Bordentown
| Bordentown, New Jersey | |
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| City | |
| City of Bordentown | |
Clara Barton School
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 The City of Bordentown highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Bordentown, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°08′59″N 74°42′28″W / 40.149824°N 74.707642°WCoordinates: 40°08′59″N 74°42′28″W / 40.149824°N 74.707642°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Burlington |
| Settled | 1682 |
| Incorporated | December 9, 1825 (as borough) |
| Reincorporated | April 3, 1867 (as city) |
| Named for | Joseph Borden |
| Government | |
| • Type | Walsh Act |
| • Body | Board of Commissioners |
| • Mayor | James E. Lynch Jr. (term ends May 14, 2021) |
| • Municipal clerk | Grace I. Archer |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.968 sq mi (2.507 km2) |
| • Land | 0.929 sq mi (2.407 km2) |
| • Water | 0.039 sq mi (0.100 km2) 3.99% |
| Area rank | 503rd of 566 in state 36th of 40 in county |
| Elevation | 49 ft (15 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 3,924 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 3,851 |
| • Rank | 415th of 566 in state 31st of 40 in county |
| • Density | 4,222.3/sq mi (1,630.2/km2) |
| • Density rank | 142nd of 566 in state 4th of 40 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08505 |
| Area code(s) | 609 exchanges: 291, 298, 324, 424 |
| FIPS code | 3400506670 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885165 |
| Website | www |
Bordentown is a city in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 3,924. The population declined by 45 (-1.1%) from the 3,969 counted in the 2000 U.S. Census, which had in turn declined by 372 (-8.6%) from the 4,341 counted in the 1990 Census.
Bordentown is located at the confluence of the Delaware River, Blacks Creek and Crosswicks Creek. The latter is the border between Burlington and Mercer Counties. Bordentown is 5.8 miles (9.3 km) southeast from Trenton and 25.3 miles (40.7 km) northeast of Philadelphia.
Bordentown was originally incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on December 9, 1825, from portions within Chesterfield Township. It was reincorporated as a city on April 3, 1867, and separated from Chesterfield Township c. 1877.
Thomas Farnsworth, an English Quaker, was credited with being the first European settler in the Bordentown area in 1682, when he moved his family up river from Burlington. He made a new home on the windswept bluff overlooking the broad bend in the Delaware River. The Farnsworth's cabin was situated near the northwest corner of Park Street and Prince Street, perhaps where an 1883 frame house now stands. "Farnsworth Landing" soon became the center of trade for the region. Farnsworth is also the namesake of one of Bordentown's main street, Farnsworth Avenue.
Joseph Borden, for whom the city is named, arrived in 1717, and by May 1740 founded a transportation system to carry people and freight between New York City and Philadelphia. This exploited Bordentown's natural location as the point on the Delaware River that provided the shortest overland route to Perth Amboy, from which cargo and people could be ferried to New York City.
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