Edison Township (usually known as Edison) was named after Thomas Alva Edison.
The township includes historic Menlo Park where Edison's maintained his laboratory.
The township was formally known as Raritan Township.
Edison Township, located in Middlesex County, encompasses a land area of 30.17
square miles. In Census 2000, the population of Edison was 97,687 persons, the
population density for 2000 was 3,243 persons per square mile.
