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Bound Brook is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, located along the Raritan River.

The Bound Brook area was first settled in 1681, and the borough takes its name from the Bound Brook stream — mentioned as a boundary in a Native American deed — which flows into the Raritan River via the Green Brook on the borough's eastern side.

Bound Brook was originally incorporated as a town on March 24, 1869, within portions of Bridgewater Township, and was reincorporated as a borough on February 11, 1891.

The 2020 census counted 11,988 residents in Bound Brook, up 15.2% from 10,402 in 2010 and 10,155 in 2000.

The Battle of Bound Brook was fought here on April 13, 1777, when about 4,000 British and Hessian troops under Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis launched a surprise attack on a Continental Army outpost of roughly 500 men commanded by Major General Benjamin Lincoln.

Bound Brook and South Bound Brook jointly stage an annual reenactment of the 1777 battle, and the 250th anniversary reenactment is scheduled for April 2027.

The borough's Old Stone Arch Bridge over Bound Brook, possibly constructed as early as 1731, may be the oldest bridge in New Jersey, and Hessian troops were pinned down near it by American fire during the 1777 battle.

A wooden bridge over the Raritan River at Bound Brook was erected as early as 1761 and named Queen's Bridge in 1767, and it was used repeatedly by both sides during the Revolutionary War.

Because its downtown sits on the low-lying natural flood plain of the Raritan River, Bound Brook suffered occasional severe flooding, worst in September 1999 when Hurricane Floyd drove the river to record levels and damaged or destroyed many structures near the commercial zone.

Extensive flood control measures built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1999 and 2015, as part of the Green Brook Flood Control Project, now protect Bound Brook from floods as severe as a 150-year event.