Washington Crossing is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Hopewell Township,
Mercer County,
New Jersey
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, in the United States. The CDP and surrounding Hopewell Township lie on the eastern flank of the
Washington Crossing Bridge spanning the
Delaware River
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.
Washington Crossing State Park is located adjacent to the community in New Jersey, while across the river lies
Washington Crossing Historic Park in
Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania. As of the
2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 371.
[
The community was the eastern landing point following ]George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River
George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a complex and surprise military maneuver organized by George Washington, t ...
on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War
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. The Delaware and Raritan feeder canal runs along the river through the community.
Geography
Washington Crossing is on the east bank of the Delaware River
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in northwestern Mercer County. New Jersey Route 29 (River Road) passes through the community, leading southeast (downriver) to Trenton, the state capital, and northwest (upriver) to Lambertville. The Washington Crossing Bridge, built in 1904, crosses the Delaware to Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, from where Pennsylvania Route 532 leads southwest to Newtown, Pennsylvania.
According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP had a total area of , of which were land and , or 14.6%, was water.
Demographics
Washington Crossing first appeared as a census designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the 2020 U.S. Census.
Education
All of Hopewell Township, including Washington Crossing, is served by the Hopewell Valley Regional School District.
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Washington Crossing include:
* William H. Blackwell (1882–1963), fruit farmer and politician''Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide''
p. 518. J. J. Scannell, 1919. Accessed December 7, 2021. "William Hartwell Blackwell - Titusville - Fruitgrower and Assemblyman. Born at Washington's Crossing, N. J., on July 22, 1882; son of Charles E. and Sarah E. (Hartwell) Blackwell."
See also
*
Washington Crossing Historic Park in Pennsylvania
References
Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Census-designated places in Mercer County, New Jersey
Census-designated places in New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in Mercer County, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in New Jersey
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