Bordentown is a city in Burlington County,

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, United States. As of the

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, the city's population was 3,924.DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Bordentown city, Burlington County, New Jersey

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. Accessed June 13, 2012. The population declined by 45 (−1.1%) from the 3,969 counted in the

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, which had in turn declined by 372 (−8.6%) from the 4,341 counted in the 1990 Census. Bordentown is located at the confluence of the

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, Blacks Creek, and

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. The latter is the border between Burlington and

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counties. Bordentown is the northernmost municipality in

that is considered a part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is approximately one-third the distance between Center City

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and Midtown

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, located south of the state capital Trenton, northeast of Center City Philadelphia, and southwest of New York City. Bordentown's first recorded European settlement was made in 1682 in what became known as Farnsworth's Landing and, after 1717, the town that had developed in the Provence of New Jersey was renamed to Borden's Town. Following the revolution and the establishment of the New Jersey state government, Bordentown was incorporated with a borough government form by an act of its

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on December 9, 1825, from portions within Chesterfield Township. It was reincorporated with a city government form on April 3, 1867, and it was separated from Chesterfield Township about 1877.Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 94. Accessed June 13, 2012.

History

Thomas Farnsworth, an

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, was credited with being the first European settler in the Bordentown area in 1682, when he moved his family up river from Burlington. He made a new home on the windswept bluff overlooking the broad bend in the

. The Farnsworth's cabin was situated near the northwest corner of Park Street and Prince Street, perhaps where an 1883 frame house now stands. "Farnsworth Landing" soon became the center of trade for the region. Farnsworth is also the namesake of one of Bordentown's main streets, Farnsworth Avenue. Joseph Borden, for whom the city is named, arrived in 1717, and by May 1740 founded a transportation system to carry people and freight between

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and

. This exploited Bordentown's natural location as the point on the

that provided the shortest overland route to

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, from which cargo and people could be ferried to New York City. By 1776, Bordentown was full of revolutionaries. Patience Lovell Wright, America's first female sculptor, was creating wax busts in King George's court in England. Later, however, Bordentown became a rabble-rousing hotbed. In addition to Joseph Borden's son (also named Joseph Borden), who became a colonel during the war, patriots

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(a signer of the

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), Colonel Kirkbride, Colonel Oakey Hoagland, and

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resided in the area. Due to their well-published activity in Bordentown, the British retaliated. Hessians occupied the town in 1776, and the British pillaged and razed the town during May and June 1778. Other notable people who have lived in the city include

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, who in 1852 started the first free public school in New Jersey and later founded the

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. A recreation of her schoolhouse stands at the corner of Crosswicks and Burlington streets. The Bordentown School operated from 1894 to 1955.

Joseph Bonaparte

Several years after the banishing of his family from France in 1816, arriving under vigilant disguise as the Count de Survilliers,

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, former King of

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and Spain and brother to

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, purchased the Point Breeze Estate near Bordentown from American revolutionary, Stephen Sayre. He lived there for 17 years, entertaining guests of great fame such as

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and the future 6th U.S. President,

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. The residents of Bordentown nicknamed the Count, "The ''Good'' Mr. Bonaparte" (''Good'' to distinguish him from his younger brother). He built a lake near the mouth of

that was about wide and long. On the bluff above it he built a new home, "Point Breeze". The current Divine Word Mission occupies its former site along Park Street. Today only vestiges of the Bonaparte estate remain. Much of it is the remains of a formerly Italinate building remodeled in English Georgian Revival style in 1924 for Harris Hammon, who purchased the estate at Point Breeze as built in 1850 by Henry Becket, a British consul in Philadelphia. In addition to the rubble of this mansion and some hedges of its elaborate gardens, only the original tunnel to the river (broken through in several places) and the house of Bonaparte's secretary remain. Many descendants of

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and brother in law of the Bonapartes executed in 1815, also were born or lived in Bordentown, having followed their uncle Joseph there. After the Bonaparte dynasty was restored by

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, they moved back to France and were recognized as princes. In August 1831, master mechanic

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of Bordentown re-assembled (without

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s or instructions) the locomotive

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(originally called "The Stevens") in just 10 days. It was built by

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, in England, and was imported into Philadelphia by the

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. The next year it started limited service, and the year after that regular service, to become one of the first successful locomotives in the United States. The John Bull is preserved at the

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in Washington, D.C. In 1866, Susan Waters moved into what is now one of the larger properties on Mary Street. This was a base from which she taught and produced over 50 of her works, many of which are painting of animals in natural settings and pastoral scenes. She was also an early photographer. In 1876 she was asked to exhibit several of her works at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. In 1881, Rev. William Bowen purchased the old Spring Villa Female Seminary building (built on land purchased from the Bonapartes in 1837) and reopened it as the Bordentown Military Institute. In 1886, African-American Rev. Walter A. Rice established a private school for African-American children, the Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth, in a two-story house at 60 West Street, which later moved to Walnut Street on the banks of the Delaware, and became a public school in 1894 under Jim Crow laws. The school, which was known as the Bordentown School, came to have a , 30-building campus with two farms, a vocational/ technical orientation, and a college preparatory program. In 1909, the religious order

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established a convent in the former Motherhouse of the Sisters of Mercy on Crosswicks Street. The building still stands and is used as an assisted living community called The Clare Estate. The Order of Poor Clares moved to a new facility outside Bordentown City.

Geography

According to the

, the city had a total area of 0.97 square miles (2.52 km²), including 0.93 square miles (2.42 km²) of land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) of water (4.02%). The City of Bordentown is surrounded on three sides by Bordentown Township and on the western side by the juncture of the

and

, which is the border with Hamilton Township in Mercer County. It is bounded on the east by

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and

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, on the south by Black's Creek and Interstate 295, and on the north by the Mile Hollow Run. Across the Delaware River is Falls Township in

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Demographics

Census 2010

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010

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showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars)

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was $66,557 (with a margin of error of +/− $9,567) and the median family income was $90,165 (+/− $11,644). Males had a median income of $52,652 (+/− $10,201) versus $48,906 (+/− $9,108) for females. The

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for the borough was $36,814 (+/− $3,714). About 1.7% of families and 3.6% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 12.1% of those age 65 or over.

Census 2000

As of the

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there were 3,969 people, 1,757 households, and 989 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 1,884 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 81.25%

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, 13.08%

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, 0.05% Native American, 1.91% Asian, 0.03%

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, 0.81% from

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, and 2.87% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.82% of the population.Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Bordentown city, New Jersey
,

. Accessed July 8, 2013.DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Bordentown city, Burlington County, New Jersey

. Accessed July 8, 2013. There were 1,757 households, out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.2% were

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living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.7% were non-families. 35.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.93. In the city the population was spread out, with 20.9% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 34.2% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.5 males. The median income for a household in the city was $47,279, and the median income for a family was $59,872. Males had a median income of $39,909 versus $31,780 for females. The

for the city was $25,882. About 4.0% of families and 6.8% of the population were below the

, including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

Downtown Bordentown has many book, record and antique stores lining its streets, with Italian and American restaurants. The restaurants are primarily Italian, but there are also restaurants and diners that specialize in American food, Chinese food, and more recently Japanese and Latin-American food.

Government

Local government

Bordentown has been governed under the

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since 1913. The city is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this commission form of government. The governing body is comprised of three commissioners, one of whom is selected to serve as Mayor. Each commissioner is assigned a specific department to oversee during their term in office. Members are elected

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to four-year concurrent terms of office on a

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basis as part of the May municipal election.''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'',

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, March 2013, p. 135. , Bordentown's commissioners are

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Jennifer L. Sciortino (Director of Revenue and Finance), Deputy Mayor Joe Myers (Director of Public Property, Streets and Water) and Commissioner James L. Lynch Jr. (Director of Public Safety and Affairs), all serving terms of office that end on May 13, 2025.Administration Directory
, City of Bordentown. Accessed May 23, 2022.

Emergency services

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Environmental Commission

The Bordentown City Environmental Commission (BCEC) is a volunteer group of Bordentown City residents. The Commission is an official body, and its chair answers to the Mayor. The BCEC advises local officials and the Planning Board regarding environmental issues and is a watchdog for environmental problems and opportunities. It is designed to inform elected officials and the public, serve on committees, research issues, develop educational programs and advocate for sound environmental policies. Local issues include preservation of open space, promoting walking and bicycling trails and the River Line, protection of wetlands and water quality, recycling and energy conservation, and environmental education. The BCEC's most current efforts have focuses upon a bicycle and pedestrian circulation study, the City's open space plan, and the development of a set of local

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(Thorntown and Black Creek).

State government facilities

The

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operates two juvenile detention centers in the Johnstone Campus in Bordentown: Johnstone Campus Juvenile Female Secure Care and Intake Facility, which houses the state's adjudicated girls, and Juvenile Medium Security Facility-North Compound (JMSF-N) and the Juvenile Medium Security Facility-South Compound (JMSF-S) for boys.

Federal, state and county representation

Bordentown City is located in the 3rd Congressional DistrictPlan Components Report

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, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020. and is part of New Jersey's 7th state legislative district.Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District

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. Accessed February 1, 2020.''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
New Jersey

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. Accessed October 30, 2019. Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Bordentown City had been in the 30th state legislative district.''2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
, p. 55, New Jersey

. Accessed May 22, 2015. Prior to the 2010 Census, Bordentown City had been part of the , a change made by the

that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections. Burlington County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners comprised of five members who are chosen

in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year; at an annual reorganization meeting, the board selects a director and deputy director from among its members.Board of County Commissioners
Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed February 26, 2022. , Burlington County Board of County Commissioners are Commissioner Director Daniel J. O'Connell ( D, Delran Township; term as commissioner ends December 31, 2024; term as director ends 2022) Commissioner Deputy Director Tom Pullion (D, Edgewater Park, term as commissioner ends 2023; term as deputy director ends 2022), Allison Eckel (D, Medford, 2022; appointed to fill an unexpired term), Felicia Hopson (D, Willingboro Township, 2024) and

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(D, Burlington Township, 2023). Burlington County's Constitutional Officers are

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Joanne Schwartz (R, Southampton Township, 2023), Sheriff Anthony Basantis (D, Burlington Township, 2022) and

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Brian J. Carlin (D, Burlington Township, 2026).

Politics

As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 2,493 registered voters in Bordentown City, of which 906 (36.3% vs. 33.3% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 500 (20.1% vs. 23.9%) were registered as Republicans and 1,085 (43.5% vs. 42.8%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 2 voters registered as either

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or Greens.Voter Registration Summary - Burlington

Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 25, 2014. Among the city's 2010 Census population, 63.5% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 77.9% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide). In the

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, Democrat

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received 1,298 votes (66.4% vs. 58.1% countywide), ahead of Republican

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with 605 votes (31.0% vs. 40.2%) and other candidates with 34 votes (1.7% vs. 1.0%), among the 1,954 ballots cast by the city's 2,634 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.2% (vs. 74.5% in Burlington County). In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 1,305 votes (64.8% vs. 58.4% countywide), ahead of Republican

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with 669 votes (33.2% vs. 39.9%) and other candidates with 25 votes (1.2% vs. 1.0%), among the 2,015 ballots cast by the city's 2,543 registered voters, for a turnout of 79.2% (vs. 80.0% in Burlington County). In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat

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received 1,151 votes (58.7% vs. 52.9% countywide), ahead of Republican

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with 778 votes (39.7% vs. 46.0%) and other candidates with 17 votes (0.9% vs. 0.8%), among the 1,961 ballots cast by the city's 2,488 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.8% (vs. 78.8% in the whole county). In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican

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received 661 votes (51.0% vs. 61.4% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 579 votes (44.7% vs. 35.8%) and other candidates with 30 votes (2.3% vs. 1.2%), among the 1,295 ballots cast by the city's 2,658 registered voters, yielding a 48.7% turnout (vs. 44.5% in the county). In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat

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received 714 ballots cast (50.1% vs. 44.5% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 553 votes (38.8% vs. 47.7%), Independent

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with 86 votes (6.0% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 54 votes (3.8% vs. 1.2%), among the 1,424 ballots cast by the city's 2,567 registered voters, yielding a 55.5% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county).

Education

Public schools

Public school students in

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through

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s attend the schools of the Bordentown Regional School District, which serves students from Bordentown City, Bordentown Township and Fieldsboro Borough. As of the 2020–2021 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,373 students and 194.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 12.2:1.District information for Bordentown Regional School District

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. Accessed February 15, 2022. Schools in the district (with 2020–2021 enrollment data from the

) are Clara Barton Elementary School with 235 students in grades K–2 (generally serves Bordentown City and the Holloway Meadows section of Bordentown Township), Peter Muschal Elementary School with 522 students in grades Pre-K–5 (generally serves remainder of Bordentown Township and the Borough of Fieldsboro), MacFarland Intermediate School with 243 students in grades 3–5, Bordentown Regional Middle School with 576 students in grades 6–8 and

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with 766 students in grades 9–12. The district's

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is comprised of nine members, who are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year. The board's nine seats are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with three seats assigned to Bordentown City. The New Hanover Township School District, consisting of New Hanover Township (including its

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area) and Wrightstown Borough, sends students to Bordentown Regional High School on a tuition basis for

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through

s as part of a

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that has been in place since the 1960s, with about 50 students from the New Hanover district being sent to the high school. As of 2011, the New Hanover district was considering expansion of its relationship to send students to Bordentown for middle school for grades 6–8. Students from Bordentown, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the Burlington County Institute of Technology, a countywide public school district that serves the vocational and technical education needs of students at the high school and post-secondary level at its campuses in Medford and Westampton Township.

Private schools

Saint Mary School was a

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serving students in Pre-K–8, that operated for over 100 years under the auspices of the

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. The school closed its doors in June 2013 due to the school's financial challenges in the face of enrollment that was half of the 220 students needed to remain financially viable. The Bordentown Military Institute was located in the city from 1881 to 1972. The

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fathers operated a minor seminary in Bordentown from 1947 to 1983. One of its more notable alumni

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was the four-term mayor of

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and

run through very briefly and intersect at County Route 528 in the city. In addition to CR 528's western terminus in Bordentown, County Route 545 has its northern terminus in the city. The

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(

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) passes through neighboring Bordentown Township with access at interchange 7 to U.S. Route 206, which is signed as Bordentown- Trenton. Interstate 295 also passes through Bordentown Township and has two interchanges that take travelers into Bordentown: exit 56 and exit 57.

Public transportation

The Bordentown station at Park Street offers service between the Trenton Rail Station in Trenton and the

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(and other stations) in Camden, on

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's River Line Light rail system. NJ Transit provides bus service in the township between Trenton and

on the 409 route.

Religion

Bordentown City's one square mile is home to more than 10 houses of worship, including: American Presbyterian Church, B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Christ Episcopal Church, Dorothea Dix Unitarian Universalist Community, Ebenezer Full Gospel Community Church, First Baptist Church of Bordentown, First Presbyterian Church, Mount Zion AME Church, Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Shiloh Baptist Church, Trinity United Methodist Church and Union Baptist Church.

Points of interest

The city has become a destination for weekend dining as well as for the casual perusal of its book and record stores, historical sites and art galleries. The active downtown business association sponsors an annual Iris Festival & Art Show in early May, an annual Street Fair in mid- to late May, and an annual Cranberry Festival in early October. The Bordentown Historical Society sponsors events, such as the Holiday House Tour and Peach Social. The Historical Society hosts exhibits at the Bordentown Friends Meeting House each year, and the 2022 exhibition consists of artifacts collected from Joseph Bonaparte which led to a visit from Philippe Étienne, the ambassador of France to the United States.

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, an archaeological site from the

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era, was added to the

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in 1990 for its significance in military and maritime history. Point Breeze, the former estate of

, was added to the NRHP in 1997 for its significance in architecture, landscape architecture, and politics/government. File:Crosswicks Creek, Bordentown, NJ - site III.jpg,

File:Point Breeze estate, Bordentown, NJ.jpg, Point Breeze

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Bordentown include: * Burgiss Allison (1753–1827),

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from 1816–1820 *

Ricardo Almeida Ricardo Alves Almeida (; born November 29, 1976) is a Brazilian-American former mixed martial artist and current Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu grappler residing in Bordentown, New Jersey. Almeida is a veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, PRIDE ...

(born 1976), Brazilian-American mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu grappler *

Al Aronowitz Alfred Gilbert Aronowitz (May 20, 1928 – August 1, 2005) was an American rock journalist best known for introducing Bob Dylan to The Beatles in 1964. Early life and education Aronowitz was born in Bordentown, New Jersey, and earned a degree in ...

(1928–2005), rock journalist who claimed that

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wrote his famous "

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" in Aronowitz's former Berkeley Heights home *

(1821–1912), in 1852 started the first free public school in New Jersey and later founded the

* Charlotte Bonaparte (1802–1839), artist and daughter of Joseph Bonaparte, whose works included a series of landscape paintings of New Jersey scenes *

(1768–1844), King of Naples and Sicily, King of Spain and the Indies and brother to

* Denise Borino-Quinn (1964–2010), actress who played the role of

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, the wife of New York mob boss

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in ''

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'' * Herb Conaway (born 1963), member of the

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who has represented the 7th Legislative District since 1988 * Erica Dambach (born 1975), head coach of

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team * Robert Duncan (born 1948), Anglican

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who was the first

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and

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of the

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(ACNA), serving from June 2009 to June 2014 *

Dionne Farris Dionne Yvette Farris (born December 4, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, and producer. Born and raised in New Jersey, she began singing in elementary school and competed in pageants as a teenager. In the early 1990s, she was featured on t ...

(born 1968), singer-songwriter best known for her work as a vocalist with the hip-hop group

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* Samuel C. Forker (1821–1900), represented

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in the

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from 1871–1873 * Peter Gamble (1793–1814), midshipman who was killed in action at the Battle of Lake Champlain during the

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* Eric Gibbons (born 1966), artist and owner of The Firehouse Gallery of Bordentown and founder of Firehouse Publications *

Richard Watson Gilder Richard Watson Gilder (February 8, 1844 – November 19, 1909) was an American poet and editor. Life and career Gilder was born on February 8, 1844 at Bordentown, New Jersey. He was the son of Jane (Nutt) Gilder and the Rev. William Henry Gi ...

(1844–1909), poet, author and editor of ''

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'' * Eric Hamilton (born 1953), retired American football coach, who was head football coach at

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from 1977 through 2012 *

(1737–1791), author who was one of the signers of the

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Ferretti, Fred
"About New Jersey; It's Bordentown vs. the State Bureaucracy"
''

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'', February 18, 1979. Accessed June 6, 2011. "THE state, it appears, is still out to get Bordentown. But little does it realize that the place where Thomas Paine was during much of the Revolutionary War; where Francis Hopkinson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, lived; where Clara Barton began her first public school; where the first steam locomotive was tested and where Napoleon's brother lived will not be had that easily." *

Joachim, 4th Prince Murat Joachim Joseph Napoléon Murat, 4th Prince Murat (21 June 1834 – 23 October 1901) was a Major-General in the French Army and a member of the Bonaparte- Murat family. Early life Joachim Joseph was born at Bordentown, New Jersey on 21 June ...

(1834–1901), Major-General in the French Army *

Gia Maione Gia Maione Prima (May 20, 1941 – September 23, 2013) was an American singer and wife of singer Louis Prima. Biography Born in the Roebling section of Florence Township, New Jersey, Maione lived in Bordentown before moving with her family t ...

(1941–2013), singer who was the wife of singer

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* Joseph R. Malone (born 1949), former member of the New Jersey General Assembly who served as Bordentown's mayor from 1973 to 1993 and 2013 to 2017 * Edward McCall (1790–1853), officer in the

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during the

who was awarded a

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Joseph Menna Joseph Francis Menna (born March 1970) is an American sculptor and engraver who has worked in both digital and traditional sculpture media. He has been the Chief Engraver of the United States Mint since February, 2019. Biography Menna trained for ...

(born 1974), sculptor * Rob Novak (born 1986), runner who specialized in the

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(1737–1809), American and French Revolution inspiration and author of many works, including "Common Sense" and "The Rights of Man" *

Chris Prynoski Chris Prynoski (born November 1, 1971) is an American film and television producer, animator, and director, known for his work on TV programs such as ''Downtown'', ''Metalocalypse'', '' Freaknik: The Musical'', '' Motorcity'' and ''Megas XLR'' an ...

(born 1971), animator * Joshua Shaw (1776–1860), English-American artist and inventor * Harry W. Shipps (1926–2016), eighth Bishop of Georgia. * Charles Stewart (1778–1869), United States Navy admiral, resided in Bordentown at the time of his death in 1869 * Ishod Wair (born 1991), professional skateboarder who was ''Thrasher'' magazine's Skater of the Year 2013 * Susan Waters (1823–1900), painter and photographer, who was active in the suffrage movement and in animal rights causes * Joseph Wright (1756–1793), artist and engraver who is credited as the designer of the Liberty Cap Large Cent *

Patience Wright Patience Lovell Wright (1725 – March 23, 1786) was a sculptor of wax figures, and the first recognized American-born sculptor. Biography Early life Patience Lovell was born at Oyster Bay, New York, into a Quaker farm family with a vegetaria ...

(1725–1786), America's first native-born sculptor * Joshua M. Zeitz (born 1974), historian and writer who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008 and served as a policy adviser to the Corzine Administration * August Zeller (1863–1918), sculptor who was a student of

Thomas Eakins Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (; July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916) was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important American artists. For the length ...

and

Auguste Rodin François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a uniqu ...

August Zeller
''Antiques & Fine Art Magazine''. Accessed October 16, 2019. "August Zeller (American, 1863-1918) was born in Bordentown, New Jersey in 1863."

References

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