Lawrenceville is an

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and

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(CDP) within Lawrence Township in Mercer County, in the

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.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)
P. III-4.

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, August 2012. Accessed November 20, 2012. The community is situated roughly halfway between

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and Trenton. Lawrenceville is part of the Trenton–Princeton metropolitan area within the New York combined statistical area; however, the CDP actually is located approximately 15 miles closer to

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than to

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, and as with the remainder of Mercer County, lies within the

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's Philadelphia Designated Market Area. As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 3,751, a decrease of 136 (−3.5%) from the 3,887 recorded at the 2010 census,DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Lawrenceville CDP, New Jersey
,

. Accessed November 20, 2012. which in turn had reflected a decrease of 194 (−4.8%) from the 4,081 counted in the 2000 census. Lawrenceville is also known as the "village of Lawrenceville". Its core is the Main Street Historic District, which was listed both in the

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and

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in 1972, and was one of the first registered historic districts in New Jersey.Main Street Historic District
Township of Lawrence. Accessed November 21, 2012. "When listed in the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places in 1972, the Main Street Historic District was one of the first registered historic districts in the State."

History

Lawrenceville was founded as Maidenhead in 1697, as part of Burlington County in the colony of

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. In 1714, the village became a part of

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. In 1798, the

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legally incorporated the Township of Maidenhead. The village was originally named for

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, a historic English town on the Thames River, about 30 miles west from London. The Colonial Supreme Court at Burlington officially confirmed the name on February 20, 1697. "Maidenhead" derives from the Anglo Saxon word "Maidenhythe," meaning "new wharf", though it acquired a secondary meaning as a term for virginity. The Rev. Issac V. Brown, the first full-time pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville and the founder of the Academy of Maidenhead (now the

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), led a movement to petition the Legislature to change the town's name. The petition said "... it must be the wish of every good citizen... to be relieved of the necessity of using a term which may offend the delicacy of modesty, or disturb the feelings of seriousness, or excite the sneers of the willing." The Legislature officially changed the name from Maidenhead to Lawrence on January 24, 1816, at a meeting in John Moore's Tavern. The township took its name from Captain

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, a naval hero of the

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. The village was renamed Lawrenceville at the same time. In 1838, Mercer County was formed from parts of three counties, and Lawrence Township was included in the new county. The township's boundaries and geographic relationships have remained the same since that time. During the

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's troops marched through Maidenhead after the

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(December 26, 1776) and the

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(January 2, 1777), chasing British troops. They met at the

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on January 3, 1777, just over the township line, where the

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now stands.

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stayed overnight in Maidenhead on December 8, 1776, en route to Trenton. He recorded the moment in his diary, a portion of which was found years later in John Moore's Tavern, which is now a residential house at 2695 Main Street. His opinion of the village was that "one night in Maidenhead was more than enough". When the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville was built in 1698, it was called the Meetinghouse of Maidenhead. It is still serving the community at 2688 Main Street.

Geography

Lawrenceville is in central Mercer County, northeast of Trenton and southwest of Princeton.

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changes its name from "Lawrenceville-Princeton Road" to "Main Street", and then to "Lawrenceville-Trenton Road" in the center of Lawrenceville. The local historic district fronts along Main Street and US 206 stretch for more than two miles between Franklin Corner Road and an area slightly north of Fackler Road. Homes situated more than 250 feet from the road are excluded, however. One exception is the section of the Lawrenceville School known as the Circle and several other buildings in its vicinity, the oldest buildings on the campus. This area itself has been designated a National Historic Landmark. Lawrenceville generally comprises the area contained within Lawrenceville-Pennington Road to the southwest, Fackler Road to the northeast, Keefe Road to the northwest, and US 206 to the southeast, part of which turns into Main Street in Lawrenceville, to the east. The Lawrenceville School, across Route 206, is usually considered part of the village as well. Before tract development, beginning in the early 1970s, Lawrenceville was broadly defined as stretching two to three blocks back from Route 206. The boundary became less clear as residential developments replaced farmland behind the historic village. The boundary of the Lawrenceville census-designated place, used for all population statistics, follows the roads listed above, except that the northeast boundary is at Cold Soil Road rather than Fackler Road. Lawrence Township is occasionally and mistakenly referred to as Lawrenceville. The confusion is partly caused because the local post office is located in the Lawrenceville CDP and the Postal Service once instructed Lawrence Township residents to use Lawrenceville, Princeton or Trenton as their mailing address. In 1973, voters approved a nonbinding referendum to petition the U.S. Postal Service to adopt a single municipal post office address known as Lawrenceville for the entire township; The effort failed. A township resident appeared before Township Council in July, 2007, to request to designate the 08648 ZIP code for Lawrence Township. Council approved a resolution in support of the request that was then forwarded to the

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. Township officials had fought, off and on, for the change since 1969, when then-U.S. Rep.

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tried unsuccessfully to convince U.S. Postal Service authorities to grant a Lawrence name tag for the entire township, according to a letter on file at the Municipal Clerk's Office. The

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notified the township authorities in October 2007 that the preferred designation for the 08648 would be changed to "Lawrence Township". Lawrenceville is equidistant between Trenton and

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, and approximately fifteen miles closer to

than to

. Major transportation corridors have passed through Lawrenceville since the town's inception, including the King's Highway, which in the 18th century approximated today's

. The predominant highway and commercial corridor through Lawrence Township is

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, southeast of Lawrenceville. According to the

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, the Lawrenceville CDP has a total area of , including of land and of water (0.09%). The community is drained by tributaries of Shipetaukin Creek, a southeast-flowing tributary of

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within the

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watershed.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 3,887 people, 1,734 households, and 1,046 families in the CDP. The

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was . There were 1,805 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 85.16% (3,310)

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, 3.99% (155) Black or African American, 0.10% (4) Native American, 7.77% (302) Asian, 0.00% (0)

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, 0.80% (31) from other races, and 2.19% (85) from two or more races.

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of any race were 4.32% (168) of the population. Of the 1,734 households, 27.1% had children under the age of 18; 48.5% were married couples living together; 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present and 39.7% were non-families. Of all households, 33.1% were made up of individuals and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.90. 20.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 35.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.2 years. For every 100 females, the population had 82.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 78.6 males.

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States Census there were 4,081 people, 1,747 households, and 1,070 families residing in the CDP. The

was . There were 1,776 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 88.12%

, 3.58%

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, 0.07% Native American, 6.30% Asian, 0.54% from other races, and 1.40% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.46% of the population.DP-1 - Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Lawrenceville CDP, New Jersey
,

. Accessed November 21, 2012. Of the 1,747 households, 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them; 48.7% were

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living together; 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present; and 38.7% were non-families. 32.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.99. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 24.2% under the age of 18; 5.8% from 18 to 24; 32.2% from 25 to 44; 27.7% from 45 to 64; and 10.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.7 males. The median income for a household in the CDP as of the year 2000 was $74,107. The median income for a family was $98,972. Males had a median income of $65,189 versus $37,972 for females. The

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for the CDP was $37,919. About 0.6% of families and 1.7% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The school district covering the CDP is

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. The Lawrenceville Elementary School, one of the district's four elementary schools, is located in Lawrenceville. Lawrenceville is home to the

, a private boarding and day high school founded in 1810. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious prep schools in the United States.

Commerce

Historically, the

was the dominant economic force in the village. Since World War II, Lawrenceville has become a commuter town, serving educational and corporate employment centers in Lawrence Township, in Princeton and Trenton, in the surrounding cluster of corporate and research campuses, and to a lesser extent in New York City. There are no large businesses in Lawrenceville itself, but Lawrence Township is home to several large corporate facilities outside of the village, including the world headquarters of

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, offices for the Lenox division of

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, the main research facility for

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, and the offices of the

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division of

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. The village businesses share an organization, Lawrenceville Main Street, which organizes events, such as the Music in the Park series, the annual Jubilee, and Taste of Lawrenceville, and promotes the business district to visitors. The Lawrenceville Farmers Market is held every Sunday, from about June to November. The Lawrenceville Fire Co., Lawrenceville Water Co. (now part of

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), Lawrenceville Fuel, and a U.S. Post Office are also located in Lawrenceville. Lawrenceville was formerly home to a family grocery, hardware store, pharmacy, and, most famously, the Jigger Shop, which served generations of Lawrenceville School students as a school store and soda fountain. A fire destroyed the shop on August 10, 1990. Caused by faulty electrical cords that ran to a store refrigerator, the fire burned through the store's ceiling into the second-floor apartment, which was unoccupie

A new Jigger Shop then opened at the Lawrenceville School and was located on the first floor of the Noyes History Building, until its relocation to the Irwin Dining Center in 2011. After the demolition of the Irwin Dining Center in early 2023, the Jigger Shop was renamed to the Big Red Store and relocated to the newly built Tsai Field House. The offices of the Princeton Area Community Foundation are in Lawrenceville.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Lawrenceville include: *

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(born 1957), former basketball head coach who was the

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team's head coach from 1997 through 2001 * Ifa Bayeza (born Wanda Williams), playwright, producer and conceptual theater artist *

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(born 1975), country music musician *

Brett Brackett Brett Michael Brackett (born December 13, 1987) is a former American football tight end. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football for Penn State. Brackett grew up in Lawrence Township, Me ...

(born 1987), former tight end for the

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David Brearley David Brearley Jr. (often misspelled as ''Brearly'') (June 11, 1745 – August 16, 1790) was an American Founding Father, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, a delegate from New Jersey to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, whi ...

(1745–1790), signer of the

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and Chief Justice of the

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from 1779 to 1789 * George H. Brown (1810–1865), represented in the

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from 1853 to 1855 * Scott Brunner (born 1957), former NFL quarterback *

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(born 1969), President, Head Coach and General Manager of the

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* Richard J. Coffee (1925–2017), founder of Mercer County Park and a former state senator * Cason Crane (born 1992), entrepreneur and endurance athlete who became the first openly gay mountaineer to scale the

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* David W. Crane (born 1959), lawyer, investment banker and business executive in the energy industry, who has served as the Undersecretary for Infrastructure in the

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* Oliver Crane (born 1998), rower who set the record as the youngest person to row solo across the

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, when he completed the journey in 2018 * Isabella de la Houssaye (1964–2023), lawyer, business owner and endurance athlete best known for her six-year battle against lung cancer *

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(born 1974), former

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bassist * Tony DeNicola (1927–2006), jazz drummer * N. Howell Furman (1892–1965), professor of

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who helped develop the electrochemical

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separation process as part of the

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* Eb Gaines (1927–2012), U.S.

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from 1989 until 1992 * Kenneth W. Keuffel (1923 –2006),

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coach who was the 25th head football coach of the

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team * Frederick Kroesen (1923–2020),

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four-star general *

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(born 1969), musician who has performed as part of

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and Tonic * James T.C. Liu (1919–1993), Chinese historian and a leading scholar on

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history who was a professor at

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for more than two decades * David S. Mao, law librarian and acting

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from 2015 to 2016 * Ed Moran (born 1981), long-distance runner * John Nalbone (born 1986),

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* Jake Nerwinski (born 1994),

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player for the

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Norman Schwarzkopf Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. ( ; 22 August 1934 – 27 December 2012) was a United States Army general. While serving as the commander of United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War against Ba'athist Iraq. ...

(1934–2012)

general who was commander of coalition forces during the

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* Myles Stephens (born 1997),

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(born 1962), comedian and host of ''

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''Bucks County Courier Times'', February 27, 2004. Accessed March 13, 2008. "Jon Stewart has a considerable history with Philadelphia, growing up in Lawrenceville, N.J."

References

External links

Lawrenceville Main Street business association

Lawrence Township

Lawrence Historical Society
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