West Windsor Township
| West Windsor Township, New Jersey | |
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| Township | |
| Township of West Windsor | |
War of the Worlds monument, Grover's Mill
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 Location in Mercer County and the state of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of West Windsor Township, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°17′25″N 74°37′40″W / 40.290253°N 74.627673°WCoordinates: 40°17′25″N 74°37′40″W / 40.290253°N 74.627673°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Mercer |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act Mayor-Council |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | Shing-Fu Hsueh (term ends December 31, 2017) |
| • Administrator | Marlena Schmid |
| • Municipal clerk | Sharon L. Young |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.271 sq mi (68.041 km2) |
| • Land | 25.564 sq mi (66.210 km2) |
| • Water | 0.707 sq mi (1.832 km2) 2.69% |
| Area rank | 101st of 565 in state 3rd of 12 in county |
| Elevation | 92 ft (28 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 27,165 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 28,207 |
| • Rank | 87th of 565 in state 6th of 12 in county |
| • Density | 1,062.6/sq mi (410.3/km2) |
| • Density rank | 373th of 565 in state 10th of 12 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code |
08550 - Princeton Junction and 08540 - Princeton, New Jersey |
| Area code(s) | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3402180240 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882124 |
| Website | www |
08550 - Princeton Junction and 08540 - Princeton, New Jersey
West Windsor Township is a township in Mercer County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 27,165, reflecting an increase of 5,258 (+24.0%) from the 21,907 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 5,886 (+36.7%) from the 16,021 counted in the 1990 Census.
West Windsor Township was established by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 9, 1797, and incorporated on February 21, 1798, as one of the state's initial group of 104 townships. The Borough of Princeton (now part of Princeton) was formed from portions of the township on February 11, 1813. The township is closely associated with that now much more widely known town and several localities within West Windsor use Princeton in their name, the most notable of those being Princeton Junction. The USPS 'Princeton' post office (08540) facility is located within West Windsor, and covers parts of the township designated by Princeton, NJ mailing addresses.
A portion of Princeton University covering 400 acres (160 ha) south of Lake Carnegie is located in West Windsor Township. The University agreed in 2009 to make an annual payment in lieu of taxes of $50,000 that would be indexed to inflation to cover 81 acres (33 ha) of land in the township that the university had purchased in 2002.
In 2015, Forbes listed West Windsor as the 15th most affluent neighborhood in the U.S.
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