There are numerous historical and contemporary neighborhoods in Sayreville, a borough in Middlesex County,

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, United States. Sayreville has a total area of 18.704 square miles (48.442 km²), of which 15.842 square miles (41.030 km²) was land and 2.862 square miles (7.412 km²) was water (15.30%).2010 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions

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. Accessed April 27, 2020. It is located on a peninsula shared with

South Amboy South Amboy is a suburban city in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located on Raritan Bay. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city's population was 9,411.Raritan River Raritan River is a major river of New Jersey. Its watershed drains much of the mountainous area of the central part of the state, emptying into the Raritan Bay on the Atlantic Ocean. History Geologists assert that the lower Raritan provided t ...

at the north, its tributary South River to the west, and the

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to the east. The original village of Sayreville has been known as Sayre's Village, Upper Sayreville, and Sayreville Proper. Sayreville was originally settled by Europeans in the colonial era and was part the South Amboy Township formed in 1684. It seceded and incorporated as a

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on April 6, 1876. The newly formed Township of Sayreville was created out of approximately 14 square miles of south of today's South Amboy consolidating the settlements at Morgan, Melrose, Ernston, and Sayre's Village under one municipal government. The area around the village was then known as Wood's Landing was renamed Sayreville after Sayre and Fisher Brick Company. Fewer than 2,000 people resided in the new township. Several areas take their name from stations along the

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. Sayreville developed into an industrial town in the late 19th century when most of the land was owned numerous clay, sand, and brick companies such the Such Clay Company, the Furman Brick Company, the Crossman Sand & Clay Company, Whitehead Brothers, and the Sayre & Fisher Brick Company, once the largest brickworks in the world. With the coming of other industries at the turn of the century such as DuPont, Hercules, and National Lead, Sayreville promoted itself as the “Home of Nationally Known Industries.” On April 2, 1919, the township was reincorporated as the Borough of Sayreville and ratified by a referendum held on April 29, 1919.Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 173. Accessed May 8, 2012. According to Joseph T. Karcher, an attorney, who wrote the post-war promotional ''The case for Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey'' in 1947, the borough had seven residential districts, which were separated by the large industrial complexes throughout the borough. After World War II, with the sale of former clay land holdings to housing developers. President Park, a suburban subdivision, was built just after the war. Sayreville's population grew from 8,000 in 1945 to over 32,000 by 1970. Much of Sayreville's housing was built in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. In the 1950s many clay companies sold their land holdings and gave way new housing “developments”. The largest, Laurel Park, became home to over 500 families. Other projects included Pershing Park, Deerfield Estates, Hope Homes, Parkway Homes, and Haven Village. In the 1960s more housing developments such as Woodside, Sayre Woods, and Oak Tree East and West were built. In 1970s and 80s Sayreville transitioned from an industrial community to a suburb as its once vibrant industrial landscape gave way to housing developments, and as more residents commute to jobs outside of town it became more of

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. By the 2000s, Sayreville's population surpassed 40,000 as

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saw more housing construction.

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, Early suburban development along US Route 9 between Melrose and Parlin , , - , Riverton , , , , Spit of land where Edison Bridge and

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cross the Raritan. Once the site of National Lead, maker of

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. Proposed large-scale mixed use project. , . , - , Runyon , , , , , , - , Sayre-Woods/Oak Tree East , , , , Along US Route 9 and

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, , - , Sayreville , , , , aka Sayre's Village, Sayreville Proper or Upper Sayreville , , - , Sayreville Junction , , , , Originally from

, , - , Sayreville Station , , , , Originally terminus of

's Sayreville Branch , , - , Tangletown , , , , part of Sayreville Proper/Upper Sayreville , , - , Townelake , , , , around Towne Lake in near Sayreville Proper , , - , Winding Woods , , , , ,

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