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is a borough located on the Raritan River, near Raritan Bay in Middlesex County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 40,377.
Sayreville was originally incorporated as a township on April 6, 1876, from portions of South Amboy Township. On April 2, 1919, the borough was reincorporated as the Borough of Sayreville, based on the results of a referendum held on April 29, 1919.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 18.8 square miles (48.6 km
Sayreville is bordered on the north by Woodbridge Township, the northwest by Edison, the northeast by Perth Amboy, the east (as well as to the north and south) by South Amboy, the southwest by South River and East Brunswick, and the south by Old Bridge Township. Sayreville touches Edison across the Raritan River, although there is no way to go directly from one to the other.
Technically, Sayreville shares a border with New York, via a water boundary with Staten Island.
The borough is approximately 35 miles southwest of New York City and 66 miles northeast of Philadelphia on the southern bank of the Raritan River. Area code 732 and 848 are used in Sayreville. It used to carry Area code 908, until 908 was allocated to Union, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties and Sayreville was designated as 732. Rahway and Clark in Union County still use the 732 area code.
Sayreville uses four ZIP codes 08872, 08871, 08879, and 08859. 08872 and 08871 are the Sayreville zip located in the borough itself. 08879 is the South Amboy zip located in the informal sections of Morgan and Melrose of Sayreville, the City of South Amboy, and the informal section of Laurence Harbor of Old Bridge Township. 08859 is the Parlin ZIP code located partially in the Borough of Sayreville and Old Bridge Township.