Pumptown, New Jersey

Pumptown, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°33′47″N 74°22′24″W
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Middlesex
Township	Edison
Elevation [1]	108 ft (33 m)
GNIS feature ID	879554[1]

Pumptown (also known as Pumptown Corners) is an unincorporated community located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[2][3][4][5]

Pumptown is named after a public pump that stood in the middle of the intersection of Park Ave. and Plainfield Rd.^[6]

Park Avenue & Plainfield Road in Pumptown

It is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density), its real estate primarily made up of medium-sized (three- or four-bedroom) to large (four- or more bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner-occupied. Many are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.^[7]

See also

• List of neighborhoods in Edison, New Jersey

References

1. "Pumptown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 13, 2015.
3. "NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
4. Spies, Stacy (2001), Edison, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 9780738505497
5. Fleming, Herbert R. (1947). "Map of Middlesex County, New Jersey". Middlesex County (NJ). Retrieved September 8, 2021.
6. "A Guide To Edison" (PDF).
7. "Pumptown Edison, NJ 08820, Neighborhood Profile - NeighborhoodScout". www.neighborhoodscout.com.