Editing Clinton Township, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 33.87 square miles (87.72&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 29.87 square miles (77.36&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 4.00 square miles (10.36&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (11.81%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

[[Annandale, New Jersey|Annandale]] (with a 2010 Census population of 1,695<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3401480 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Annandale CDP, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212133629/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3401480 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed November 14, 2012.</ref>) is a [[census-designated place]] and [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|unincorporated community]] located within Clinton Township.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)], [[United States Census Bureau]], August 2012. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref>

Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include [[Allerton, New Jersey|Allerton]], Cedar Heights, [[Cokesbury, New Jersey|Cokesbury]], Hamden, Mariannes Corner, [[McPherson, New Jersey|McPherson]], [[Potterstown, New Jersey|Potterstown]], [[Readingsburg, New Jersey|Readingsburg]], and [[Sunnyside, New Jersey|Sunnyside]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed January 2, 2015.</ref>

The township borders [[Clinton, New Jersey|Clinton Town]], [[Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Franklin Township]], [[High Bridge, New Jersey|High Bridge]], [[Lebanon Township, New Jersey|Lebanon Township]], [[Raritan Township, New Jersey|Raritan Township]], [[Readington Township, New Jersey|Readington Township]], [[Tewksbury Township, New Jersey|Tewksbury Township]], [[Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Union Township]].<ref name=MapIt>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1085193/touches.html Areas touching Clinton Township], MapIt. Accessed November 17, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/880/Municipalities Map of County Municipalities], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]]. Accessed July 30, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref> Also, [[Lebanon, New Jersey|Lebanon]] is an independent municipality surrounded entirely by the township, making it part one of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another.<ref>DeMarco, Megan. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/princeton_merger_voters_to_dec.html "Voters to decide whether to merge two Princetons into one"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 3, 2011. Accessed January 8, 2017. "There are 22 sets of 'doughnut towns' in New Jersey, those where one town wraps around the other town". Note that following voter approval of the [[Princeton, New Jersey]] merger, 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" remain.</ref>

[[Cushetunk Mountain]] is a ring-shaped mountain located in [[Readington Township, New Jersey|Readington Township]] and Clinton Township. Once an active volcano, the [[diabase]] mountain was formed 160 million years ago. The [[Lenape]] called the mountain "Cushetunk" meaning "place of hogs".<ref>[http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/depts/parks/ParkAreas/Cushetunk/info.htm Cushetunk Mountain Preserve] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113070510/http://co.hunterdon.nj.us/depts/parks/ParkAreas/Cushetunk/info.htm |date=November 13, 2012 }}, [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]] Division of Parks and Recreation. Accessed November 14, 2012.</ref> In the 1960s, the valley was filled with water to create [[Round Valley Reservoir]], at {{convert|180|ft}} in depth the second-deepest in the state.<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/dep/daw/roundvalley/ "Round Valley Recreation Area Offers Something for Everyone"], [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]]. Accessed November 14, 2012.</ref>