Explore Keasbey, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Keasbey, 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 Keasbey.
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 | Keasbey |
| State | New Jersey (NJ) |
| County | Middlesex County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.516772 |
| Longitude | -74.305147 |
| Population | 3,027 |
| Density | 800.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 08832 |
| Area Code | 908 |
| County Seat | New Brunswick |
| School District | Woodbridge Township School District |
Keasbey occupies a heavy, industrious stretch of land where the industrial pulse of the earth meets the sluggish, tidal pull of the Raritan River. It lies 1.0 miles south-southeast of Fords, NJ (from Fords, NJ: bearing 147°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south of Union County. The geography here is defined by the low, flat tension of the landscape, where the air often carries the damp, metallic scent of the nearby Keasbey Reach. Beyond the immediate reach of the water, the horizon is flattened by the weight of human transit, though the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Mount Pleasant Hills offer a faint vertical relief against the sky. A quiet, utilitarian beauty emerges at dusk, when the fading light catches the dark, cooling waters of the river and turns the industrial silhouettes into sharp, ink-drawn lines against a bruised purple horizon. Pedestrians find a rare, narrow corridor of respite along the Middlesex Greenway, a linear path that cuts through the grit of the surroundings, providing a quiet passage for those moving between the remnants of the old world and the busy, paved arteries of the new.
Keasbey maintains a legacy rooted in the deep, clay-heavy soil that once fueled a robust brick-making industry, shaping the very foundation upon which the local economy was built. This history of extraction and manufacture left a distinct mark on the character of the place, favoring a persistent, blue-collar pragmatism that remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and the steady rhythm of the daily commute. While the heavy kilns have largely cooled, the spirit of the site persists in its function as a logistics hub, where the movement of goods takes precedence over the quietude of nature. Residents look toward the distant presence of Long Pond or the memory of the marshy banks to anchor their sense of place, yet it is the relentless efficiency of the modern road and rail that dictates the tempo of life here. Even with the encroaching suburban density, Keasbey retains a stoic, hardworking identity, defined less by its landmarks and more by the quiet endurance of its people amidst the shifting tides of the regional economy.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Keasbey, New Jersey. Coordinates: 40.516772, -74.305147. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Keasbey includes the ZIP code (08832), telephone area code (908), county seat of Middlesex County (New Brunswick), and school district assignment (Woodbridge Township School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |