Port Mercer is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

located where the municipal boundaries of Lawrence Township,

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and West Windsor Township intersect in Mercer County, in the

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State of New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2015. It is the location of the historic

Port Mercer Canal House The Port Mercer Canal House is a historic house along the Delaware and Raritan Canal. It is located at 4278 Quakerbridge Road in the Port Mercer section of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, near the border of West ...

along the

Delaware and Raritan Canal The Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&R Canal) is a canal in central New Jersey, built in the 1830s, that served to connect the Delaware River to the Raritan River. It was an efficient and reliable means of transportation of freight between Philadel ...

. Port mercer developed starting in the 1830s with the construction of the Delaware & Raritan Canal. It represents one of West Windsor's historic hamlets, and several mid-1800s residences still populate the community. The hamlet thrived from the 1830s until the mid-late 1800s, when the current

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rail line relocated from next to the canal to its current position. In October 2019, the Historical Society of West Windsor published an online museum exploring the history of West Windsor - including Port Mercer.

References

External links

West Windsor History Museum - Port Mercer

Port Mercer Canal House - Lawrence Historical Society
Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey Princeton, New Jersey West Windsor, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Mercer County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey {{MercerCountyNJ-geo-stub