Borough of Princeton, New Jersey

See also: Princeton Township, New Jersey and Princeton, New Jersey

The Borough of Princeton is a borough and is one of the two municipalities making up Princeton, New Jersey. It lies in Mercer County, New Jersey, and is completely surrounded by Princeton Township, from which it was formed in 1894. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough had a population of 12,307.

Princeton was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 11, 1813, within portions of West Windsor Township in Mercer County and Montgomery Township in Somerset County, and was reincorporated on November 27, 1822. The borough became part of the newly created Mercer County in 1838, and became a fully independent municipality circa 1894. Portions of territory were acquired from Princeton Township on January 4, 1928 and August 21, 1951.

Morven, the former residence of the Governor of New Jersey, is at 55 Stockton Street in the borough (current residence is Drumthwacket in the township of Princeton).

Geography

Princeton is located at (40.352206, -74.657071).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.8 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 14,203 people,...
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