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Monday through Friday8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Official source ↗Checked Sep 19, 2026
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About Rahway
City in Union County, New Jersey, US29,556Population
4 sq miArea
23 ftElevation
Rahway () is a city in southern Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A bedroom community of New York City, it is centrally located in the Rahway Valley region, in the New York metropolitan area. The city is 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Manhattan and 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Staten Island. Built on the navigable Rahway River, it was an industrial and artisanal craft city for much of its history. The city has increasingly reinvented itself in recent years as a diverse regional hub for the arts and biological sciences, with a new global headquarters for Merck & Co. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 29,556, its highest decennial count ever and an increase…
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