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Mercer County
New Jersey
Genealogy and History
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County Seat:
The county seat is Trenton
Since 2000, Mercer County has been considered part of the New York metropolitan area; before
that time it had been considered part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
The county is named for Continental Army General Hugh Mercer, who died at the Battle of Princeton in 1777.
Surrounding Counties:
Somerset County, New Jersey - north
Middlesex County, New Jersey - northeast
Monmouth County, New Jersey - east
Burlington County, New Jersey - south
Bucks County, Pennsylvania - west
Hunterdon County, New Jersey - northwest
Our New Jersey State Site
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Officially
founded in 1838 and carved out of other surrounding counties, Mercer County has a historical impact that reaches
back to the pivotal battles of the American Revolutionary War. On the night of December 25, 1776, General George
Washington led the American forces across the Delaware River to attack Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey, who
did not anticipate an attack near Christmas. Washington followed up the assault with a surprise attack on General
Charles Cornwallis' forces in the Battle of Princeton on the eve of January 2, 1777, eventually retaking the colony.
The successful attacks built morale among the pro-independence colonists.
Mercer County also has the dubious distinction of being the famed landing spot for a Martian invasion of the United
States. In 1938, in what has become one of the most famous radio plays of all time, Orson Welles acted out his
War of the Worlds invasion. Wells landed his imaginary aliens on Mercer County soil, using what is now West Windsor
Township as the point of first contact. A monument commemorating the "landing" is erected at Grover's
Mill
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Municipalities within Mercer County
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County Townships
East Windsor Township
Ewing Township
Hamilton Township
Hopewell Township
Lawrence Township
Princeton Township
Washington Township
West Windsor Township
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Hightstown (borough)
Hopewell Borough
Lawrenceville
Mercerville-Hamilton Square
Pennington (borough)
Princeton Borough
Princeton Junction
Princeton North
Robbinsville
Titusville
Trenton (city)
Twin Rivers
White Horse
Windsor
Yardville-Groveville
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Recent Website Updates:
May 2013: Bio: BOND Charles E, - Transcribed by Rhonda Hill
Nov-Dec 2012: Mr. and Mrs. George Richardson, Jr- Birth Announcement; 1892 Advertizers in the Hopewell Herald
Obits: Stanford R. Birch, Mrs. Wm. A. Gillam, John Conover, Annie (Parker) Gillam, George Stryker ; News:
(Sicklist) Charles A. Quick Has Accident, (Community) Unclaimed Letters, 1892 Miscellaneous News, (Crime) Charles
Tubman Robs Hotel at Coney Island, Pleas of Prisoners (Oct 1892); Obit: Rev. J. H.
Pierce; The Baptist Meeting House, Hopewell, Mercer County, NJ
Oct 2012: Bio - MURRAY, James Ormsbee - Transcribed by Richard Ramos
May 2011: Death Notice: Isaac N. Housel - Contributed
by Dale Donlon; Mrs. Peter Klein gives birth at age 65 - Transcribed by Dale Donlon; Sale of Noah
T. Stout Property- Submitted by S. Williams; Hopewell News Items - Submitted by S. Williams; Obituary:
Noah Stout - Submitted by S. WilliamsDec 2010: obits for FARRELL, GOLDY, JOHNSTON,
RYAN, COLEY, DUNN, GIEDLIN, HAYDU, KOCH, LAYTON, OPDYCKE, MANDLE, MOONEY, RILEY, THROPP
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