Editing Sayreville, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough had a total area of 18.68 square miles (48.37&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 15.83 square miles (41.00&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 2.85 square miles (7.37&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (15.24%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

The borough is located on the southern bank of the Raritan River across from [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey|Woodbridge Township]] and [[Perth Amboy, New Jersey|Perth Amboy]], and is bordered on the southwest and south by [[Old Bridge Township, New Jersey|Old Bridge Township]]. The borough also borders [[East Brunswick, New Jersey|East Brunswick]], [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]], [[South Amboy, New Jersey|South Amboy]], and [[South River, New Jersey|South River]] in Middlesex County, and [[Staten Island]] in [[New York City]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010518/touches.html Areas touching Sayreville] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526052555/https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010518/touches.html |date=May 26, 2022 }}, MapIt. Accessed March 5, 2020.</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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204213712/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf |date=December 4, 2003 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

Low-lying areas near the Raritan River are subject to flooding associated with [[storm surge]]s.<ref name=E&E5713>Lehmann, Evan. [http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059980655 "Risk: N.J. town, flood-soaked and weary, tries to back away from the water"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002031714/http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059980655 |date=October 2, 2015 }}, ClimateWire, May 7, 2013. Accessed October 1, 2015. "Sayreville unfolds along the edge of a wide river plain. During big storms, the Raritan stops giving water to the Atlantic Ocean and begins taking it in. Sections of Sayreville have been dunked three years in a row as tides and storm surge soak the plain like a sponge."</ref> The borough is approximately {{convert|24|miles}} southwest of [[Lower Manhattan]], {{convert|4|miles}} southwest of [[Staten Island]] and {{convert|57|miles}} northeast of [[Philadelphia]]. Area codes [[Area code 908|908]], [[Area codes 732 and 848|732 and 848]] are used in Sayreville.

Sayreville uses four [[ZIP Code]]s; 08871 and 08872 are post offices located in the borough itself, while 08879 is the South Amboy ZIP Code serving the Morgan and Melrose sections of Sayreville, South Amboy, and the [[Laurence Harbor, New Jersey|Laurence Harbor]] neighborhood of Old Bridge Township. ZIP Code 08859 is the [[Parlin, New Jersey|Parlin]] post office, which serves adjoining portions of Sayreville and Old Bridge Township.

There are several distinct [[List of neighborhoods in Sayreville, New Jersey|neighborhoods in Sayreville]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sayrevillehistory.org/historical-map-of-sayreville |title=Historical Map of Sayreville |access-date=April 30, 2020 |archive-date=April 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414015917/https://www.sayrevillehistory.org/historical-map-of-sayreville |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names within the borough include: Crossmans, [[Ernston, New Jersey|Ernston]], [[Gillespie, New Jersey|Gillespie]], Laurel Park, MacArthur Manor, [[Melrose, New Jersey|Melrose]], [[Morgan, New Jersey|Morgan]], Morgan Heights, Phoenix, Runyon, Sayre Woods, [[Sayreville Junction, New Jersey|Sayreville Junction]], and [[Sayreville Station, New Jersey|Sayreville Station]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709092825/http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt |date=July 9, 2016 }}, State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed April 14, 2015.</ref>