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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American... Revolution. Rutgers was originally a private university affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church and admitted only male students, but evolved into a coeducational public research university. Rutgers is one of only two colonial colleges that later became public universities, the other being The College of William and Mary. Rutgers was designated The State University of New Jersey by acts of the New Jersey Legislature in 1945 and 1956. The three campuses of Rutgers are in New Brunswick and Piscataway, Newark and Camden. The Newark campus was formerly the University of Newark, which merged into the Rutgers system in 1946, and the Camden campus was created in 1950 from the College of South Jersey and the South Jersey Law School. Rutgers is the largest state university within New Jersey.
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Highland Park is a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 13,982. Highland Park was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 15, 1905, when it broke away from the then Raritan Township .... Highland Park is located at 40°30′03″N 74°25′40″W / 40.500795°N 74.427911°W / 40.500795; -74.427911 . According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.819 square miles , of which, 1.809 square miles of it is land and 0.010 square miles of it is water. Highland Park received its name for its "park like" setting, on the high land of the banks of the Raritan River, overlooking New Brunswick. Highland Park borders Edison, New Brunswick, and Piscataway. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 13,982 people, 5,875 households, and 3,267 families residing in the borough. The population density was 7,728.1 inhabitants per square mile . There were 6,203 housing units at an average density of 3,428.5 per square mile .
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