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Trenton is the home of the [[Trenton Thunder]] [[Eastern League (U.S. baseball)|Eastern League]] AA [[minor league baseball]] team, which is affiliated with the [[New York Yankees]] and plays in [[Mercer County Waterfront Park]], and the [[Trenton Devils]] (an [[ECHL]] [[minor league hockey]] affiliate of the [[New Jersey Devils]]) which plays in the [[Sovereign Bank Arena]]. The [[New Jersey State Prison]], which has two maximum security units and houses the state's most dangerous criminals, is also located in Trenton. |
Trenton is the home of the [[Trenton Thunder]] [[Eastern League (U.S. baseball)|Eastern League]] AA [[minor league baseball]] team, which is affiliated with the [[New York Yankees]] and plays in [[Mercer County Waterfront Park]], and the [[Trenton Devils]] (an [[ECHL]] [[minor league hockey]] affiliate of the [[New Jersey Devils]]) which plays in the [[Sovereign Bank Arena]]. The [[New Jersey State Prison]], which has two maximum security units and houses the state's most dangerous criminals, is also located in Trenton. |
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Formerly an anchor city of the [[Delaware Valley|Philadelphia Metropolitan Area]], in the year 2000 Trenton was redesignated as an anchor city for the [[New York Metropolitan Area]]. The rapid growth of |
Formerly an anchor city of the [[Delaware Valley|Philadelphia Metropolitan Area]], in the year 2000 Trenton was redesignated as an anchor city for the [[New York Metropolitan Area]]. The rapid growth of suburban New York into Northern and Central New Jersey has brought Trenton under New York City's sphere of influence. During the Constitutional Convention in 1787, James Madison referred to the war-raged Trenton (and New Jersey at large) as "a dismembered torso bleeding into Philadelphia and New York" thus sealing its fate as an important port city in the eastern United States. Trenton and its immediate suburbs are often lumped together and referred to as "Greater Trenton" by locals. |
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== History == |
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Revision as of 08:30, 21 May 2007
City of Trenton, New Jersey | |
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Location of Trenton inside of Mercer County Location of Trenton inside of Mercer County | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Mercer County |
Founded | circa 1719 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Douglas H. Palmer |
Elevation | 56 ft (17 m) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 84,639 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Website | www.ci.trenton.nj.us |
Trenton is the capital of the State of New Jersey. As of 2005, the City of Trenton had a population of 84,639.[1] Trenton is also the county seat of Mercer County.
Trenton dates back to June 3, 1719, when mention was made of a constable being appointed for Trenton, while the area was still part of Hunterdon County. Boundaries were recorded for Trenton Township as of June 3, 1719. Trenton became New Jersey's capital as of November 25, 1790, and the City of Trenton was formed within Trenton Township on November 13, 1792. Trenton Township was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken on February 22, 1834, to form Ewing Township. A series of annexations took place over a fifty-year period, with the city absorbing South Trenton borough (April 14, 1851), portions of Nottingham Township (April 14, 1856), Chambersburg and Millham Township (both on March 30, 1888) and Wilbur borough (February 28, 1898).[2]
Trenton is the home of the Trenton Thunder Eastern League AA minor league baseball team, which is affiliated with the New York Yankees and plays in Mercer County Waterfront Park, and the Trenton Devils (an ECHL minor league hockey affiliate of the New Jersey Devils) which plays in the Sovereign Bank Arena. The New Jersey State Prison, which has two maximum security units and houses the state's most dangerous criminals, is also located in Trenton.
Formerly an anchor city of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, in the year 2000 Trenton was redesignated as an anchor city for the New York Metropolitan Area. The rapid growth of suburban New York into Northern and Central New Jersey has brought Trenton under New York City's sphere of influence. During the Constitutional Convention in 1787, James Madison referred to the war-raged Trenton (and New Jersey at large) as "a dismembered torso bleeding into Philadelphia and New York" thus sealing its fate as an important port city in the eastern United States. Trenton and its immediate suburbs are often lumped together and referred to as "Greater Trenton" by locals.
History
The first settlement which would become Trenton was established by Quakers in 1679, in the region then called the Falls of the Delaware, led by Mahlon Stacy from Handsworth, Sheffield, UK. Quakers were being persecuted in England at this time and North America provided the perfect opportunity to exercise their religious freedom.
By 1719, the town adopted the name "Trent-towne", after William Trent, one of its leading landholders who purchased much of the surrounding land from Stacy's family. This name later was shortened to "Trenton".
During the American Revolutionary War, the city was the site of George Washington's first military victory. On December 26, 1776, Washington and his army, after crossing the icy Delaware River to Trenton, defeated the Hessian troops garrisoned there (see Battle of Trenton). After the war, Trenton was briefly the national capital of the United States in November and December of 1784. The city was considered as a permanent capital for the new country, but the southern states favored a location south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Trenton became the state capital in 1790, but prior to that year the Legislature often met here. The town was incorporated in 1792.
In 1896, the first professional basketball game was played in Trenton between the Trenton Basketball Team and the Brooklyn YMCA.
Trenton was a major manufacturing center in the late 1800s and early 1900s; one relic of that era is the slogan "Trenton Makes, The World Takes" displayed on the Lower Free Bridge (the "Trenton Makes Bridge"), just north of the Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge. The city adopted the slogan in the 1920s to represent Trenton's then-leading role as a major manufacturing center for steel, rubber, wire, rope, linoleum and ceramics.
Geography
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Trenton is located at 40°13′18″N 74°45′22″W / 40.22167°N 74.75611°WInvalid arguments have been passed to the {{#coordinates:}} function (40.221741, -74.756138)Template:GR.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.1 square miles (21.1 km²)—7.7 square miles (19.8 km²) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²) of it is water. The total area is 6.01% water.
Trenton borders Ewing Township, Lawrence Township, Hamilton Township, and the Delaware River. Several bridges across the Delaware River - the Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge, Lower Trenton Bridge and Calhoun Street Bridge - connect Trenton to Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
Trenton is located in almost the exact center of the state (the official geographic center is 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Trenton at 74° 33.5'W, 40° 4.2'N). Due to this, it is sometimes included as part of North Jersey and as the southernmost city of the New York metropolitan area, while others consider it a part of the South Jersey and as the northernmost city of the Delaware Valley. Locals consider it to be a part of Central Jersey, and thus part of neither region, though in truth the city has more communication and transportation links with the Delaware Valley than it does with New York (three freeways (US 1, Interstate 95 and Interstate 295) connect to Philadelphia versus only one (Interstate 195 to the New Jersey Turnpike to New York, and the major Philadelphia TV stations all have Trenton bureaus).
Trenton is one of the only two state capitals which borders another state. The other such capital is Carson City, Nevada, which borders California. (Tallahassee, Florida, Cheyenne, Wyoming and Providence, Rhode Island are parts of counties which border other states. In addition, Juneau, Alaska borders Canada. )
Climate
Trenton enjoys a humid continental temperate climate with some marine influence due to the nearby Atlantic Ocean. The four seasons are of approximately equal length, with precipitation fairly evenly distributed through the year. The temperature is rarely below zero or above 100 °F.
During the winter months, temperatures routinely fall below freezing, but rarely fall below 0 °F. The coldest temperature ever recorded in Trenton was -14 °F (-25.6 °C) on February 9, 1934. The average January low is 24 °F (-4.4 °C) and the average January high is 38 °F (3.3 °C). The summers are usually very warm, with temperatures often reaching into the 90 °F's, but rarely reaching into the 100 °F's. The average July low is 67 °F (19.4 °C) and the average July high is 85 °F (29.4 °C). The temperature reaches or exceeds 90 °F on 18 days each year, on average. The hottest temperature ever recorded in Trenton was 106 °F (41.1 °C) on July 9, 1936.
The average precipitation is 45.77 inches (1,163.1 mm) per year, which is fairly evenly distributed through the year. The driest month on average is February, with only 2.87 inches (72.9 mm) of rainfall on average, while the wettest month is July, with 4.82 inches (122.4 mm) of rainfall on average. Rainfall extremes can occur, however. The all-time single-day rainfall record is 7.25 inches (184.1 mm) on September 16, 1999, during the passage of Hurricane Floyd. The all-time monthly rainfall record is 14.55 inches (369.6 mm) in August 1955, due to the passage of Hurricane Connie and Hurricane Diane. The wettest year on record was 1996, when 67.90 inches (1,720 mm) of rain fell. On the flip side, the driest month on record was October 1963, when only 0.05 inches (1.27 mm) of rain was recorded. The driest year on record was 1957, when only 28.79 inches (731.27 mm) of rain was recorded.
Snowfall can vary even more year-to-year. The average snowfall is 24.9 inches (632.5 mm), but has ranged from as low as 2 inches (50.8 mm) (in the winter of 1918-19) to as high as 76.5 inches (1,943.1 mm) (in 1995-96). The heaviest snowstorm on record was the Blizzard of 1996 on January 7-8, 1996, when 24.2 inches (614.7 mm) buried the city. Snowstorms with accumulations of 12 inches (305 mm) or greater occur on average about once every 5 years.
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avg high °F | 38 |
41 |
51 |
61 |
71 |
80 |
85 |
83 |
75 |
64 |
54 |
43 | |
Avg low °F | 24 |
26 |
33 |
42 |
52 |
61 |
67 |
65 |
57 |
45 |
37 |
28 | |
Average Rainfall in. | 3.7 |
2.9 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
4.0 |
4.8 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
45.8 |
Source: NCDC |
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Record high °F | 73 |
76 |
87 |
93 |
99 |
100 |
106 |
105 |
101 |
94 |
83 |
76 | |
Record low °F | -13 |
-14 |
1 |
11 |
33 |
41 |
48 |
41 |
31 |
22 |
12 |
-7 | |
Record Daily Rain in. | 2.60 |
2.49 |
2.60 |
4.56 |
4.20 |
7.00 |
5.75 |
5.18 |
7.25 |
5.42 |
2.85 |
2.59 | |
Source: NCDC |
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1810 | 3,002 | — | |
1820 | 3,942 | 31.3% | |
1830 | 3,925 | −0.4% | |
1840 | 4,035 | 2.8% | |
1850 | 6,461 | 60.1% | |
1860 | 17,228 | 166.6% | |
1870 | 22,874 | 32.8% | |
1880 | 29,910 | 30.8% | |
1890 | 57,458 | 92.1% | |
1900 | 73,307 | 27.6% | |
1910 | 96,815 | 32.1% | |
1920 | 119,289 | 23.2% | |
1930 | 123,356 | 3.4% | |
1940 | 124,697 | 1.1% | |
1950 | 128,009 | 2.7% | |
1960 | 114,167 | −10.8% | |
1970 | 104,786 | −8.2% | |
1980 | 92,124 | −12.1% | |
1990 | 88,675 | −3.7% | |
2000 | 85,403 | −3.7% | |
2005 (est.) | 84,639 | [1] | |
historical data sources: [3][4][5] |
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 85,403 people, 29,437 households, and 18,692 families residing in the city. The population density was 11,153.6 people per square mile (4,304.7/km² ). There were 33,843 housing units at an average density of 4,419.9 per square mile (1,705.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 52.06% African American, 32.55% White, 0.35% Native American, 0.84% Asian, 0.23% Pacific Islander, 10.76% from other races, and 3.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21.53% of the population.
There were 29,437 households out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.0% were married couples living together, 27.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families. 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.38.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,074, and the median income for a family was $36,681. Males had a median income of $29,721 versus $26,943 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,621. About 17.6% of families and 21.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.8% of those under age 18 and 19.5% of those age 65 or over.
Riots of 1968
The Trenton Riots of 1968 were a major civil disturbance that took place during the week following the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King in Memphis on April 4. Race riots broke out nationwide following the murder of the civil rights activist.
More than 200 downtown Trenton businesses were ransacked and burned. More than 300 people, most of them young black men, were arrested on charges ranging from assault and arson to looting and violating the mayor's emergency curfew. Most of the assaults were on policemen, including one officer who was nearly killed when he was run over by a truck. [6]
In addition to 16 other injured policemen, 15 firefighters were treated at city hospitals for smoke inhalation, burns, sprains and cuts suffered while fighting raging blazes or for injuries inflicted by rioters. The losses incurred by downtown businesses were estimated at $7 million.[6]
Trenton's Battle Monument neighborhood had been struggling with the urban decay that was fueled by the riots. Now new homes have been built and more development is in the process as Trenton is seeing a revival in housing development. [7]
Neighborhoods
The City of Trenton is home to numerous neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods. The main neighborhoods are taken from the four cardinal directions (North, South, East, and West) and are often the main identifying points for city residents. North Ward is an African American community that houses numerous important sites in this predominantly African American city and its history. South Ward is the most diverse neighborhood in Trenton and is home to many residents with Latin American, Italian, Polish and Irish ancestry as well as a sizable African American community. The Chambersburg neighborhood is contained within South Ward, and is noted in the region as a destination for its many Italian restaurants. East Ward is the smallest neighborhood in Trenton and is home to Trenton's train station as well as Trenton Central High School. Recently, two campuses have been added, Trenton Central High School West and Trenton Central High School North, respectively, in those areas of the city. West Ward is the home of Trenton's more affluent neighborhoods, including Hiltonia, Glen Afton, Berkeley Square, and the area surrounding Cadwalader Park. Trenton is also known for its family favorite dairy farm, Halo Farms, located on the border of Ewing Township and Trenton.
In addition to these neighborhoods, other notable sections include the "The Island" (a small neighborhood between Route 29 and the Delaware River that is prone to flooding - and did so in 2005 and again in 2006) and historic Mill Hill (www.trentonmillhill.org located next door to downtown Trenton). Kingsbury Towers (a high rise apartment complex technically in South Ward) is also semi-autonomous or neutral. the Fisher-Richey-Perdicaris neighborhood comprises a little-known district sandwiched between West State Street and Route 29 with large several-story residences dating from ca. 1915.
Government
Local government
The City of Trenton is governed under the Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) system of municipal government.
Trenton's current Mayor, Douglas Palmer, has been in office since July 1, 1990[8].
Members of the City Council are[9]:
- Paul M. Pintella - Council President and Councilman At Large
- Annette H. Lartigue - Council Vice President and West Ward Councilwoman
- Milford Bethea - North Ward Councilman
- James H. Coston - South Ward Councilman
- Gino A. Melone - East Ward Councilman
- Manuel Segura - Councilman At Large
- Cordelia M. Staton - Councilwoman At Large
Federal, state and county representation
Trenton is spread across two congressional districts, the Fourth Congressional District and the Twelfth Congressional District, and is part of New Jersey's 15th Legislative District.[10]
For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 4th congressional district is represented by Chris Smith (R, Manchester Township).[11][12] For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 12th congressional district is represented by Bonnie Watson Coleman (D, Ewing Township).[13][14] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrat Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[15]. One seat is currently vacant after Senator Bob Menendez (Englewood Cliffs) resigned on August 20, 2024.[16][17][18]
For the 2024-2025 session, the 15th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Shirley Turner (D, Lawrence Township) and in the General Assembly by Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D, Trenton) and Anthony Verrelli (D, Hopewell Township).[19] Template:NJ Governor
Mercer County is governed by a County Executive who oversees the day-to-day operations of the county and by a seven-member Board of County Commissioners that acts in a legislative capacity, setting policy. All officials are chosen at-large in partisan elections, with the executive serving a four-year term of office while the commissioners serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for election each year as part of the November general election.[20] As of 2024[update], the County Executive is Daniel R. Benson (D, Hamilton Township) whose term of office ends December 31, 2027.[21] Mercer County's Commissioners are:
Lucylle R. S. Walter (D, Ewing Township, 2026),[22] Chair John A. Cimino (D, Hamilton Township, 2026),[23] Samuel T. Frisby Sr. (D, Trenton, 2024),[24] Cathleen M. Lewis (D, Lawrence Township, 2025),[25] Vice Chair Kristin L. McLaughlin (D, Hopewell Township, 2024),[26] Nina D. Melker (D, Hamilton Township, 2025)[27] and Terrance Stokes (D, Ewing Township, 2024).[28][29][30]
Mercer County's constitutional officers are: Clerk Paula Sollami-Covello (D, Lawrence Township, 2025),[31][32] Sheriff John A. Kemler (D, Hamilton Township, 2026)[33][34] and Surrogate Diane Gerofsky (D, Lawrence Township, 2026).[35][36][37]
Education
The Trenton Public Schools serve students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. The Superintendent runs the district and the school board is appointed by the Mayor. The School District has undergone a "construction" renaissance throughout the district. Trenton Central High School is Trenton's only traditional public high school in the city. Trenton also has a host of charter and private schools.
Trenton is the home of two post-secondary institutions, Thomas Edison State College and Mercer County Community College.
Crime
In 2005, there were 31 homicides in Trenton, the largest number in a single year in the city's history, with 22 of the homicides believed to be gang related[38]. The city was named the 4th "Most Dangerous" in 2005 out of 129 cities with a population of 75,000 to 99,999 ranked nationwide[39]. In the 2006 survey, Trenton was ranked as the 14th most dangerous "city" overall out of 371 cities included nationwide in the 13th annual Morgan Quitno survey, and was again named as the fourth most dangerous "city" of 126 cities in the 75,000-99,999 population range.[40] The high crime rate and busy highways (see below) make the Trenton Municipal Court one of the busier courts around.
Transportation
City highways include the Trenton Freeway, which is part of U.S. Route 1, and the John Fitch Parkway, which is part of Route 29. Canal Boulevard, more commonly known as Route 129, connects US Route 1 and NJ Route 29 in South Trenton. U.S. Route 206, Route 31, and Route 33 also pass through the city via regular city streets (Broad Street / Brunswick Avenue / Princeton Avenue, Pennington Avenue, and Greenwood Avenue, respectively). Interstate 95 and Interstate 295 pass through the surrounding suburbs of Ewing Township, Lawrence Township, and Hamilton Township, and Interstate 195 connects the city to the New Jersey Turnpike via NJ Routes 29 and 129. The Pennsylvania Turnpike also passes close to the city.
Public transportation within and beyond the city is mostly provided by New Jersey Transit, in the form of local bus routes between nearby suburbs and the city, as well as commuter train service northward from the Trenton Rail Station along the Northeast Corridor to Newark and New York. The new River Line diesel light rail line extends from Trenton southward to Camden, with Trenton stations at Cass Street, Hamilton Avenue and at the Trenton Rail Station. SEPTA provides commuter train service southward from the Trenton Station along the Northeast Corridor to Philadelphia.
Long-distance transportation is provided by Amtrak train service along the Northeast Corridor. Limited commercial airline transportation is provided at nearby Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing; much more extensive airline service is available at the more distant international airports in Newark (reachable by direct New Jersey Transit or Amtrak rail link) and Philadelphia.
Trivia
Until 1999, Trenton was the only US capital city to not have a hotel.
Noted residents
Some well-known Americans who were born and/or have lived in Trenton include:
- Mitch Albom, sportswriter, author of Tuesdays with Morrie
- Samuel Alito, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- New Atlantic, Rock Band
- Bo Belinsky, former MLB pitcher
- Edward Bloor, novelist
- Tal Brody, former American-Israeli basketball star
- Betty Bronson, actress
- David Dinkins, first black mayor of New York City
- Al Downing, former MLB pitcher
- Samuel Gibbs French, Major General in the Confederate States Army.[41]
- Tom Guiry, actor
- Dahntay Jones, professional basketball player
- Patrick Kerney, professional football player
- Ernie Kovacs, comedian
- Judith Light, actress
- N. Gregory Mankiw, macroeconomist
- Poor Righteous Teachers, hip-hop group
- Dennis Rodman, former professional basketball star
- Bob Ryan, sportswriter, regular contributor on the ESPN show Around the Horn
- Jeff Ryan, radio personality
- Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Central Command in the Gulf War
- Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Sommore, comedian
- Gary Stills, professional football player
- Mike Tiernan, major league baseball player[42]
- Troy Vincent, professional football player
- Charlie Weis, Notre Dame football coach
- Jay Z, rap mogul, CEO
References
- ^ a b Census data for Princeton township, United States Census Bureau, accessed March 1, 2007
- ^ "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 164.
- ^ "New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990". Retrieved 2007-03-03.
- ^ Campbell Gibson (June 1998). "Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in The United States: 1790 TO 1990". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2007-03-06.
- ^ Wm. C. Hunt, Chief Statistician for Population. "Fourteenth Census of The United States: 1920; Population: New Jersey; Number of inhabitants, by counties and minor civil divisions" (ZIP). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^ a b http://www.capitalcentury.com/1968.html, accessed February 27, 2007
- ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07E7DF163BF93AA25752C0A961958260, accessed February 27, 2007
- ^ Meet the Mayor, accessed July 4, 2006
- ^ Meet the City Council, accessed July 4, 2006
- ^ League of Women Voters: 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, p. 65, accessed August 30, 2006
- ^ Directory of Representatives: New Jersey, United States House of Representatives. Accessed August 5, 2022.
- ^ Fox, Joey. "Who is N.J.’s most bipartisan member of Congress, really?", New Jersey Globe, July 28, 2022. Accessed March 21, 2023. "As for Republicans, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) voted with Biden 37% of the time, "
- ^ Directory of Representatives: New Jersey, United States House of Representatives. Accessed January 3, 2019.
- ^ Biography, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman. Accessed January 3, 2019. "Watson Coleman and her husband William reside in Ewing Township and are blessed to have three sons; William, Troy, and Jared and three grandchildren; William, Kamryn and Ashanee."
- ^ U.S. Sen. Cory Booker cruises past Republican challenger Rik Mehta in New Jersey, PhillyVoice. Accessed April 30, 2021. "He now owns a home and lives in Newark's Central Ward community."
- ^ Biography of Bob Menendez, United States Senate, January 26, 2015. "Menendez, who started his political career in Union City, moved in September from Paramus to one of Harrison's new apartment buildings near the town's PATH station.."
- ^ Fox, Lauren; Foran, Clare (July 23, 2024). "Bob Menendez will resign his US Senate seat effective August 20". CNN. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ Home, sweet home: Bob Menendez back in Hudson County. nj.com. Accessed April 30, 2021. "Booker, Cory A. - (D - NJ) Class II; Menendez, Robert - (D - NJ) Class I"
- ^ Legislative Roster for District 15, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 18, 2024.
- ^ Government, Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023. "Mercer County is governed by an elected County Executive and a seven-member Freeholder Board."
- ^ Meet the County Executive, Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023. "Brian M. Hughes continues to build upon a family legacy of public service as the fourth person to serve as Mercer County Executive. The voters have reaffirmed their support for Brian's leadership by re-electing him three times since they first placed him in office in November 2003."
- ^ Lucylle R. S. Walter, Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023.
- ^ John A. Cimino, Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023.
- ^ Samuel T. Frisby Sr., Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023.
- ^ Cathleen M. Lewis, Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023.
- ^ Kristin L. McLaughlin, Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023.
- ^ Nina D. Melker, Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023.
- ^ Terrance Stokes, Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023.
- ^ Meet the Commissioners, Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023.
- ^ 2022 County Data Sheet, Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023.
- ^ Meet the Clerk, Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023.
- ^ Members List: Clerks, Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2023.
- ^ Meet the Sheriff, Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023.
- ^ Members List: Sheriffs, Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2023.
- ^ Meet the Surrogate, Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023.
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- ^ Trenton murders hit all-time high, Signal, January 25, 2006
- ^ 12th Annual Safest/Most Dangerous Cities Survey: Top and Bottom 25 Cities Overall, accessed June 23, 2006
- ^ 13th Annual Safest (and Most Dangerous) Cities: Top and Bottom 25 Cities Overall, accessed October 30, 2006
- ^ Armstrong, Samuel S. "Trenton in the Mexican, Civil, and Spanish-American Wars", accessed May 9, 2007. "Samuel Gibbs French was a native of Trenton and graduated from West Point in 1843 with the brevet rank of Second Lieutenant and assigned to the Third U.S. Artillery, July 1, 1843."
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