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If you didn't find your locale within the 21 municipalities of Union county, check out the list of local names below. Beware, though, that some names are found more than once and in different counties and municipalities!

Want to know where these names came from? Look them up in the Origins of New Jersey Place Names.

LOCAL NAME	MUNICIPALITY
Aldene	Roselle boro
Alton	Scotch Plains twp.
Ashbrook	Clark twp.
Baltusrol	Springfield twp.
Bayway	Linden city
Benders Corners	Berkeley Heights twp.
Berkeley Heights	Berkeley Heights twp.
Betsytown	Elizabeth city
Branch Mills	Springfield twp.
Brantwood Park	Summit city
Chestnut	Union twp.
Clark twp.	Clark twp
Connecticut Farms	Union twp
Cranford	Cranford twp
Elizabeth	Elizabeth city
Elizabethport	Elizabeth city
Elmora	Elizabeth city
Fanwood	Fanwood boro
Florence Mills	Clark twp
Galloping Hill Park	Kenilworth boro
Garwood	Garwood boro
Germantown	Westfield town
Glenside Park	Berkeley Heights twp.
Goodmans	Scotch Plains twp.
Graceland	Scotch Plains twp.
Grasselli	Linden city
Great Island	Elizabeth city
Headlentown	Union twp.
Hillside	Hillside twp.
Johnsons Bridge	New Providence boro
Kenilworth	Kenilworth boro
Lenox	Clark twp.
Linden	Linden city
Lorraine	Roselle Park boro
Lyons Farms	Hillside twp.
Madison Hill	Clark twp.
Milltown	Springfield twp.
Milltown	Union twp.
Morris Mills	Linden city
Mountainside	Mountainside boro
Murray Hill	New Providence boro
Netherwood	Plainfield city
New Providence	Berkeley Heights twp.
New Providence boro	New Providence boro
North Elizabeth	Elizabeth city
North Rahway	Rahway city
Picton	Clark twp.
Plainfield	Plainfield city
Rahway	Rahway city
Roselle	Roselle boro
Roselle Park	Roselle Park boro
Salem	Union twp.
Saybrooke	Hillside twp.
Scotch Plains	Scotch Plains twp.
Springfield	Springfield twp.
Springfield twp.	Springfield twp.
Stony Hill	Berkeley Heights twp.
Summit	Summit city
Tall Oaks	Summit city
Tamaques Reservation Mill	Westfield town
Townley	Union twp.
Tremley	Linden city
Two Bridges	Scotch Plains twp.
Union	Union twp.
Union twp.	Union twp.
Union Village	Berkeley Heights twp.
Unionville	Union twp.
Vaux Hall	Union twp.
Vreeland Hills	Linden city
Warinanco Park	Roselle boro
Warners	Linden city
West Summit	New Providence boro
Westfield	Westfield town
Wheatshead	Linden city
Willow Grove	Scotch Plains twp.
Winfield	Winfield twp.

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