Place:Cranford, Union, New Jersey, United States

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NameCranford
TypeCensus-designated place
Coordinates40.656°N 74.304°W
Located inUnion, New Jersey, United States
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Cranford is a township in Union County, New Jersey, located southwest of Manhattan. As of the 2020 United States Census, the township's population was 23,847.[1][2][3]

NJ Transit rail service is available at the Cranford station, along the Raritan Valley train line, with service to Newark Penn Station and to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan via Midtown Direct. It is part of the New York City metropolitan area.

Cranford was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1871, from portions of the Townships of Clark, Linden, Springfield, Union and Westfield. Portions of the township were taken to form Garwood (in 1903) and Kenilworth (in 1907). The township's name is said to derive from the Crane family, including John Crane, who built a mill in 1720 along the Rahway River.

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