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Edison, New Jersey: History, Geography, Community & Economy
Edison is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Situated in Central New Jersey within the core of the state's Raritan Valley region, Edison is a commercial hub (home to Menlo Park Mall and Little India) and is a bedroom community of New York City within the New York metropolitan area.
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Edison, New Jersey topic overview
The analysis highlights History, Geography, Community and Economy as prominent areas in the source structure around Edison, New Jersey.
Related topics
408
Source areas
13
Connected nodes
421
Extracted relationships
72
Concept neighborhoods
109
Bridge connections
421
What this topic covers Research coverage
Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.
Notable people · 131 topics
Overview · 85 topics
Government · 41 topics
History · 37 topics
Education · 33 topics
Geography · 23 topics
Demographics · 16 topics
Economy · 16 topics
Notable places · 9 topics
Infrastructure · 6 topics
Sports · 5 topics
Parks and recreation · 4 topics
Sister cities · 2 topics
Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Area codes
732 and 908
Country
United States
County
Middlesex
Elevation
39 ft (12 m)
FIPS code
3402320230
GNIS feature ID
0882166
Explore all related topics Closing gaps
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.
Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.
How Edison, New Jersey connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around Edison, New Jersey shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Edison, New Jersey → Advian, American Revolutionary WarCamp Kilmer, Bonhamtown, Dismal Swamp, Durham Woods, Edison, Edison Landfill, Edison State Park, ILR, ILR Landfill, Indian, Industrial Land Reclaiming, Iselin, Kin-Buc Landfill, Laing House, Lincoln Highway, Line, Located, Memorial Tower, Menlo Park Another extracted example is Edison, New Jersey → 187th of 565 in state 14th of 25 in county, 6th of 565 in state 1st of 25 in county, 88th of 565 in state 4th of 25 in county. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
Edison, New Jersey
Top relations
related to Notable places· 41
Edison, New Jersey → Advian, American Revolutionary WarCamp Kilmer, Bonhamtown, Dismal Swamp, Durham Woods, Edison, Edison Landfill, Edison State Park, ILR, ILR Landfill, Indian, Industrial Land Reclaiming, Iselin, Kin-Buc Landfill, Laing House, Lincoln Highway, Line, Located, Memorial Tower, Menlo Park
• Rank· 3
Edison, New Jersey → 187th of 565 in state 14th of 25 in county, 6th of 565 in state 1st of 25 in county, 88th of 565 in state 4th of 25 in county
• Total· 2
Edison, New Jersey → 107,588, 30.69 sq mi (79.49 km2)
Area codes· 1
Edison, New Jersey → 732 and 908
Country· 1
Edison, New Jersey → United States
County· 1
Edison, New Jersey → Middlesex
Elevation· 1
Edison, New Jersey → 39 ft (12 m)
FIPS code· 1
Edison, New Jersey → 3402320230
GNIS feature ID· 1
Edison, New Jersey → 0882166
Incorporated· 1
Edison, New Jersey → March 17, 1870 (as Raritan Township)
Important terminology
Frequent words and multi-word phrases across the lead, headings, infobox and body. Useful for terminology coverage.
Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.
Edison, New Jersey relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 72 structured relationships around Edison, New Jersey. Examples in this analysis include Edison, New Jersey → Area codes → 732 and 908 and Edison, New Jersey → Country → United States. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
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Predicate
Object
Confidence
Src
Edison, New Jersey
Area codes
732 and 908
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
Country
United States
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
County
Middlesex
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
Elevation
39 ft (12 m)
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
FIPS code
3402320230
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
GNIS feature ID
0882166
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
Incorporated
March 17, 1870 (as Raritan Township)
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Edison, New Jersey
Named after
Thomas Edison
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
Renamed
November 10, 1954 (as Edison Township)
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
Settled
1651
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
State
New Jersey
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Edison, New Jersey
Time zone
UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
Website
www.edisonnj.org
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Edison, New Jersey
ZIP Codes
08817, 08818, 08820, 08837, 08899
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
• Administrator
Sonia Alves-Viveiros
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
• Body
Township Council
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
• Density
3,578.2/sq mi (1,381.6/km2)
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
• Estimate (2023)
106,836
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Edison, New Jersey
• Land
30.06 sq mi (77.86 km2)
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
• Mayor
Samip Joshi (D, term ends December 31, 2029)
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
• Municipal clerk
Cheryl Russomanno
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
• Rank
88th of 565 in state 4th of 25 in county
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
• Rank
6th of 565 in state 1st of 25 in county
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
• Rank
187th of 565 in state 14th of 25 in county
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
• Summer (DST)
UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
• Total
30.69 sq mi (79.49 km2)
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
• Total
107,588
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
• Type
Faulkner Act Mayor-Council
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infobox
Edison, New Jersey
• Water
0.63 sq mi (1.63 km2) 2.05%
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infobox
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Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods
Concept neighborhoods group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around Edison, New Jersey bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include New, Township and Jersey. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
Edison, New Jersey
New
Township
Jersey
Located
Middlesex
Served
Park
General
School
Thomas
Area
South
edison, new jersey
Jersey
New
State
Township
Raritan
States
United
Located
Middlesex
Served
General
Park
township
Woodbridge
Census
States
United
Raritan
Park
North
State
Population
Schools
Area
Located
middlesex county, new jersey
Middlesex
Jersey
New
State
Township
Raritan
States
United
Served
General
Census
One
central new jersey
Jersey
New
Office
Area
State
Township
Plainfield
Raritan
States
United
Middlesex
Served
menlo park mall
Park
Thomas
Located
Raritan
Center
Township
State
High
Also
School
Road
New
bedroom community
Also
Asian
Home
Park
American
Road
New
Census
Served
One
Edison
Population
new york city
Jersey
Township
States
United
Raritan
State
Served
Central
General
One
Park
South
Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For Edison, New Jersey, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Edison, New Jersey with Notable people. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
Min side: 3
Edison, New Jersey — Notable people· splits 290 ⟂ 132Edison, New Jersey — Overview· splits 336 ⟂ 86Edison, New Jersey — Government· splits 380 ⟂ 42Edison, New Jersey — History· splits 384 ⟂ 38Edison, New Jersey — Education· splits 388 ⟂ 34Edison, New Jersey — Geography· splits 398 ⟂ 24Edison, New Jersey — Demographics· splits 405 ⟂ 17Edison, New Jersey — Economy· splits 405 ⟂ 17Edison, New Jersey — Notable places· splits 412 ⟂ 10Edison, New Jersey — Infrastructure· splits 415 ⟂ 7Edison, New Jersey — Sports· splits 416 ⟂ 6Edison, New Jersey — Parks and recreation· splits 417 ⟂ 5Edison, New Jersey — Sister cities· splits 419 ⟂ 3
Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
Edison, New Jersey
Nodes422
Edges421
Triples72
Avg. degree2
Density0.004739
Components1
Source & methodology
TTTA analyzes the structure around Edison, New Jersey to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Geography, Community & Economy, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
