(“Princeton Township” is a now-defunct township that was located in ‘Mercer County’, New Jersey, United States, from 1838 until it was dissolved after it was merged with Princeton Borough in 2013 to form Princeton, ‘New Jersey’)
(as of the ‘2010 United States Census’, the township’s population was 16,265, reflecting an increase of 238 (+1.5%) from the 16,027 counted in the ‘2000 Census’, which had in turn increased by 2,829 (+21.4%) from the 13,198 counted in the ‘1990 Census’)
(‘Princeton’ was incorporated as a township by an act of the ‘New Jersey Legislature’ on 9 april 1838, from portions of ‘West Windsor Township’ in ‘Mercer County’ and ‘Montgomery Township’ in ‘Somerset County’)
(the ‘Borough of Princeton’ — created on February 11, 1813 within the area that later became ‘Princeton Township’ — became a fully independent municipality circa 1894)
(portions of territory were ceded to the ‘Borough of Princeton’ on 4 january 1928 and 21 august 1951)
(on 8 november 2011, voters in ‘Princeton Township’ voted to consolidate with ‘Princeton Borough’, a change that took effect on 1 january 2013)
(a few months after i moved to princeton)
(the ‘Institute for Advanced Study’, a private research institution that has been an academic home to ‘Albert Einstein’, ‘Kurt Gödel’, and many other famous and prize-winning scientists, is located in the former township)
(‘Princeton University’ is located mostly within the former borough, but parts of the campus extended into what was ‘Princeton Township’)
(‘Drumthwacket’, the official residence of the ‘Governor of New Jersey’, is located at 344 Stockton Street in the area of the former township)
(the last day ‘Princeton Township’ existed as an independent municipality was 31 december 2012)