The Municipality of Princeton is a borough in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of which are now defunct. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 30,681, an increase of 2,109 (+7.4%) from the 2010 census combined count of 28,572. In the 2000 census, the two communities had a total population of 30,230, with 14,204 residents in the borough and 16,027 in the township.
Mid-Atlantic
Princeton
Mercer County, NJ
Population
30,450
Walk Score
96 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$2,320
Median home value
$971,200
[[Municipal corporation
2013
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Kingston Mill Historic District · listed 1986
- Lake Carnegie Historic District · listed 1990
- Mountain Avenue Historic District · listed 1995
- Princeton Battlefield -Stony Brook Village Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1989
- Princeton Battlefield-Stony Brook Village Historic District (Boundary Increase II) · listed 2019
- Princeton Historic District · listed 1975
- Princeton Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2017
- Jugtown Historic District · listed 1987
Notable landmarks
- Cleveland, Grover, Home · listed 1966
- Drumthwacket · listed 1975
- Einstein, Albert, House · listed 1976
- Henry, Joseph, House · listed 1966
- House at 10 Cleveland Lane Site 1-u
- Maybury Hill · listed 1971
- Morven · listed 1971
- Nassau Hall, Princeton University · listed 1966
- President's House · listed 1971
- Princeton Battlefield · listed 1966
- Princeton Ice Company · listed 2007
- Prospect · listed 1985
- Rogers, John, House · listed 1978
- Tusculum · listed 1978
- Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children · listed 2005
- University Cottage Club · listed 1999
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