Wilbur is a
neighborhood
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located within the city of
Trenton in
Mercer County, in the
U.S. state
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of
New Jersey
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.
It was an independent
borough
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History
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from 1891 to 1898.
Wilbur was incorporated as a borough by an act of the
New Jersey Legislature
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on April 24, 1891, from portions of
Hamilton Township, based on the results of a referendum held six days earlier. On February 28, 1898, the borough was annexed by
Trenton as the 12th Ward.
[Snyder, John P]
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 165. Accessed October 31, 2015.[Honeyman, Abraham Van Doren]
''Index-analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey, 1896-1909: Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the 'General Statutes' and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed: and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period''
p. 314. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed October 31, 2015.
References
1891 establishments in New Jersey
1898 disestablishments in New Jersey
Former boroughs in New Jersey
Neighborhoods in Trenton, New Jersey
Populated places disestablished in 1898
Populated places established in 1891
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