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 (PDF).
| 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. |
Still can’t find the location? Check out the towns by county list. Or search the NJ Localities place names for local names in other counties.
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