Editing Monmouth Junction, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
Monmouth Junction is in southwestern Middlesex County, in the western part of South Brunswick Township. It is bordered to the northwest by [[Heathcote, New Jersey|Heathcote]], to the northeast by [[Deans, New Jersey|Deans]], and to the east by [[Dayton, New Jersey|Dayton]], all within South Brunswick as well. It is bordered to the southwest by [[Plainsboro Township, New Jersey|Plainsboro Township]]. [[U.S. Route 1]] forms a small part of the community's western border. [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]], the Middlesex [[county seat]], is {{convert|10|mi|0}} to the northeast, and [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]], the state capital, is {{convert|17|mi}} to the southwest.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the Monmouth Junction CDP has an area of {{convert|4.41|sqmi|2}}, nearly triple its area in 2010. Within the CDP, {{convert|4.38|mi2|km2|2}} are land and {{convert|0.025|mi2|km2|3}}, or 0.57%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/><ref name=CensusArea/><ref name="GR1">[https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 4, 2014.</ref> Land in the community drains southwest toward Heathcote Brook and Devils Brook, tributaries of the [[Millstone River]] and part of the [[Raritan River]] watershed.