Editing Cranbury, New Jersey (section)

== Geography ==
[[File:Brainerd Lake, Cranbury, NJ.jpg|thumb|Brainerd Lake in the center of the township]]
[[File:2020-10-09 15 09 27 View north along Middlesex County Route 535 (Half Acre Road) at U.S. Route 130 in Cranbury Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|[[U.S. Route 130]] is a major commercial and [[light industry|light-industrial]] highway in Cranbury.<ref name=CranburyCommercialIndustrial/>]]
[[File:Cranbury-twp-nj.png|thumb|Cranbury Township highlighted in Middlesex County]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 13.43 square miles (34.79&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 13.28 square miles (34.40&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.15 square miles (0.39&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (1.12%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

[[Cranbury (CDP), New Jersey|Cranbury CDP]] (2010 Census population of 2,181<ref>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/cdp/cranburycdp.pdf Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Cranbury CDP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006152653/http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/cdp/cranburycdp.pdf |date=2011-10-06 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed July 14, 2011.</ref>) is an [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) located within Cranbury Township.<ref name=CPH232>[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 28, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34023 GCT-PH1 - Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Middlesex County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212200723/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34023 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed November 28, 2012.</ref> Despite the match between the name of the Township and the CDP, the two are not one and the same, as was the case for most paired Township / CDP combinations (i.e., a CDP with the same as its parent township) before the 2010 Census, when most such paired CDPs were coextensive with a township of the same name.<ref name=CPH232/>

Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Brain Grove Lake, [[Cranbury Station, New Jersey|Cranbury Station]], Wescott, and [[Wyckoffs Mills, New Jersey|Wyckoffs Mills]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>

The township borders [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]], [[Plainsboro Township, New Jersey|Plainsboro Township]] and [[South Brunswick, New Jersey|South Brunswick Township]] in Middlesex County; and [[East Windsor Township, New Jersey|East Windsor Township]] in [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]].<ref>[http://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/883277/touches.html Areas touching Cranbury Township], MapIt. Accessed July 13, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Government/Pages/Municipalities.aspx Municipalities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201181824/http://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Government/Pages/Municipalities.aspx |date=February 1, 2020 }}, [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]]. Accessed December 1, 2019.</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>