Sand Hills, South Brunswick, New Jersey

Sand Hills, New Jersey
Cluster of houses in Sand Hills along Major Road
Sand Hills
Location of Sand Hills in Middlesex County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
Sand Hills
Sand Hills (New Jersey)
Sand Hills
Sand Hills (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°24′22″N 74°32′49″W / 40.40611°N 74.54694°W / 40.40611; -74.54694
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyMiddlesex
TownshipSouth Brunswick
Elevation253 ft (77 m)
GNIS feature ID880247[1]

Sand Hills is an unincorporated community located within South Brunswick Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2] The settlement is named for Sand Hills, a small group of diabase hills which contains Middlesex County's highest point.[3] The settlement is located approximately at the intersection of U.S. Route 1 (US 1), Sand Hills Road, and Major Road. There is a small cluster of houses and small businesses on Major Road just south of US 1 while more housing developments are found on the north side of the highway. Fast food restaurants, stores, and repair shops line US 1 through the area; this area of US 1 also has large inclines on both sides of the hills to climb from the relatively low and flat areas of the Atlantic coastal plain.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sand Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 14, 2015.
  3. ^ DeAngelo, Walter A. "The History Buff's Guide to Middlesex County" (PDF). Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders. p. 4. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "Aerial view of Sand Hills" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 14, 2016.