Sewaren, New Jersey

Sewaren is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) within Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 17,011. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 2,756.

PSE&G's Sewaren Generating Station is a 582 megawatt facility on 152 acres (62 ha) along the Arthur Kill. The facility had five steam generators and one combustion turbine. Four of the steam units were installed during and just after World War II, from 1942 to 1951. Generator 5 was dismantled in 2002.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 1.004 square miles (2.601 km²), of which 0.954 square miles (2.471 km²) was land and 0.050 square miles (0.131 km²) (5.02%) was water. Sewaren is located between Perth Amboy and Carteret, on the waterfront across the Arthur Kill waterway from Staten Island, New York, which is accessible via the Outerbridge Crossing just minutes away.