Short answers, pulled from the story.
The year 1666 marked the arrival of four European settlers who purchased 40,000 acres of land from Native Americans. John Martin, Charles Gilman, Hugh Dunn, and Hopewell Hull paid a sum of 30 pounds for this vast territory.
Approximately 2,000 British and Hessian troops under General Charles Lord Cornwallis faced local patriot militia forces during a running battle within Piscataway boundaries. Colonel Charles Scott led one part of the American resistance while Brigadier General Nathaniel Warner commanded another separate militia unit to force British forces to make an escape out of the area after taking heavy fire from local defenders.
The United States Army activated Camp Kilmer as a major staging area for World War II operations in June 1942. The installation ultimately processed over 2.5 million soldiers heading overseas or returning home from the war before its official closure in 2009.
Luther Martin was born near Piscataway on the 9th of February 1748 and became a Founding Father who refused to sign the Constitution. Other notable figures include Samuel E. Blum, Matt Nagy, Karl-Anthony Towns, Asjha Jones, Paul Rudnick, and Gail Shollar.
The 2010 United States census counted 56,044 people residing in Piscataway Township with 33.45 percent Asian population totaling 18,744 individuals. In 2000, 12.49 percent of residents identified themselves as being of Indian American ancestry making Piscataway the fourth highest municipality in the United States for this demographic group.