Editing Metuchen, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough had a total area of 2.85 square miles (7.39&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 2.85 square miles (7.38&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and <0.01 square miles (0.01&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (0.07%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

The Borough of Metuchen is completely surrounded by [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]],<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/720264/touches.html Areas touching Metuchen], MapIt. Accessed February 27, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Government/Pages/Municipalities.aspx Municipalities], [[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> making it part 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>

[[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Jefferson Park{{citation needed|date=June 2015}} and Robinvale.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>

Metuchen has been a state-designated "town center" since 1996 and "transit village" since 2001. The borough has been recognized for its [[smart growth]] development.<ref>[http://www.njfuture.org/smart-growth-101/stories/2004-award/metuchen/ "Town Center Design and Development Winner: Borough of Metuchen; supporting partner: Looney Ricks Kiss Architects"], NJ Future. Accessed April 6, 2015.</ref> Plans to build a residential and commercial center with 700 parking spaces on a parking lot adjacent to the train station were announced in July 2014.<ref>Amaral, Brian. [http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2014/07/pearl_street_development_woodmont.html#incart_river "Major Metuchen development will bring uncertainty, change"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], July 26, 2014. Accessed April 6, 2015.</ref>