Editing Sewaren, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
[[File:BASEBALL GAME IN FERRY STREET PARK, ONE OF THE TWO PLAYGROUNDS IN SEWAREN. THE COMMUNITY INSISTED ON THIS PLAYGROUND... - NARA - 552024.jpg|thumb|Baseball in Ferry Street Park, with Shell Oil's tank farm in the background, 1973]]
Sewaren is in northeastern Middlesex County, in southeastern Woodbridge Township. It is bordered to the south by the city of [[Perth Amboy, New Jersey|Perth Amboy]], to the west by [[Woodbridge (CDP), New Jersey|Woodbridge proper]], to the north by [[Port Reading, New Jersey|Port Reading]], also within Woodbridge Township, and to the east by the [[Arthur Kill]] waterway, separating Sewaren from [[Staten Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. The borough of [[Carteret, New Jersey|Carteret]] is {{convert|2|mi|0}} to the north, and the [[Outerbridge Crossing]] leading to New York is the same distance to the south.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the Sewaren CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.66|sqmi|2}}, including {{convert|1.22|sqmi|2}} of land and {{convert|0.44|sqmi|2}} of water (26.3%).<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/> [[Woodbridge Creek]] forms the western and southern border of the community and the tidal Arthur Kill forms the eastern border, while Smith Creek flows through the east side of the community.