Mercer may refer to:
Business
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Mercer (car), a defunct American automobile manufacturer (1909–1925)
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Mercer (consulting firm), a large human resources consulting firm headquartered in New York City
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Mercer (occupation)
Mercery (from French , meaning "habderdashery" (goods) or "haberdashery" (a shop trading in textiles and notions) initially referred to silk, linen and fustian textiles among various other piece goods imported to England in the 12th century. ...
, a merchant or trader, more specifically a merchant who deals in textiles (mercery)
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Mercer Pottery Company The Mercer Pottery Company is a defunct American pottery company. The backstamp on many of its pottery pieces indicates it was founded in 1865 in Trenton, New Jersey. It was then purchased in 1875 by James Moses. The company ran successfully until t ...
, a defunct American company
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Mercer Union, an artist-run centre in downtown Toronto, Ontario
* A member of the London guild of the
Worshipful Company of Mercers
Education
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Mercer University, a private, coeducational university with its main campus in Macon, Georgia, United States.
People
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Mercer (surname) Mercer is an English and Scottish surname. It is an occupational name, derived from the Old French word "mercier" or "merchier", meaning a merchant: originally one trading in textiles (mercery).
People
Academics
*Alison Mercer (born 1954), New ...
, a list of people with the surname
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Mercer (given name) Mercer is the given name of:
* Mercer Barrows, American television producer, art director and writer
* Mercer Ellington (1919–1996), American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger
* Mercer Mayer (born 1943), American children's book writer and il ...
, a list of people so named
Places
United States
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Fort Mercer, American Revolution fort along the Delaware River in New Jersey
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Mercer, Iowa
Mercer Township is one of twelve Township (United States), townships in Adams County, Iowa, Adams County, Iowa, United States, USA. At the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, its population was 153.
Geography
Mercer Township covers an area o ...
, an unincorporated community
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Mercer, Maine
Mercer is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The town was named after Revolutionary War hero Brigadier General Hugh Mercer. The population was 709 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the ...
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Mercer, Missouri
Mercer is a city in Mercer County, Missouri, Mercer County, Missouri, United States. The population was 263 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
History
Mercer was platted in the 1870s when the railroad was extended to that point. The co ...
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Mercer, North Carolina
Mercer (formerly, Mercersville) is an unincorporated community in southwestern Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. It lies at an elevation of . Dr. A. B. Nobles House and McKendree Church was listed on the National Register of Histo ...
, an unincorporated community
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Mercer, North Dakota
Mercer is a city in McLean County, North Dakota, McLean County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 88 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
Mercer was founded in 1905 along a now-abandoned branch line of the Northern Pacifi ...
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Mercer, Ohio Mercer is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
History
Mercer was laid out in 1833. A post office was established at Mercer in 1837, and remained in operation until 1957. The community's original name was "Mila ...
, an unincorporated community
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Mercer, Pennsylvania
Mercer is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in and the county seat of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,982 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is part of the Mahoning Vall ...
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Mercer, Tennessee
Mercer is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. It is located along State Route 138 halfway between Interstate 40 and Toone, just east of the Hatchie River. Mercer has a post office; its zip code is 38392.
D ...
, an unincorporated community
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Mercer, Wisconsin, a town
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Mercer (CDP), Wisconsin
Mercer is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the town of Mercer, Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. Mercer is located on US Highway 51 (US 51) south-southeast of Hurley. Mercer has a post office with ZIP code 54547. As o ...
, an unincorporated census-designated place
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Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens
Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens (over 250 acres) are county botanical gardens with an arboretum and natural areas located at 22306 Aldine Westfield Road in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. They are open daily with free admi ...
, Harris County, Texas
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Mercer Arena
Mercer Arena (previously known as the Exposition Building, Civic Ice Arena and Seattle Center Arena) was a performing arts venue located at the corner of Mercer Street and Fourth Avenue North in Seattle, Washington. It was built in 1927 adjacent ...
, Seattle, Washington, a performing arts venue
* Mercer Caverns, Murphys, California
* Mercer County (disambiguation)
* Mercer House (Savannah, Georgia)
* Mercer Island, Washington
* Mercer Lake, West Windsor, New Jersey a man-made lake
* Mercer Museum, a National Historic Landmark in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
* Mercer Oak, a large white oak tree that stood in Princeton Battlefield State Park in Princeton
* Mercer Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Mount Mercer (Antarctica)
* Mercer Ice Stream, Marie Byrd Land
* Mercer Ridge, Marie Byrd Land
* Mercer Lake (Antarctica), West Antarctica
Elsewhere
* Mercer, New Zealand, a village
* Mercer Bay, South Georgia Island
* Mercer 3, a globular cluster of the Milky Way galaxy
Other uses
* Mercer's condition
* USS Mercer, USS ''Mercer'', two ships
* Mercer (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
* Wilbur Mercer, a fictional character in the Philip K. Dick novel ''Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?''
* Mercer (The Walking Dead), a fictional character from The Walking Dead
See also
* Mercer and Somerset Railway, a short-lived line of the Pennsylvania Railroad in western New Jersey
* Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, sometimes misspelled as "Mercer" or "Mercer's Bacterial Disease"
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