About Rahway, NJ
Rahway is a suburb of New York City with a population of 29,691. Rahway is in Union County. Living in Rahway offers residents an urban suburban mix feel and most residents own their homes. In Rahway there are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. Many families and young professionals live in Rahway.
History of Rahway, NJ
Rahway and the surrounding area were once the home of the Lenni Lenape Native Americans, and tradition states that the city was named after Rahwack, a local tribal chief. Formal European settlement began in 1664 with the purchase by the English from the Lenape of the Elizabethtown Tract, which encompassed lands from the mouth of the Raritan River and included all of present-day Union County as well as parts of Somerset, Middlesex, Morris and Essex counties.
