses; Rutgers College, Cook College, Douglas College, Kilmer Campus, and the Busch Campus Home of New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry. Adjacent to Cook College is the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, a nationally recognized research center The Forrestal Campus of Princeton University is located in Middlesex County, with Princeton University's main campus nearby.

Middlesex County Department of Parks and Recreation operates 18 county parks, encompassing 6,470 acres. Eleven of these parks contain recreational facilities, two are being constructed, and five others are conservation areas or are being held for future recreational development. The County is in the process of acquiring 7,000 acres of open space through the Open Space Trust Fund, and an active farmland preservation program has preserved 2,500 acres. The Middlesex County Improvement Authority operates three golfing facilities: The 36 hole Tamarack Golf Course in East Brunswick, the Meadows at Middlesex in Plainsboro, the Raritan Landing Golf Course in Piscataway.