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A township of 24,074 people in Union County, New Jersey
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Township in Union County, New Jersey, US
23,847Population
4.9 sq miArea
79 ftElevation

Cranford is a township in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located 18 miles (29 km) southwest of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 23,847, an increase of 1,222 (+5.4%) from the 2010 census count of 22,625, which in turn reflected an increase of 47 (+0.2%) from the 22,578 counted in the 2000 census. NJ Transit rail service is available at the Cranford station, along the Raritan Valley Line, with service to Newark Penn Station and to New York Penn Station in via Midtown Direct. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. Cranford was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1871, from portio…

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ZIP code07016
Area code908
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