Princeton, New Jersey

:See also: Borough of Princeton, New Jersey and Princeton Township, New Jersey For other Princetons, see Princeton.

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Borough of Princeton, New Jersey - Princeton Township, New Jersey - Princeton

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Princeton, New Jersey is the name of a town in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is divided into two legal municipalities, a township and a borough. The township completely surrounds the borough; they are referred together as "the two Princetons". The Borough seceded from the Township in 1894, in a dispute over school taxes; the two municipalities now form a Regional School District, and some other public services are conducted jointly. There have been three referenda proposing to reunite the two Princetons, but they have all been narrowly defeated.

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Mercer County - New Jersey - United States - Municipalities - Township - Borough - 1894 - Regional School District - Referenda

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Before the formation of Mercer County in 1836, Nassau Street, the main street of Princeton, was the boundary between Middlesex and Somerset County, New Jersey. Princeton is located at latitude 40°21' North, longitude 74°40' West; there is a USGS survey marker on Nassau Hall.

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1836 - Nassau Street - Middlesex - Somerset County, New Jersey - USGS - Survey marker - Nassau Hall

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Princeton is home to Princeton University (originally the College of New Jersey); also the Westminster Choir College. The university campus lies mostly within Princeton Borough, but parts of it extend into Princeton Township and it has fields and a separate enclave in West Windsor Township. The university was chartered in 1746, and is one of two universities in New Jersey to be chartered before the American Revolution (Rutgers University is the other). Princeton is also home to Morven, the former home of Richard Stockton, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence who was forced to flee his home during the Revolution. Morven is the current home of the New Jersey Historical Society and former Governor's mansion of the state; the current Governor's mansion is Drumthwacket, a mansion outside the center of town.

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Princeton University - Westminster Choir College - University - Campus - Enclave - West Windsor Township - 1746 - American Revolution - Rutgers University - Morven - Richard Stockton - United States Declaration of Independence - New Jersey Historical Society - Drumthwacket

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