THE NEW BRUNSWICK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Triassic Lowlands setting.
New Brunswick city has 5.23 square miles of land in Middlesex County. Its Census reference point is in Triassic Lowlands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
New Brunswick and Middlesex County
New Brunswick is associated with Middlesex County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
New Brunswick by land and water
The Census records 0.52 square miles of water within New Brunswick, or 9.1% of its total area. It is 4.9 percentage points higher than the 4.2% recorded for Middlesex County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, New Brunswick city has 2.9 times the land area of nearby Highland Park borough (1.82 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.