Middlesex County, New Jersey (U.S.)

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image by Gloria Meyers, 16 December 2010

• Description of the flag
• Variant flag

- indicates flag is known.
- indicates it is reported that there is no known flag.

Municipal flags in Middlesex County:

• Carteret
• Cranbury Township
• East Brunswick Township
• Edison Township
• Highland Park
• Metuchen
• Middlesex
• Monroe Township
• New Brunswick
• North Brunswick Township
• Perth Amboy
• Piscataway Township
• Plainsboro Township
• Renaissance at Monroe
• Sayreville
• South Amboy
• South Brunswick Township
• South River
• Woodbridge Township

See also:

• County and Municipal flags of New Jersey
• New Jersey
• United States of America

Description of the Flag

I am the designer of the flag which was created as part of the county's tercentennial celebration in 1983. A likeness of some of the elements of the flag can be seen at co.middlesex.nj.us/profile.asp. This image with a graded background was picked up off of the Middlesex County website and is only a representation of the flag that they are using there. The actual flag hangs in the Middlesex County courthouse and is used for various events. I was given one of three original flags produced in '83.
Gloria (Paladino) Meyers, 15 December 2010

Variant flag

image located by Vanja Poposki, 17 March 2013

A slightly simplified variant of the flag.

It seems that the difference between the fringed verstion shown at the top of this page and the outdoor pole flag hoisted is mostly a matter of how tightly cropped on the flag the main motif is. I found two photos showing this flag in official use:
https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Home/ShowPublishedImage/6138
https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Home/ShowPublishedImage/5088 

I searched the official website for "county flag". It does have an interesting, very flaggy logo — a bold "M" suggesting an intersection, in black, grey, and two shades of green:
https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/favicon.ico
https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Project/Contents/Main/_gfx/cmn/header-logo.png
https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Project/Contents/Main/_gfx/cmn/footer-logo@2x.png
https://lowerraritanwatershed.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Middlesex-County-logo.jpg

This color scheme seems to be unique enough to enable identitarian variants:
https://p.kindpng.com/picc/s/464-4640200_celebrate-middlesex-county-hd-png-download.png

On the other hand, there seems to be a seal or coat of arms that is related to neither the flag nor the logo:
http://www1.njcountyrecording.com/testnjcr/Images/MiddlesexLogo.png
https://uploads.thealternativepress.com/uploads/photos/best_crop_271443be07253241c829_middlesex_county_seal@2x.jpg

António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 April 2024