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|subdivision_name1 = |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Middlesex |government_type = Faulkner Act Mayor-Council |government_footnotes = 〔 |governing_body = Township Council |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Brian C. Wahler (term ends December 31, 2016)〔(2015 New Jersey Mayors Directory ), New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, as of October 20, 2015. Accessed November 14, 2015. As of date accessed, the source incorrectly lists a term-end year of 2015.〕 |leader_title1 = Clerk |leader_name1 = Melissa A. Seader〔(Township Clerk ), Township of Piscataway. Accessed October 3, 2012.〕 |established_title = Formed |established_date = October 31, 1693 |established_title2 = Incorporated |established_date2 = February 21, 1798 |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = 〔(2010 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed May 21, 2015.〕 |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 49.286 |area_land_km2 = 48.782 |area_water_km2 = 0.504 |area_total_sq_mi = 19.029 |area_land_sq_mi = 18.835 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.194 |area_water_percent = 1.02 |area_rank = 149th of 566 in state 7th of 25 in county〔 |population_as_of = 2010 Census |population_footnotes = 〔(DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Piscataway township, Middlesex County, New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed October 2, 2012.〕〔〔(Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Piscataway township ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed October 2, 2012.〕 |population_total = 56044 |population_rank = 26th of 566 in state 4th of 25 in county〔(GCT-PH1 Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed October 2, 2012.〕 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = 2975.5 |population_density_rank = 216th of 566 in state 16th of 25 in county〔 |population_est = 58982 |pop_est_as_of = 2014 |pop_est_footnotes = 〔 |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = Eastern (EDT) |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = 〔, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 11, 2013.〕 |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 52 |coordinates_type = region:US_type:city |coordinates_region = US-NJ |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_footnotes = 〔〔(US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 |latd = 40.54564 |longd = -74.460817 |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = 08854, 08855〔(Look Up a ZIP Code for Piscataway, NJ ), United States Postal Service. Accessed October 2, 2012.〕〔(Zip Codes ), State of New Jersey. Accessed November 24, 2013.〕 |area_code = 732 and 908〔(Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Piscataway, NJ ), Area-Codes.com. Accessed November 24, 2013.〕 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 3402359010〔〔(US Board on Geographic Names ), United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕〔(A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey ), Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed October 3, 2012.〕 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 0882167〔〔 |website = |footnotes = }} Piscataway is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 56,044,〔〔〔 reflecting an increase of 5,562 (+11.0%) from the 50,482 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 3,393 (+7.2%) from the 47,089 counted in 1990.〔(Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed October 2, 2012.〕 The name Piscataway may be derived from the area's original Native American residents, transplants from near the Piscataqua River defining the coastal border between New Hampshire and Maine, whose name derives from peske (branch) and tegwe (tidal river),〔(The Meaning of Piscataqua ), seacoastnh.com. Accessed October 1, 2012.〕 or alternatively from pisgeu (meaning "dark night") and awa ("Place of")〔(The Origin of New Jersey Place Names: P ), GetNJ.com. Accessed June 28, 2007.〕 or from a Lenape language word meaning "Great Deer"〔 or from words meaning "place of dark night".〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 18, 2015.〕 The area was first settled in 1666 by Quakers and Baptists who had left the Puritan colony in New Hampshire.〔Cheslow, Jerry. ("If You're Thinking of Living in: Piscataway" ), ''The New York Times'', June 28, 1992. Accessed October 3, 2012. "What is now the township was settled in 1666 by Quakers and Baptists fleeing the intolerant Puritan colony in New Hampshire. While Piscataway is a derivative of the Leni Lenape word for "Great Deer," the township is believed to have been named for the settlers' former home on the Piscataqua River."〕 Piscataway Township was formed on December 18, 1666, and officially incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as part of the state's initial group of 104 townships.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 172. Accessed October 2, 2012.〕 The community, the fifth-oldest municipality in New Jersey,〔(Welcome to Piscataway, NJ ), accessed February 8, 2007.〕 has grown from Native American territory, through a colonial period and is one of the links in the earliest settlement of the Atlantic Ocean seacoast that ultimately led to the formation of the United States. Over the years, portions of Piscataway were taken to form Raritan Township (March 17, 1870, now Edison), Dunellen (October 28, 1887), Middlesex (April 9, 1913) and South Plainfield (March 10, 1926).〔 Piscataway has advanced educational and research facilities due to the presence of Rutgers University, whose main campus spills into the township. High Point Solutions Stadium, home field for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, is in Piscataway.〔Staff. ("Rutgers officially announces naming rights partnership with High Point Solutions for Rutgers Stadium" ), ''The Star-Ledger'', June 21, 2011. Accessed October 3, 2012. "Rutgers officially announced today that High Point Solutions, a Sussex County-based technology supplier, has bought the naming rights to Rutgers Stadium. The 52,454-seat bowl will be renamed High Point Solutions Stadium..... The deal will last 10 years and Rutgers will be paid a reported $6.5 million."〕 Part of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is located in Piscataway as well. In 2008, ''Money'' magazine ranked Piscataway 23rd out of the top 100 places to live in America.〔(Best Places to Live 2008 ), ''Money (magazine)''. Accessed July 27, 2008.〕〔("Best Places to Live 2008 - 23. Piscataway, NJ" ), ''Money (magazine)''. Accessed November 24, 2013. "Today, the township is home to offices for large technology and consumer products firms such as Telcordia Technologies, Colgate-Palmolive and Johnson & Johnson."〕 In 2014, ''Money'' magazine ranked Piscataway 27th out of top 50 places to live in America.〔(), ''Money (magazine)''. Accessed Sep 19, 2014.〕 ==History== In 1666, the first appointed Governor of New Jersey, Philip Carteret, granted 12 new settlers from Massachusetts a 100 square mile lot of land that was later founded as the townships of Woodbridge and Piscataway.〔(Governors of New Jersey ), New Jersey State Library. Accessed August 7, 2014.〕 After this original purchase, additional settlers from the Piscataqua River area of New Hampshire also moved to the area. Coming from a lumbering, shipbuilding and fishing background, these settlers, consisting of mostly Baptists and Quakers, were comfortable with their new surroundings, and looking forward to starting a new life away from political and religious persecution in the north. They were also enterprising and pioneering families who were already experienced in wilderness settlement. Before the original settlers, there were pioneer scouts who surveyed theses new lands and waterways. The town name of Piscataway came from these early pioneers who originally came from the town of Piscataqua. During the original land purchase, the pioneers had signed 12 Articles of Agreement with Governor Carteret, which served as the legal basis for the government of Piscataway and Woodbridge and which shaped the democratic development of self-government. In short, these articles were mainly designed to provide liberty and land ownership for new families and to allow them to establish their own government representatives and religious freedoms. After a few line and boundary changes, Piscataway and its out plantations were reported to total 40,000 acres, with 66 square miles of land in 1685. The Lenni Lenape Indians were natives to the entire Piscataway area, but were quietly displaced to smaller areas as settler numbers increased. The Indians had established defined trails that the settlers used to travel through the wilderness area and branch out to new lands. Over time, many of these primitive trails became the main routes of travel from town to town and still exist today. The trails along the Raritan River were named after a local Indian tribe called the Raritangs. Piscataway Township is one of the fifth oldest towns in New Jersey and among the fifty oldest towns in the United States. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Piscataway, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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