Editing Laurence Harbor, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
Laurence Harbor is the easternmost community in Middlesex County and occupies the northeast corner of Old Bridge Township. It is bordered to the north by Raritan Bay; to the northwest by [[Cheesequake Creek]], across which is the neighborhood of [[Morgan, New Jersey|Morgan]] within the borough of [[Sayreville, New Jersey|Sayreville]]; to the southwest by the [[Garden State Parkway]]; and to the southeast by the communities of [[Cliffwood, New Jersey|Cliffwood]] and [[Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey|Cliffwood Beach]] in [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth County]].

The CDP is located off Exit 120 of the Garden State Parkway. The main routes are Laurence Parkway and [[New Jersey Route 35]]. The railroad, which no longer has a station in Laurence Harbor (it had a Morgan station during most of the first half of the 20th century, located right across Cheesequake Creek from Laurence Harbor), divides the community into eastern and western sections, the former being locally referred to as "The Front".

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the Laurence Harbor CDP has a total area of {{convert|3.00|mi2|km2}}, including {{convert|2.95|mi2|km2}} of land and {{convert|0.06|mi2|km2}} of water (1.83%).<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/>

The community's [[shoreline]] looks directly north upon [[Staten Island]]'s southern shore; the [[Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge]], [[Lower Manhattan]] (including the [[Empire State Building]], on a clear night) and [[Brooklyn]] can also be seen.<ref name=Thinking>Cheslow, Jerry. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E2D61030F935A15751C1A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all "LIVING IN/Laurence Harbor, N.J.; An Old Haunt Re-emerges on Raritan Bay"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 26, 2004. Accessed November 28, 2012. "A two-square-mile enclave in Old Bridge Township, Laurence Harbor comprises mainly compact two- and three-bedroom winterized bungalows built in the 20s and 30s on 25- or 50-by-100-foot lots, and is one of the most affordable neighborhoods in New Jersey's booming Middlesex County.... Laurence Harbor is named for Laurence Lamb, a turn-of-the-20th-century entrepreneur who established a {{convert|400|acre|km2|adj=on}} shorefront golf and country club on the site."</ref>