Watchung

borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
AdministrativeArea borough_of_new_jersey Q1082868
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Watchung

Summary

Watchung is a borough of New Jersey[1]. Watchung draws 140 Wikipedia views per month (borough_of_new_jersey category, ranking #32 of 255).[2]

Key Facts

  • Watchung is located in Somerset County[3].
  • Watchung is in the country of United States[4].
  • Watchung's head of government is recorded as Ronald Jubin[5].
  • Watchung's image is recorded as Texier House Museum, Watchung, NJ.jpg[6].
  • Watchung's instance of is recorded as borough of New Jersey[7].
  • Watchung's shares border with is recorded as Scotch Plains[8].
  • Watchung's shares border with is recorded as Berkeley Heights[9].
  • Watchung's shares border with is recorded as Warren[10].
  • Watchung's shares border with is recorded as Green Brook Township[11].
  • Watchung's shares border with is recorded as North Plainfield[12].
  • Watchung's shares border with is recorded as Plainfield[13].
  • Watchung's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136063372[14].
  • Watchung's locator map image is recorded as Watchung nj 035.png[15].
  • Watchung's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82070805[16].
  • Watchung's postal code is recorded as 07069[17].
  • Watchung's Commons category is recorded as Watchung, New Jersey[18].
  • Watchung's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 170469[19].
  • Watchung's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[20].
  • Watchung's local dialing code is recorded as 908[21].
  • +1926-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Watchung[22].
  • Watchung's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 885433[23].
  • Watchung's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 881609[24].
  • Watchung's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.642844444444, 'lon': -74.436233333333}[25].
  • Watchung's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0xskq[26].
  • Watchung's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 34-77600[27].

Body

Geography

Watchung is in the country of United States[4]. Watchung is located in Somerset County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+15.65271'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+15.679172'}[29]. Watchung's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+79'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+5801'}[31] and {'amount': '+6449'}[32].

Designation and Status

Watchung's instance of is recorded as borough of New Jersey[7].

History and Context

+1926-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Watchung[22].

Why It Matters

Watchung draws 140 Wikipedia views per month (borough_of_new_jersey category, ranking #32 of 255).[2] Watchung has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Watchung is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . watchungnj.gov. Retrieved . watchungnj.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . www2.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . nj.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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