Clara Barton is an unincorporated community located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2][3] It takes its name from Clara Barton.[4]
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Coordinates: 40°32′03″N 74°20′22″W / 40.53417°N 74.33944°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Middlesex |
Township | Edison |
Elevation | 98 ft (30 m) |
GNIS feature ID | 883374[1] |
Located in the eastern part of the sprawling township, Clara Barton is more urban in its density and has a small central business district on Amboy Avenue.[5] The "village-like" section of it is separated from the township's bustling highways and stretches of retail and is home to one of the township's three public libraries.[6] The Middlesex Greenway runs along the neighborhood's southern boundary.[1][7]
The Clara Barton neighborhood in west Edison is the closest thing that this sprawling township has to a city center with a critical mass...Stretching roughly from the Route 1 overpass to the Turnpike overpass along Amboy Avenue, the Clara Barton neighborhood has become a special focus for town planners hoping to capitalize on the new trend of higher-density developments.
For 30 years, the library has sat on Hoover Avenue in Clara Barton, a village-like section of Edison, separated from the township's bustling highways and stretches of retail.