Is Union County considered Northern or Central NJ? (Edison, Trenton: 2015, apartment complex)

[JerseyGirl415]

Originally Posted by njmom66

Wasn't it just 2 area codes once (a long time ago)... 609 and 201? OK, so 201 was North, and 609 was south.

Where were those borders? Where did 201 end and 609 start?

[Bobby BK]

Originally Posted by JerseyGirl415

Where were those borders? Where did 201 end and 609 start?

[JerseyGirl415]

Thanks!!

[larryleone]

See the wikipedia explaination
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Jersey[/url]

[Badfish740]

Originally Posted by larryleone

See the wikipedia explaination

Wikipedia-Necroposting

[jobaba]

Definitely north to me. And I've typically inhabited Morris County, Hudson County and NYC, so my definition of north is pretty biased to include less places.

Middlesex and Somerset are a little more grey.

[Kracer]

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[Dodge Rams]

Strange that OR had 1 area code, while NE had 2, because OR has about double NE's population.....

[hithere_imbored]

I'd say it's a grey area overall and this is coming from a guy who lives in Monmouth County!

Central Jersey in general would be:

In its entirety; Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, & Somerset Counties

Partially; Union (anything south of Westfield), Ocean (anything north of Toms River)

You could also use exit lists on GSP and the NJTP respectively as a guideline.

Typically on GSP exits 90 to 135 & on NJTP exits 7A to 12, would generally be considered Central Jersey

[NYtoNJtoPA]

I have relatives in Union County - Scotch Plains, Clark and Mountainside - they all call it North Jersey.

I lived in Middlesex County, on both sides of the river - Sayreville, Edison and North Brunswick (in that order) - and it was always Central Jersey. Somerset County is also Central, but looking at a map I always thought parts of it were north. Its northern border is on the same latitude as Union's northern border. I'm more familiar with Bridgewater and the areas south of that down 206 than I am with places like Bedminster and Basking Ridge further north, so don't know what those people up there call it.

Then I lived in Camden County - Barrington - and it was South Jersey, despite NJ extends about 100 or so miles further south than that. People in Camden County call Middlesex and Somerset North Jersey and don't believe Central Jersey is a real place.