Forsgate is a

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and

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(CDP) in Monroe Township,

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, United States. It consists of Forsgate Country Club and its associated housing developments. As of the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 2,056.

Geography

Forsgate is in southern Middlesex County, in the northwestern part of Monroe Township, bordered to the south across Forsgate Drive by Rossmoor, to the east by the Hightstown Industrial Track rail line, to the north by a branch rail line connecting Jamesburg and Monmouth Junction, and to the west by the

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at Exit 8A. It is south of

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and northeast of Trenton. According to the

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, the Forsgate CDP has an area of , of which , or 0.46%, are water. Land in the CDP drains northeast toward

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, a northeast-flowing tributary of the South River, part of the

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watershed.

Demographics

Forsgate first appeared as a

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in the 2020 U.S. Census.

References

Census-designated places in Middlesex County, New Jersey Census-designated places in New Jersey Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey {{MiddlesexCountyNJ-geo-stub