West Windsor Township, New Jersey
| 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 |
| • 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 (2015) | 28,383 |
| • 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 |
| Area code(s) | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3402180240 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882124 |
| Website | www |
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.
The first known European activity in the area now known as West Windsor Township dates to 1634, during the exploration of Captain Thomas Yong. Yong was an Englishman, who reportedly traded with the native Lenni Lenape population. The region was officially claimed for European settlement under the 1682 William Penn treaties, under which the Lenape conveyed vast portions of New Jersey & Pennsylvania to Quaker colonists. Through much of the 18th & 19th centuries, the area was known first as New Windsor Township, and later simply as Windsor Township, and its borders stretched to include all of present-day Princeton and East Windsor townships. In 1797, West Windsor was created and held only parts of Princeton within its boundaries. Following the 1838 formation of Mercer County, West Windsor's borders were again redefined in 1855 to reflect the township's current 26.84 square miles (69.5 km2). The town contained within it (entirely or partly) six small villages whose names & locations are still identifiable and/or in use in contemporary times. They are as follows:
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