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Highland Park is a borough located in Middlesex County in central New Jersey, situated on the northern banks of the Raritan River in the Raritan Valley region. The borough was officially formed on March 15, 1905, when it separated from Raritan Township, now known as Edison. The name derives from the borough's elevated location above the Raritan River. As of the 2020 census, Highland Park had a population of 15,072, reflecting steady growth in recent decades.

The area's history extends far deeper than its incorporation as a borough. The Lenape Native Americans were the earliest inhabitants, hunting in the hills along the Raritan River and using trails that connected the Delaware and Hudson River regions. European settlement began in the late seventeenth century when John Inian purchased land and established a ferry service across the river in 1685, which later became Raritan Landing. Early settlers included Henry Greenland, who operated an inn, and the Drake family. In the early nineteenth century, Reverend John Henry Livingston, head of Queen's College, now Rutgers University, purchased 150 acres and built the Livingston Manor, whose Greek Revival house constructed around 1843 remains the borough's most prominent historic structure.

The Delaware & Raritan Canal and railroad arrived in the early nineteenth century, spurring modest residential development beginning in the 1870s. The borough's independence movement, formalized in 1905, arose from residents' desire for their own school system and local control of services, including the fire department established in 1899. Throughout the twentieth century, Highland Park transformed into a suburban residential community through planned developments and housing construction, though its once-notable industries, including Johnson & Johnson and Band-Aid manufacturing, eventually declined by the 1960s.