Fanwood is a borough in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough’s population was 7,774, an buildup of 456 (+6.2%) from the 2010 census augment of 7,318, which in slant reflected an enlargement of 144 (+2.0%) from the 7,174 counted in the 2000 census.

Fanwood was incorporated as a borough by an clash of the New Jersey Legislature upon October 2, 1895, from portions of Fanwood Township (now known as Scotch Plains), based upon the results of a referendum held the previous day. The borough was named for Fannie Wood, an author.

In 1831, the Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad usual a legislative charter to construct a railroad through the area. The heritage reached here in 1837 and a station, known as the Scotch Plains station, was built in 1839. The company became the Central Railroad of New Jersey in 1849. The extraction was unconventional moved to edit the grade and a further station, known as the Fanwood station, was built in 1874. At the similar time, the Central New Jersey Land Improvement Company began forward movement of Fanwood Park, a residential community all but the station. The evolve featured curvilinear streets. John Taylor Johnston, then president of CNJ, named the community after his wife, Frances, also known as Fanny, according to his daughter, Emily. In 1878, Fanwood Township was created from Plainfield and Westfield Townships.

The Fanwood Park Historic District is a 52-acre (21 ha) historic district located along North Avenue and North Martine Avenue in the community. It was supplementary to the National Register of Historic Places on May 27, 2004 for its significance in architecture, community planning and development, landscape architecture, and transportation. The district has 57 contributing buildings, including the Fanwood station, which was previously listed individually on the NRHP. A key contributing property, the Georgian Revival style Urner/Gibbs house was built in 1894 by Benjamin Urner, as a wedding gift for his daughter who had married William M. Gibbs.