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Population: 21,160 Scotch Plains takes its early name "Scotsplain" form the Scottish settlers who established farms on the "West Fields" of Elizabethtown late in the17th century.
In 1877, Fanwood Township was created, taking about one square mile from the center of the township, and Scotch Plains was incorporated.
Today the town is the third largest municipality in square miles in Union County and is primarily as residential community. Its most notable increase in population was from 9,000 to 18,000 between 1950 and 1960. Only 1.5% of its area is compromised of industry. A good portion of its acreage is devoted to parks and playgrounds, including part of the Watchung Reservation. The township also distinguished by excellent cultural and community recreational programs, lovely single family homes, with a few garden and townhouse\condominiums.
