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Hightstown, NJ 08520
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East Windsor, NJ 08520
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E Windsor, NJ 08520

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ZIP Code 08520 has segments in 2 Counties (Mercer, Monmouth).

The 08520 ZIP Code is centered1 in Mercer County at latitude 40.255 and longitude -74.516 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Mercer County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 08520 was 24,723 with 9,746 housing units; a land area land area of 19.45 sq. miles; a water area of 0.08 sq. miles; and a population density of 1,271.16 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Etra, NJ (< 0.1 mile)
Hightstown, NJ (1.4 miles NNW)
Twin Rivers, NJ (1.4 miles ENE)
Eilers Corner, NJ (1.9 miles SSW)
Wyckoffs Mills, NJ (2.4 miles NE)
Millstone, NJ (2.4 miles NNW)
Applegarth, NJ (2.7 miles NE)
Fair Play, NJ (3.1 miles ESE)
Cranbury Station, NJ (3.4 miles NNE)
Roosevelt, NJ (3.4 miles SE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Hickory Corner, NJ (2.4 miles WNW)
Elys Corner, NJ (2.4 miles ESE)
Cooleys Corner, NJ (2.7 miles S)
Locust Corner, NJ (3.1 miles NW)
Pages Corner, NJ (4.5 miles SW)
Clearbrook, NJ (4.7 miles NNE)
Nelsonville, NJ (6 miles S)
Post Corner, NJ (6.7 miles WNW)
Carrs Tavern, NJ (7.6 miles SE)
Emleys Hill, NJ (8 miles SSE)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.