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Flagtown New Jersey Map

Explore Flagtown, New Jersey, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Flagtown, New Jersey

How to Use This Flagtown, New Jersey Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Flagtown, New Jersey. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of New Jersey or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Flagtown.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Flagtown
State	New Jersey (NJ)
County	Somerset County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.517048
Longitude	-74.684326
Population	1,070
Density	241.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	08844, 08821
Area Code	908
County Seat	Somerville
School District	Hillsborough Township School District

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About Flagtown, New Jersey

Flagtown is a locality in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,070. The population density is 241.9 people per km². Flagtown is located at 40.5170°N, 74.6843°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 08844, 08821.

Flagtown occupies a quiet expanse within the low, fertile stretches of the Royce Valley, where the land holds the heavy, damp scent of turned earth and encroaching evening shade. It lies 3.2 miles south-southeast of Branchburg, NJ (from Branchburg, NJ: bearing 164°T), and is situated 3.5 miles west-northwest of Hamilton. The landscape unfolds in a series of shallow, verdant depressions, punctuated by the steady, dark flow of the South Branch Raritan River as it carves a slow path through the silt. To the distant horizon, the pale, jagged silhouette of Middlebrook Heights emerges against the sky during the clear, biting cold of late autumn. In the quiet corners of the fields, the quality of light at dusk takes on a bruised, metallic sheen, casting long, thin shadows that seem to anchor the horizon to the soil. Residents often gather at the Rohill Playground to watch the sun dip behind the treeline, a small patch of grass that serves as a communal pause in the day’s persistent, mechanical hum.

Flagtown carries the weight of a long agricultural lineage, though the modern rhythm has shifted toward the steady transit of commuters and the hum of nearby industrial corridors. Local history remains etched in the stubborn persistence of old farmsteads that have weathered the transition from open grazing to the suburban sprawl defining much of the surrounding basin. There is a distinct, unvarnished character to the daily commerce here, rooted in a pragmatic work ethic that values the functional over the ornamental. While the dense sprawl of the state presses in from the periphery, life in Flagtown maintains a slower, more deliberate gait, marked by the occasional sound of trains or the distant drone of highway traffic. It is a place where the memory of the plow still lingers beneath the asphalt, a quiet testament to the people who continue to build their lives upon this particular, unassuming stretch of the inland plain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rohill Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 089° E
Hillsborough Township Wooded Lot (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 179° S
Sourland Mountain Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 190° S
South Branch Greenway (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 291° W
Neshanic Valley Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 299° NW
Hillsborough Twp Open Space (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 183° S
Raritan River Confluence State Park (State Park) — 1.4 mi, 321° NW
Woods tavern plaque (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 116° SE
John Sanford Farmland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 2.5 mi, 340° N
The Lost Boys Statues (Public Artwork) — 3.9 mi, 044° NE
John Basilone Statue (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 035° NE
Raritan Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 035° NE
Arcaro Award Gallery Inc (Gallery) — 4.3 mi, 037° NE
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (State Park) — 4.9 mi, 084° E
South Branch Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 261° W
Readington Museum (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 322° NW
Round Valley Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 8.4 mi, 310° NW
Hamilton Street Gallery (Gallery) — 8.7 mi, 069° E
Round Valley Reservoir (State Recreation Area) — 8.7 mi, 315° NW
Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.0 mi, 111° E
Devil's Tree (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 034° NE
Art Sparks (Arts Centre) — 9.6 mi, 205° SW
Sieminski Theater (Theatre) — 11.0 mi, 029° NE
Princeton Garden Theatre (Cinema) — 11.6 mi, 173° S
Lewis Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 11.6 mi, 172° S
Sunset Views (Viewpoint) — 12.1 mi, 152° SE
Rutgers Geology Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 096° E
Stress Factory Comedy Club (Theatre) — 12.7 mi, 097° E
Pond dialogue (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 176° S
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.7 mi, 037° NE · 16k acres

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