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Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA



 


Tree: Nederlandse voorouders

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Princeton, New Jersey is located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Princeton University has been sited in the town since 1756. Although Princeton is a "college town", there are many other important facilities in the vicinity that enrich the town's character and economic basis. These institutions and companies include: the Institute for Advanced Study, Educational Testing Service (ETS), Opinion Research Corporation, Sarnoff Corporation, FMC Corporation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton Theological Seminary, Westminster Choir College, Church and Dwight and Dow Jones & Company. Another factor contributing to the town's independent character is its equidistant location from both Philadelphia and New York. Since the turn of the last century, rail service and major highways to these cities have made the town a bedroom community to both of them. Broadcast media from both cities have been received in Princeton since their inception.



New Jersey's State capital is the city of Trenton, approximately 13 miles away, but the Governor's official residence has been in Princeton since 1945, when Morven became the first Governor's mansion. It was later replaced by the larger Drumthwacket, a larger colonial mansion also located in Princeton. Morven became the home of the New Jersey Historical Society.



Princeton was named #15 of the top 100 towns in the United States to Live and Work In by Money Magazine in 2005.



Although residents of Princeton (Princetonians) traditionally have a strong town-wide identity, legally there is not one municipality, but two: a township and a borough.The central borough is completely surrounded by the township. The Borough seceded from the Township in 1894 in a dispute over school taxes; the two municipalities later formed the Princeton Regional Schools, and some other public services are conducted together. There have been three referenda proposing to reunite the two Princetons, but they have all been narrowly defeated. The Borough contains Nassau Street, the main commercial street, most of the University campus, and incorporated most of the urban area until the postwar suburbanization. Borough and Township now have roughly equal populations, together approaching 30,000.



Princeton lies at latitude 40°21' North, longitude 74°40' West. United States Postal Zip Codes include 08540, 08542 (largely the Borough), and 08544 (the University).



History



During the War for Independence, British and American armies crossed New Jersey several times. On January 3, 1777, the American forces led by George Washington scored an important victory over British forces led by Charles Cornwallis in the Battle of Princeton. British forces marching from New York to respond to the raid on Trenton (December 26, 1777) were spotted by Washington's troops about two miles west of what was then Princeton (now the very center of the town). In one engagement Washington's forces defeated the British rear guard, although Brigadier General Hugh Mercer was killed commanding the unit. The site is preserved as Princeton Battlefield State Park. In a series of other engagements Washington scattered the British in Princeton and achieving a decisive, if minor, victory.



In the summer of 1783, the Continental Congress met in Nassau Hall at Princeton University, making Princeton the country's capital for four months. It was there that the Continental Congress learned of the signing of the Treaty of Paris (1783) which ended the war. The area was agricultural at that time, Nassau Hall and a few houses comprising the entire University.



In 1840, Joseph Henry operated one of the first telegraphs here. Henry was a professor at the College of New Jersey, and used the invention to contact his servants at home while he was working in his laboratory on the campus, a few blocks away.



The first rail line between New York City and Philadelphia had a stop in Princeton from the early Nineteenth Century. Mid-19th Century track straightening shortened the route between the two cities, but moved the path several miles south of Princeton. Rather than abandon service to Princeton, the Pennsylvania Railroad built a rail spur connecting a station at Princeton Junction with a station in the borough of Princeton. The train, called the "Dinky" remains a cherished, one-of-a-kind asset, operated by New Jersey Transit.



In 1894, during his second term as President, Grover Cleveland bought a house in Princeton, and became a fixture of the Princeton community, including the University. He later died in Princeton. After his death, he was buried in Princeton Cemetery.



In 1912, Woodrow Wilson, a former professor (and University president of Princeton) and Governor of New Jersey, was elected President of the United States. He served two terms as President, wrote the Fourteen Points and was President during World War I.



Princeton High School opened in 1915, at time when racial segregation was the norm in the area. Despite this, and the fact that there was a separate elementary school for black Princetonians, the school admitted students of all races. (Reference: 'The Princeton Plan' Fifty years of school desegregation. By Louise Handelman. Princeton Packet. Tuesday, June 8, 1999)



In 1933, Albert Einstein arrived at Princeton, where he was affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study. Shortly after his arrival, in a private correspondence, Einstein described Princeton as "a quaint and ceremonious village of puny demigods on stilts." Over time, he came to appreciate the environment provided by the town and the Institute, and in many ways became more at home in Princeton than in any of his previous residences. He stayed until his death in 1955.



In the academic year 1948-1949, following the mandate of the 1947 New Jersey State Constitution, which prohibited segregation in the public schools and the state militia, Princeton's lower schools were finally integrated. This was accomplished by an overhaul of the entire system, called the 'Princeton Plan', so that all the building, students, and teachers of the previously all African-American school were incorporated into the new town wide system.



The area was implicated in the transmission of anthrax tainted mail on September 18, 2001 to certain publications, such as the National Enquirer.

City/Town : Latitude: 40.352206, Longitude: -74.657071


Birth

Matches 1 to 2 of 2

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID   Tree 
1 Cleveland, Richard Folsom  28 Oct 1897Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I74428 Geneagraphie 
2 FitzRandolph, James  1 Oct 1730Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I317270 Geneagraphie 

Death

Matches 1 to 14 of 14

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID   Tree 
1 Lillian Vallish  5 Aug 1992Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I373388 Geneagraphie 
2 Burr, Rev Aaron  24 Sep 1757Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I213838 Geneagraphie 
3 Cleveland, Ruth  7 Jan 1904Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I74425 Geneagraphie 
4 Cleveland, 22/24th President Stephen Grover  24 Jun 1908Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I74423 Geneagraphie 
5 Edwards, Rev Jonathan  22 Mar 1758Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I213825 Geneagraphie 
6 Einstein, Albert  18 Apr 1955Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I65617 Nederlandse voorouders 
7 Einstein, Maja  25 Jun 1951Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I701168 Geneagraphie 
8 Einstein, Maja  25 Jun 1951Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I65616 Nederlandse voorouders 
9 FitzRandolph, Isaac  13 May 1750Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I317272 Geneagraphie 
10 Mercer, Hugh General  3 Jan 1777Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I443810 Geneagraphie 
11 Oppenheimer, Julius Robert  18 Feb 1967Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I869594 Geneagraphie 
12 Oppenheimer, Julius Robert  18 Feb 1967Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I65404 Nederlandse voorouders 
13 Seabrook, Rebecca  25 Mar 1744Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I317273 Geneagraphie 
14 Wilson, Rev Joseph Ruggles  21 Jan 1903Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I74493 Geneagraphie 

Burial

Matches 1 to 2 of 2

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Burial    Person ID   Tree 
1 Cleveland, 22/24th President Stephen Grover  Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I74423 Geneagraphie 
2 Folsom, Frances  Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I74424 Geneagraphie 

Occupation

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Occupation    Person ID   Tree 
1 Einstein, Albert  1933Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA I65617 Nederlandse voorouders 
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