Dunellen, New Jersey

**Dunellen** is a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

## Population

|Census year|Population|Increase|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1990|6,528||
|2000|6,823|295 (+4.5%)|
|2010|7,227|404 (+5.9%)|
|2020|7,637|410 (+5.7%)|

## History

Dunellen started in 1867. It grew around a railroad station. The station was originally called New Market station. It served the nearby community of that name in Piscataway.

## Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.048 square miles (2.715 km<sup>2</sup>). All of it is land. Dunellen is in the Raritan Valley, a line of communities in central New Jersey.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Dunellen, New Jersey
- **settlement type**: Borough (New Jersey), Borough
- **nickname**: "The Railroad Town"
- **motto**: "Small Enough to Know You, Large Enough to Serve You."
- **image map**: Middlesex_County_New_Jersey_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Dunellen_Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250x200px
- **map caption**: Location of Dunellen in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Middlesex County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right).
- **image map1**: Census_Bureau_map_of_Dunellen,_New_Jersey.png
- **mapsize1**: 250x200px
- **map caption1**: Census Bureau map of Dunellen, New Jersey
- **pushpin map**: USA New Jersey Middlesex County#USA New Jersey#USA
- **pushpin label**: Dunellen
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States
- **pushpin relief**: yes
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in New Jersey, County
- **subdivision name2**: Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex
- **government type**: Borough (New Jersey), Borough
- **governing body**: Borough Council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader title1**: City manager, Administrator
- **leader title2**: Municipal clerk
- **established title**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date**: October 28, 1887
- **named for**: Dunellen station
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 2.75
- **area land km2**: 2.75
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **area total sq mi**: 1.06
- **area land sq mi**: 1.06
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area water percent**: 0.00
- **area rank**: 495th of 565 in state
23rd of 25 in county
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 7637
- **population rank**: 305th of 565 in state
21st of 25 in county
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population density sq mi**: 7191.1
- **population density rank**: 65th of 565 in state
4th of 25 in county
- **timezone**: Eastern Time Zone, Eastern (EST)
- **utc offset**: −05:00
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Daylight Time, Eastern (EDT)
- **utc offset dst**: −04:00
- **elevation ft**: 52
- **postal code type**: ZIP Code
- **postal code**: 08812
- **area code**: Area codes 732 and 848, 732 and Area code 908, 908
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 3402318490
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0885198