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Populated place in Essex County, New Jersey, US
8,078Population
0.6 sq miArea
115 ftElevation

Watsessing is a neighborhood and census-designated place (CDP) located in Bloomfield Township, Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Watsessing had a population of 8,078. It is in the southwest corner of the township, bordered to the northwest by Glen Ridge, to the southwest by East Orange, to the southeast by the Ampere North part of Bloomfield, and to the northeast by the rest of Bloomfield. Watsessing Park is in the center of the community, in the valley of the Second River or Watsessing River, part of the Passaic River watershed. The Garden State Parkway runs through the center of the community, on the southeast side of Watsessing Park, with access from E…

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