West Windsor, New Jersey
West Windsor Township, New Jersey | |
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Township of West Windsor | |
Motto(s): "Valuing our tradition of excellence, flourish in heaven on earth" [1] | |
West Windsor Township highlighted in Mercer County. Inset map: Mercer County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. West Windsor Township highlighted in Mercer County. Inset map: Mercer County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
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Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Mercer |
Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
Government | |
• Type | Faulkner Act Mayor-Council |
• Mayor | Shing-Fu Hsueh (term ends June 30, 2013)[2][3][4] |
• Administrator | Marlena Schmid[5] |
• Clerk | Sharon L. Young[6] |
Area | |
• Total | 26.271 sq mi (68.041 km2) |
• Land | 25.564 sq mi (66.210 km2) |
• Water | 0.707 sq mi (1.832 km2) 2.69% |
• Rank | 101st of 566 in state 3rd of 13 in county[8] |
Elevation | 92 ft (28 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 27,165 |
• Estimate (2012[14]) | 28,193 |
• Rank | 87th of 566 in state 6th of 13 in county[15] |
• Density | 1,062.6/sq mi (410.3/km2) |
• Rank | 374th of 566 in state 10th of 13 in county[15] |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP code | |
Area code | 609 |
FIPS code | 3402180240Template:GR[8][18] |
GNIS feature ID | 0882124Template:GR[8] |
Website | www |
West Windsor Township is a township in Mercer County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 27,165,[11][12][13] reflecting an increase of 5,258 (+24.0%) from the 21,907 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 5,886 (+36.7%) from the 16,021 counted in the 1990 Census.[19]
West Windsor Township was established by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 9, 1797, and incorporated on February 21, 1798, as one of the state's initial group of 104 townships. The Borough of Princeton (now part of Princeton) was formed from portions of the township on February 11, 1813.[20]
A portion of Princeton University is located in West Windsor Township. The University agreed in 2009 to make an annual payment in lieu of taxes of $50,000 that would be indexed to inflation to cover 81 acres (33 ha) of land in the township that the university had purchased in 2002.[21]
In 2008, Forbes listed West Windsor as the 15th most affluent neighborhood in the U.S.[22]
Geography
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West Windsor Township is located at 40°17′25″N 74°37′40″W / 40.290253°N 74.627673°W (40.290253,-74.627673). According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 26.271 square miles (68.041 km2), of which, 25.564 square miles (66.210 km2) is land and 0.707 square miles (1.832 km2) (2.69%) water.Template:GR[8]
Princeton Junction (with a 2010 Census population of 2,465[23]) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located within West Windsor.[24][25][26]
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1810 | 1,714 | — | |
1820 | 1,918 | 11.9% | |
1830 | 2,129 | 11.0% | |
1840 | 1,536 | −27.9% | |
1850 | 1,596 | 3.9% | |
1860 | 1,497 | −6.2% | |
1870 | 1,428 | −4.6% | |
1880 | 1,396 | −2.2% | |
1890 | 1,329 | −4.8% | |
1900 | 1,279 | −3.8% | |
1910 | 1,342 | 4.9% | |
1920 | 1,389 | 3.5% | |
1930 | 1,711 | 23.2% | |
1940 | 2,160 | 26.2% | |
1950 | 2,519 | 16.6% | |
1960 | 4,016 | 59.4% | |
1970 | 6,431 | 60.1% | |
1980 | 8,542 | 32.8% | |
1990 | 16,021 | 87.6% | |
2000 | 21,907 | 36.7% | |
2010 | 27,165 | 24.0% | |
2012 (est.) | 28,193 | [14] | 3.8% |
Population sources: 1800-1920[27] 1840[28] 1850-1870[29] 1850[30] 1870[31] 1880-1890[32] 1890-1910[33] 1910-1930[34] 1930-1990[35] 2000[36][37] 2010[11][12][13] |
AOL and NeighborhoodScout named West Windsor in 2009 as the best neighborhood to raise kids for its school district (top 7% in New Jersey, top 3% nationwide), prevailing family type (families with school-aged children), and neighborhood safety (safer than 97% of neighborhoods).[38]
2010 Census
The Census Bureau's 2006-2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $137,265 (with a margin of error of +/- $12,610) and the median family income was $156,110 (+/- $6,769). Males had a median income of $120,662 (+/- $6,410) versus $71,151 (+/- $9,841) for females. The per capita income for the township was $59,946 (+/- $3,307). About 3.6% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.[39]
2000 Census
As of the 2000 United States CensusTemplate:GR there were 21,907 people, 7,282 households, and 5,985 families residing in the township. The population density was 842.4 people per square mile (325.2/km²). There were 7,450 housing units at an average density of 286.5 per square mile (110.6/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 71.53% White, 2.76% African American, 0.08% Native American, 22.76% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.08% from other races, and 1.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.07% of the population.[36][37]
As of the 2000 census, 8.31% of West Windsor Township's residents identified themselves as being of Chinese ancestry. This was the fourth highest percentage of people with Chinese ancestry in any place in New Jersey with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.[40]
There were 7,282 households out of which 50.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.3% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.8% were non-families. 14.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.01 and the average family size was 3.36.[36][37]
In the township the population was spread out with 31.8% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 6.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males.[36][37]
The median income for a household in the township was $116,335, and the median income for a family was $127,877. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $56,002 for females. The per capita income for the township was $48,511. About 2.0% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over.[36][37]
Landmarks
Grover's Mill in West Windsor was the site Orson Welles chose for the Martian invasion in his infamous 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds.[41]
In April 2002, a memorial was dedicated to the seven residents of West Windsor who lost their lives in the September 11 terrorist attacks.[42]
Government
Local government
West Windsor Township is governed under the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) within the Mayor-Council form of New Jersey municipal government (Plan 6), implemented based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission as of July 1, 1993.[43][7] From the time of its formation in 1798, until 1993, the Township had been governed by a Township Committee, which combined both executive and legislative authority. In May 1993, West Windsor Township residents voted to change their form of government from the Township Committee to a Faulkner Act form.
Under the township's Mayor-Council form of government, the Mayor and Council function as independent branches of government. The Mayor is the Chief Executive of the Township and heads its Administration. The Mayor is elected in a non-partisan election and serves for a four-year term. The Mayor may attend Council meetings but is not obliged to do so. The Council is the legislative branch. The five members of the Township Council are elected on a non-partisan basis for four-year, staggered terms. At the annual organizational meeting held during the first week of July of each year, the Council elects a President and Vice President to serve for one-year terms. The Council President chairs the meetings of the governing body.[44]
As of 2013[update], the Mayor of West Windsor Township is Shing-Fu Hsueh, whose term of office ends December 31, 2013.[45] Members of the West Windsor Township Council are Council President George Borek (2015), Council Vice-President Kristina Samonte (2015), Linda Geevers (2013), Kamal Khanna (2013) and Bryan Maher (2015).[3][46]
Federal, state and county representation
West Windsor Township is located in the 12th Congressional District[47] and is part of New Jersey's 15th state legislative district.[12][48][49] Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, West Windsor Township had been in the 14th state legislative district.[50]
For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 12th congressional district is represented by Bonnie Watson Coleman (D, Ewing Township).[51][52] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrat Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[53]. One seat is currently vacant after Senator Bob Menendez (Englewood Cliffs) resigned on August 20, 2024.[54][55][56]
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).[57] 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.[58] As of 2024[update], the County Executive is Daniel R. Benson (D, Hamilton Township) whose term of office ends December 31, 2027.[59] Mercer County's Commissioners are:
Lucylle R. S. Walter (D, Ewing Township, 2026),[60] Chair John A. Cimino (D, Hamilton Township, 2026),[61] Samuel T. Frisby Sr. (D, Trenton, 2024),[62] Cathleen M. Lewis (D, Lawrence Township, 2025),[63] Vice Chair Kristin L. McLaughlin (D, Hopewell Township, 2024),[64] Nina D. Melker (D, Hamilton Township, 2025)[65] and Terrance Stokes (D, Ewing Township, 2024).[66][67][68]
Mercer County's constitutional officers are: Clerk Paula Sollami-Covello (D, Lawrence Township, 2025),[69][70] Sheriff John A. Kemler (D, Hamilton Township, 2026)[71][72] and Surrogate Diane Gerofsky (D, Lawrence Township, 2026).[73][74][75]
Politics
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 16,034 registered voters in West Windsor Township, of which 5,384 (33.6%) were registered as Democrats, 2,968 (18.5%) were registered as Republicans and 7,672 (47.8%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 10 voters registered to other parties.[76]
In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 64.3% of the vote here (7,895 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 33.3% (4,092 votes) and other candidates with 1.0% (125 votes), among the 12,273 ballots cast by the township's 16,548 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.2%.[77] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 57.8% of the vote here (6,753 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush with 39.3% (4,596 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (79 votes), among the 11,684 ballots cast by the township's 14,577 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 80.2.[78]
In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 49.5% of the vote here (3,918 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 43.4% (3,436 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 6.0% (474 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (34 votes), among the 7,914 ballots cast by the township's 16,267 registered voters, yielding a 48.7% turnout.[79]
Economy
NRG Energy has its corporate headquarters in West Windsor Township.[80][81]
Education
Colleges and universities
West Windsor is the site of the West Windsor Campus of the Mercer County Community College.[82]
Princeton University's satellite campus is located in West Windsor.
Primary and secondary schools
Plainsboro Township and West Windsor are part of a combined school district, the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District. Schools in the district (with 2010-11 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[83]) are four K-3 elementary schools — Dutch Neck Elementary School[84] (750 students), Maurice Hawk Elementary School[85] (846), Town Center Elementary School at Plainsboro[86] (664), J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School[87] (465) — Millstone River Elementary School[88] (889) and Village Elementary School,ref>Village Elementary School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District. Accessed December 2, 2013.</ref> (629) for grades 4-5, Community Middle School[89] (1,235) and Thomas Grover Middle School[90] (1,098) for grades 6-8, and West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North[91] (1,598) and West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South[92] (1,606) for grades 9-12.[93][94]
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North was the 32nd-ranked public high school, and South was 62nd-ranked, in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.[95]
Three of the district's schools have been recognized by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South was recognized during the 1992-93 school year and Maurice Hawk Elementary School was recognized in 1993-94,[96] while West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North was recognized in the 2006-07 school year.[97]
Transportation
Roads and highways
The township had a total of 151.84 miles (244.36 km) of roadways, of which 123.43 miles (198.64 km) are maintained by the municipality, 24.16 miles (38.88 km) by Mercer County and 4.25 miles (6.84 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[98]
U.S. Route 1 serves the township, as does Route 64 (which is part of CR 571).
CR 533 (Quakerbridge Road) passes along the western border with Lawrence. CR 526 and CR 571 are multiplexed together from the northwestern part until they split in the center of the municipality. CR 535 passes through in the south and serves Mercer County College.
Other major roads that are accessible outside the municipality are Interstate 295 (in Hamilton and Lawrence), Interstate 195 (in Hamilton and Robbinsville), and the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) (in Robbinsville (Exit 7A) and East Windsor (Exit 8)).
Public transportation
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Princeton Junction station, a Northeast Corridor stop on Amtrak and New Jersey Transit, is located within West Windsor. Amtrak's Keystone Service and Northeast Regional routes stop at Princeton Junction. Princeton Junction is ranked as one of the ten busiest train stations in the Northeast and the station had 6,800 average weekday boardings in 2012, the fourth-highest of any New Jersey Transit station in the state.[99][100]
Running between the Princeton Junction and Princeton stations is what is known to locals as the "Dinky." The Dinky is a one-car train that shuttles back and forth many times a day between the two stations. Traveling 2.7 miles (4.3 km) each way, it is the shortest and most expensive regularly scheduled passenger route in the United States.[101]
NJ Transit bus service to Trenton is provided via the 600, 603, 609, with other area service on the 605 route.[102]
Notable events
The West Windsor post office was found to be infected with anthrax during the anthrax attacks in 2001-2002.[103]
The Mercer County Italian-American Festival is held annually in West Windsor on the grounds of Mercer County Park.
Noted residents
Notable current and former residents of West Windsor Township include:
- Jack Aker (born 1940), former Major League Baseball pitcher.[104]
- Kevin Barry (born 1978), Atlanta Braves relief pitcher.[105]
- Aneesh Chopra (born 1972), first Chief Technology Officer of the United States.[106]
- Stanley Dancer (1927–2005), harness racing driver and trainer.[107]
- Douglas Forrester (born 1953), former mayor of West Windsor Township who was the Republican Party nominee for U.S. Senator in 2002 and for Governor of New Jersey in 2005.[108]
- Ethan Hawke (born 1970), actor.[109]
- Kris Kolluri (born c. 1969) former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[110]
- Ben H. Love (1930–2010), the eighth Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America serving from 1985 to 1993.[111]
- John Forbes Nash, Jr. (born 1928), Nobel Prize-winning mathematician who was the subject of the film A Beautiful Mind.[112]
- Fernando Perez (born 1983), Tampa Bay Rays outfielder.[113]
- Steve Rogers (born 1949), former pitcher for the Montreal Expos.[114]
- Bryan Singer (born 1965), film director, for such films as Public Access, Apt Pupil, X-Men, X2,Superman Returns and Valkyrie. His break out film was The Usual Suspects. He has also worked on television shows including House.[115]
- David Zhuang (born 1963), Olympic table tennis player[116]
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- ^ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 2, 2013.
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed December 2, 2013.
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized in 2006, United States Department of Education. Accessed December 2, 2013.
- ^ Mercer County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed December 2, 2013.
- ^ NJ Transit Facts at a Glance - Fiscal Year 2012, New Jersey Transit. Accessed December 2, 2013.
- ^ Train Station, West Windsor Township Business Opportunities. Accessed December 2, 2013. "The Princeton Junction Train Station (PJC) is the second busiest train station on the Northeast corridor of New Jersey and the eighth most heavily used AMTRAK station in New Jersey, providing efficient rail service into important business destinations such as New York, Philadelphia, and Newark Liberty International Airport."
- ^ Reed, J. D. "The Little Engine That Can", The New York Times, March 31, 2002. Accessed May 10, 2011. "So the single car, operated by New Jersey Transit, plies back and forth about every half hour between the magnolia-budded tranquillity of the university campus and the hard-edged, workday bustle of Princeton Junction a mere 2.7 miles away, making it perhaps the shortest regularly scheduled passenger route in America."
- ^ Mercer County Bus/Rail Connections, New Jersey Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22, 2009. Accessed September 17, 2011.
- ^ Kleinfeld, N. R. "A NATION CHALLENGED: THE SITES; Anthrax Closes a 3rd New Jersey Post Office", The New York Times, October 28, 2001. Accessed September 17, 2011. "New Jersey health officials said the bin at the Princeton Main Post Office in neighboring West Windsor tested positive for what they said was a tiny, 'single colony' of anthrax. Some 60 to 70 people work at the center."
- ^ Reader, Bill. "Seattle Pilots ... Where are they now?", The Seattle Times, July 9, 2006. Accessed February 22, 2011. "Aker, 65, lives in West Windsor, N.J., with his wife Jane Charnin-Aker, who won $250,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2001."
- ^ Meggitt, Jane. "Braves give Barry a shot at major league pitching", Allentown Examiner, July 3, 2006. Accessed February 22, 2011. "Kevin grew up in West Windsor, and the two dated while Samantha attended Allentown High School and The College of New Jersey in Ewing. He went to West Windsor High School and Rider University in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence. The couple married in 2003."
- ^ Tracy, Ryan. "Obama taps WW-PS alum for technology post", The Times (Trenton), April 21, 2009. Accessed February 22, 2011. "President Obama has picked a graduate of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School to be the nation's first chief technology officer. Aneesh Chopra, 36, graduated from West Windsor's south campus in 1990 and spent the last three years as secretary of technology under Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine."
- ^ Litsky, Frank. "Stanley Dancer, Harness Racing Champion, Dies at 78", The New York Times, September 9, 2005. Accessed February 22, 2011.
- ^ Chen, David W. "Forrester Makes a Dogged Ascent Despite Setbacks", The New York Times, November 3, 2005. Accessed February 22, 2011.
- ^ Profile of Ethan Hawke, Hello (magazine). Accessed February 22, 2011. "Born in Austin, Texas, on November 6, 1970, Ethan was just three years old when his parents divorced and he and his mother moved across the country to settle in West Windsor, New Jersey."
- ^ "Kris Kolluri Appointed as CEO of SDA: DOT Commissioner to join Authority on December 1, 2008", New Jersey Schools Development Authority press release dated November 6, 2008. Accessed February 22, 2011.
- ^ Staff. "Jersey Man to Head Scouts", The New York Times, October 21, 1984. Accessed June 12. 2012. "Mr. Love, who is 54 years old and lives in Princeton Junction, N.J., has headed the organization's Northeast region, based in Dayton, N.J."
- ^ Rosie's confession moves Russo, The Olympian, March 15, 2002.
- ^ Schwarz, Alan. "The Rays Receive Help From an Unlikely Place", The New York Times, October 4, 2008. Accessed February 22, 2011. "A native of West Windsor, N.J., who each off-season rents an apartment with friends in a different neighborhood of New York, Perez was named the Rays’ minor league player of the year for hitting .288 with 43 stolen bases at Class AAA Durham this season, only his third as a switch-hitter."
- ^ Miller, Lynn. "Sugar Plum Role For WW Teen In ‘Nutcracker’", West Windsor & Plainsboro News, November 30, 2007. Accessed April 14, 2008. "Rogers, 16, is a junior at High School South. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she has lived in West Windsor for eight years. Her father, Steve Rogers, a former baseball player, works at the Major League Baseball Players Association."
- ^ Weinraub, Bernard. "FILM; An Unusual Choice for the Role of Studio Superhero", The New York Times, July 9, 2000. Accessed November 27, 2007. "As a child, Mr. Singer grew up in Princeton Junction, N.J."
- ^ "West Windsor's David Zhuang knocked off in table tennis". Retrieved January 11, 2014.
External links
- Official township web site
- West Windsor-Plainsboro School District
- School Performance Reports for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- West Windsor/Plainsboro Today: local online news and chat site
- The Not So Rinky Dinky (news article about the local rail shuttle service)