Cranford

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Cranford

Total population

1,937

Elevation24 m

Land area4.87 km²

Weather68°F · Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates40.65°, -74.31°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

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.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Cranford, NJ from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

John Morris

American film score composer (1928-2018)

Elizabeth Peña

American actress (1959–2014)

Jack Dennis

American computer scientist

Nicholas Murray Butler

American philosopher, diplomat, and educator (1862-1947)

Stephen Crane

American politician (1709-1780)

Aaron Ogden

American soldier, lawyer and politician (1756–1839)

Thomas Mitchell

American actor, playwright and screenwriter (1892-1962)

William Henry Tunner

United States Air Force general (1906-1983)

Abraham Clark

American politician (1726-1794)

D

Daniel Hugh Kelly

American actor

Sam Woodyard

American jazz drummer (1925–1988)

Louis Abell

American rower (1884-1962)

Harold Throckmorton

American tennis player

Fernando Perez

Major League Baseball outfielder

Rick Barry

American basketball player (born 1944)

Isaac Halstead Williamson

American politician (1767-1844)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in New Jersey

• Westfield
  1.8 mi away
• Kenilworth
  2 mi away · pop. 8,401
• Mountainside
  3.3 mi away · pop. 7,049
• Connecticut Farms
  3.3 mi away · pop. 516
• Rahway
  3.6 mi away · pop. 30,109
• Fanwood
  4.1 mi away · pop. 7,799
• Linden
  4.2 mi away · pop. 44,192
• Kean University
  4.3 mi away · pop. 1,362
• Vauxhall
  4.5 mi away
• Summit
  5.2 mi away · pop. 22,705
• Short Hills
  5.9 mi away
• New Providence
  6 mi away · pop. 13,727

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cranford

Souvenir of Cranford, New Jersey

Frank T. ] [From Old Catalog] [Lent · 2018

The Church of Saint Michael, the Archangel, Cranford, New Jersey

Church of Saint Michael, the Archangel (Cranford, N.J.) · 1972

First Presbyterian church of Cranford, New Jersey

George Francis Greene · 1901

Analysis of Bayonne Commuter Service and Alternative Routes for Jersey Central Railroad Commuter Service Between Cranford, New Jersey and New York City

Cather & Company DeLeuw · 1963

Cranford

Robert Fridlington · 1995

Materials for ICLE's program on New Jersey election law, Cranford, September 29, 1974, Bordentown, October 3, 1974

New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education · 1974

Central Railroad Company of New Jersey - 1970 to 1976 Across the Garden State : Volume 1

Don Ehrenbeck · 2024

First Presbyterian Church of Cranford, N.J

George Francis Greene · 1901

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