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Princeton Information
Princeton, New Jersey is located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
Princeton University has been sited in the town since 1756. Although this
qualifies Princeton as a "college town", there are so many other important
facilities in the vicinity that the town's character and economic basis are far
more complicated. 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, 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 nearby,
(and larger), Drumthwacket. Morven is the current 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 six public schools of the Princeton Regional Schools district serve both the
borough and the township: four elementary schools (Community Park, Johnson Park,
Littlebrook and Riverside), John Witherspoon Middle School, and Princeton High
School. The high school is located in the borough; the others are in the
township. The high school also serves students from Cranbury Township as part of
a sending/receiving relationship.
The Princeton Charter School (grades K-8) is located in the township. The school
operates under a charter granted by the Commissioner of the New Jersey
Department of Education. The school is a public school that operates
independently of the Princeton Regional Schools, and is funded on a per student
basis by locally-raised tax revenues.
There are also many private schools in the area. The Hun School of Princeton,
Princeton Day School, and Stuart Country Day School are located in the township.