Editing Scotch Plains, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 9.06 square miles (23.46&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 9.02 square miles (23.36&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.04 square miles (0.09&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (0.40%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

The township borders the municipalities of [[Berkeley Heights, New Jersey|Berkeley Heights]], [[Clark, New Jersey|Clark]], [[Fanwood, New Jersey|Fanwood]], [[Mountainside, New Jersey|Mountainside]], [[Plainfield, New Jersey|Plainfield]] and [[Westfield, New Jersey|Westfield]] in Union County; [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]] and [[South Plainfield, New Jersey|South Plainfield]] in [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]]; and [[Watchung, New Jersey|Watchung]] in [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset County]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/552337/touches.html Areas touching Scotch Plains], MapIt. Accessed March 5, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://ucnj.org/municipal-profiles/ Union County Municipal Profiles], [[Union County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 5, 2020.</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>

[[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Alton, Goodmans, Graceland, Two Bridges and Willow Grove.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed April 14, 2015.</ref>

The [[Robinsons Branch|Robinson's Branch]] of the [[Rahway River]] additionally flows through Scotch Plains en route to the [[Robinson's Branch Reservoir]].