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The town was previously known as Raritan Township. It should not be confused with the current Raritan Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. In 1954 the town's name was changed to honor inventor Thomas A. Edison.
In 1876 Thomas A. Edison set up his home and research laboratory on the site of an unsucessful real-estate development in Raritan Township called Menlo Park. It was in the Menlo Park Laboratory that Thomas Edison came up with his most famous inventions, including the Phonograph and the Electric Light. Thomas A. Edison moved his lab to West Orange, New Jersey in 1883. Christie Street was the first street to use electric lights for illumination.
The town of Edison is home to the Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum.
Oak Tree Road in Edison is known for its large concentration of South Asian stores and restaurants. Route 27 has a growing Chinese American business district. Ford Motor Company had a plant here, the Ford Assembly Plant on Route 1, assembling the Ford RangerThe Ford Ranger is a compact pickup truck built by Ford Motor Company, and introduced in 1982 for the 1983 model year. It replaced the Ford Courier, an Americanized version of the Mazda B-Series. The compact Ranger was styled after the full-size Ford pick and Mazda B-SeriesFrom the first B-Series pickup truck, Mazda has used the engine displacement to determine the name. Thus, the B1500 had a 1. 5 liter engine, and the new B4000 has a 4. For 2002, the name was changed to simply Mazda Truck . In Japan, Mazda uses the Proceed trucks. The plant closed in 2003, with about 1420 workers losing their jobs.Edison is located at 40°32'18" North, 74°22'43" West (40.538204, -74.378585) 1The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. These sources are cited within the thousands of articles which link to this page..
According to the United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is defined in the Constitution of the United States, which directs that the population be enumerated at least once every te, the CDP has a total area of 79.5 km˛ (30.7 mi˛This article is about the unit of measure. In England, the Square Mile is a traditional name for the City of London. A square mile (symbol sq. or mi is an imperial unit which is the area of a square whose side is one mile (or 5,280 feet). A square mile is). 78.0 km˛ (30.1 mi˛) of it is land and 1.5 km˛ (0.6 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 1.86% water.
As of the censusA census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). It can be contrasted with sampling in which information is only obtained from a subset of a population. As such it is a method used f 2The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. These sources are cited within the thousands of articles which link to this page. of 2000, there are 97,687 people, 35,136 households, and 25,895 families residing in the CDP. The population density is 1,252.2/km˛ (3,243.0/mi˛). There are 36,018 housing units at an average density of 461.7/km˛ (1,195.7/mi˛). The racial makeup of the CDP is 59.49% White, 6.89% African American, 0.14% Native American, 29.27% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.02% from other races, and 2.15% from two or more races. 6.37% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 35,136 households out of which 34.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.1% are married couples living together, 9.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% are non-families. 21.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.72 and the average family size is 3.19.
In the CDP the population is spread out with 22.9% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP is $69,746, and the median income for a family is $77,976. Males have a median income of $53,303 versus $36,829 for females. The per capita income for the CDP is $30,148. 4.8% of the population and 3.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 4.3% of those under the age of 18 and 6.3% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.