Ewing Township, New Jersey | |
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Location in Mercer County Location in New Jersey | |
Coordinates: 40°15′48″N74°47′55″W / 40.263344°N 74.798704°W [1] [2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Mercer |
Incorporated | February 22, 1834 |
Named for | Charles Ewing |
Government | |
• Type | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) |
• Body | Township Council |
• Mayor | Bert H. Steinmann (D, term ends December 31, 2026) [4] [5] |
• Administrator | Aaron T. Watson [6] |
• Municipal clerk | Kim J. Macellaro [7] |
Area | |
• Total | 15.56 sq mi (40.29 km2) |
• Land | 15.21 sq mi (39.38 km2) |
• Water | 0.35 sq mi (0.90 km2) 2.24% |
• Rank | 174th of 565 in state 8th of 12 in county [1] |
Elevation | 128 ft (39 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 37,264 |
• Estimate | 34,753 |
• Rank | 64th of 565 in state 3rd of 12 in county [12] |
• Density | 2,450.6/sq mi (946.2/km2) |
• Rank | 255th of 565 in state 5th of 12 in county [12] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Codes | |
Area code | 609 [15] |
FIPS code | 3402122185 [1] [16] [17] |
GNIS feature ID | 0882128 [1] [18] |
Website | www |
Ewing Township is a township in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township falls within the New York metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. [19] It borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is part of the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia Designated Market Area. [20] As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 37,264, [9] [10] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 1,474 (+4.1%) from the 35,790 recorded at the 2010 census, [21] [22] which in turn reflected an increase of 83 (+0.2%) from the 35,707 counted in the 2000 census. [23]
The earliest inhabitants of present-day Ewing Township in the historic era were Lenni Lenape Native Americans, who lived along the banks of the Delaware River. Their pre-colonial subsistence activities in the area included hunting, fishing, pottery-making, and simple farming. [24] European settlers, mostly from the British Isles, began to colonize the area in 1699. One of the earliest European settlers was William Green, and his 1717 farmhouse still stands on the campus of The College of New Jersey. [25]
The area that is now Ewing Township was part of Hopewell Township in what was a very large Burlington County at the beginning of the 18th century. In 1714 Hopewell was removed from Burlington County and added to Hunterdon County. [26] [27] By 1719, the area which was to become Ewing Township had been removed from Hopewell Township and added to the newly created Trenton Township. [28] Portions of Trenton Township were incorporated as Ewing Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 22, 1834, posthumously honoring Charles Ewing for his work as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. [29] The township became part of the newly created Mercer County on February 22, 1838. After incorporation, Ewing Township received additional territory taken from Lawrence Township and the city of Trenton in 1858. In 1894 the city of Trenton took back some of that territory, annexing more in 1900. [30]
When Ewing Township was incorporated in the 19th century, it was primarily farmland with a handful of scattered hamlets, including Carleton (now known as Ewing), Cross Keys (now known as Ewingville), Birmingham (now known as West Trenton) and Greensburg (now known as Wilburtha). [24] Since the beginning of the 20th century, the township has developed as a suburb of Trenton. The sections near the city border are distinctly urban, but most of the township is suburban residential development. The main commercial district extends along North Olden Avenue Extension (County Route 622), originally constructed to connect north Trenton residences with the now-closed General Motors Inland Fisher Guide Plant. Ewing Township today is the location of The College of New Jersey, the Community Blood Council of New Jersey, New Jersey State Police headquarters, the Jones Farm State Correction Institute, the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, the New Jersey Department of Transportation headquarters, the Maria H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf and Trenton-Mercer Airport.
From 1953 until 1997, Ewing was the home of Naval Air Warfare Center Trenton, encompassing 528 acres (214 ha) on Parkway Avenue. [31] It was used by the United States Navy as a jet engine test facility until its closure based on the recommendations of the 1993 Base Closure and Realignment Commission. [31] Nearly 700 civilian positions were eliminated, most of which were relocated to other facilities in Maryland and Tennessee. [32] The base's Marine operations were transferred to Fort Dix, which has since become Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. [33] A charity to end homelessness acquired the base at no cost in October 2013 in a process involving the United States Department of Defense, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Mercer County and Ewing Township. [33]
The first location of an industrial robot used to replace human workers was at Ewing's Inland Fisher Guide Plant in 1961, a facility that operated in the township for 1938 to 1998, after which the plant was demolished and targeted for redevelopment. [34] [35] [36]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 15.56 square miles (40.29 km2), including 15.21 square miles (39.38 km2) of land and 0.35 square miles (0.90 km2) of water (2.24%). [1] [2]
The highest elevation in Ewing Township is 225 feet (69 m) AMSL just southeast of Interstate 295 and just west of Trenton-Mercer Airport, [37] while the lowest point is just below 20 feet (6.1 m) AMSL along the Delaware River near the border with Trenton. [38]
The largest body of water completely within the township is Lake Sylva, a man-made lake that was created in the 1920s when an earthen dam was constructed across the Shabakunk Creek. [39] The 11-acre (4.5 ha) lake is located on the campus of The College of New Jersey. [40] Watercourses in Ewing include the Delaware River along its western boundary and the Shabakunk Creek in the eastern and central portions of the township.
The township has a number of distinct neighborhoods, including Agasote, [41] Altura, [42] Arbor Walk, [43] Braeburn Heights, [43] [44] [ citation needed ] Briarcrest, [43] [45] Briarwood, [43] [46] [47] Cambridge Hall, [43] Churchill Green, [48] [49] Delaware Rise, [43] [50] [51] [52] Ewing, [41] [53] Ewing Park, [54] Ewingville, [43] [55] [56] Fernwood, [41] [57] Ferry Road Manor, [58] Fleetwood Village, [43] [50] [59] [60] Glendale, [41] [43] [57] Green Curve Heights, [61] Hampton Hills, [43] [59] [62] Heath Manor, [63] Hickory Hill Estates, [43] [59] [64] Hillwood Lakes, [65] [66] [67] [68] Hillwood Manor, [43] [59] [69] Mountainview, [41] [43] [50] Parkway Village, [41] [43] [59] Prospect Heights, [41] [43] [70] Prospect Park, [70] [71] Scudders Falls, [41] [43] [72] Shabakunk Hills, [43] [73] Sherbrooke Manor, [43] [59] [74] Somerset, [41] Spring Meadows, [43] [75] [76] Spring Valley, [43] Village on the Green, [43] [50] [59] [77] Weber Park, [70] [78] West Trenton, [41] [43] [79] Whitewood Estates, [50] Wilburtha [41] [43] [80] and Wynnewood Manor. [43] [59] [81] Some of these existed before suburbanization, while others came into existence with the suburban development of the township in the 20th century.
The township borders the municipalities of Hopewell Township, Lawrence Township, Trenton in Mercer County; and Lower Makefield Township, Upper Makefield Township and Yardley in Bucks County across the Delaware River in Pennsylvania. [82] [83] [84]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1840 | 1,017 | — | |
1850 | 1,480 | 45.5% | |
1860 | 2,079 | 40.5% | |
1870 | 2,477 | 19.1% | |
1880 | 2,412 | −2.6% | |
1890 | 3,129 | 29.7% | |
1900 | 1,333 | * | −57.4% |
1910 | 1,889 | 41.7% | |
1920 | 3,475 | 84.0% | |
1930 | 6,942 | 99.8% | |
1940 | 10,146 | 46.2% | |
1950 | 16,840 | 66.0% | |
1960 | 26,628 | 58.1% | |
1970 | 32,831 | 23.3% | |
1980 | 34,842 | 6.1% | |
1990 | 34,185 | −1.9% | |
2000 | 35,707 | 4.5% | |
2010 | 35,790 | 0.2% | |
2020 | 37,264 | 4.1% | |
2023 (est.) | 34,753 | [9] [11] | −6.7% |
Population sources: 1840–1920 [85] 1840 [86] 1850–1870 [87] 1850 [88] 1870 [89] 1880–1890 [90] 1890–1910 [91] 1910–1930 [92] 1940–2000 [93] 2000 [94] [95] 2010 [21] [22] 2020 [9] [10] * = Lost territory in previous decade. [30] |
The 2010 United States census counted 35,790 people, 13,171 households, and 7,982 families in the township. The population density was 2,346.9 per square mile (906.1/km2). There were 13,926 housing units at an average density of 913.2 per square mile (352.6/km2). The racial makeup was 63.14% (22,598) White, 27.62% (9,885) Black or African American, 0.30% (109) Native American, 4.30% (1,538) Asian, 0.04% (15) Pacific Islander, 2.24% (803) from other races, and 2.35% (842) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.62% (2,727) of the population. [21]
Of the 13,171 households, 22.3% had children under the age of 18; 43.0% were married couples living together; 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 39.4% were non-families. Of all households, 30.5% were made up of individuals and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.97. [21]
16.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 20.0% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.2 years. For every 100 females, the population had 88.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 85.9 males. [21]
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $69,716 (with a margin of error of +/− $2,668) and the median family income was $86,875 (+/− $4,312). Males had a median income of $56,308 (+/− $6,003) versus $52,313 (+/− $1,887) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $30,489 (+/− $1,527). About 4.7% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over. [96]
As of the 2000 United States census [16] there were 35,707 people, 12,551 households, and 8,208 families residing in the township. The population density was 2,328.6 inhabitants per square mile (899.1/km2). There were 12,924 housing units at an average density of 842.8 per square mile (325.4/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 69.02% White, 24.82% African American, 0.15% Native American, 2.27% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.83% from other races, and 1.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.44% of the population. [94] [95]
There were 12,551 households, out of which 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.6% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.00. [94] [95]
In the township the population was spread out, with 18.0% under the age of 18, 17.3% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males. [94] [95]
The median income for a household in the township was $57,274, and the median income for a family was $67,618. Males had a median income of $44,531 versus $35,844 for females. The per capita income for the township was $24,268. About 3.3% of families and 6.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.4% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over. [94] [95]
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Ewing Township has a Hot-summer Humid continental climate (Dfa).
Climate data for Ewing Twp, Mercer County (40.2626, -74.8027), Elevation 128 ft (39 m), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981-2022 | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 71.5 (21.9) | 77.5 (25.3) | 87.8 (31.0) | 95.3 (35.2) | 95.4 (35.2) | 98.3 (36.8) | 103.6 (39.8) | 100.0 (37.8) | 97.6 (36.4) | 93.5 (34.2) | 80.4 (26.9) | 75.2 (24.0) | 103.6 (39.8) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 40.2 (4.6) | 42.8 (6.0) | 50.6 (10.3) | 62.9 (17.2) | 72.4 (22.4) | 81.5 (27.5) | 86.2 (30.1) | 84.5 (29.2) | 77.9 (25.5) | 66.0 (18.9) | 55.2 (12.9) | 45.1 (7.3) | 63.9 (17.7) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 23.3 (−4.8) | 24.7 (−4.1) | 31.7 (−0.2) | 41.6 (5.3) | 51.4 (10.8) | 60.7 (15.9) | 65.9 (18.8) | 64.1 (17.8) | 57.0 (13.9) | 45.4 (7.4) | 35.5 (1.9) | 28.6 (−1.9) | 44.3 (6.8) |
Record low °F (°C) | −9.3 (−22.9) | −0.6 (−18.1) | 5.8 (−14.6) | 18.2 (−7.7) | 32.6 (0.3) | 42.8 (6.0) | 49.2 (9.6) | 42.7 (5.9) | 37.3 (2.9) | 25.1 (−3.8) | 12.1 (−11.1) | 0.4 (−17.6) | −9.3 (−22.9) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 3.58 (91) | 2.82 (72) | 4.27 (108) | 3.68 (93) | 4.04 (103) | 4.42 (112) | 4.84 (123) | 4.44 (113) | 4.17 (106) | 4.13 (105) | 3.33 (85) | 4.42 (112) | 48.13 (1,223) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 8.1 (21) | 8.4 (21) | 3.9 (9.9) | 0.1 (0.25) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.51) | 0.6 (1.5) | 3.3 (8.4) | 24.6 (62) |
Average dew point °F (°C) | 21.5 (−5.8) | 22.0 (−5.6) | 27.6 (−2.4) | 37.3 (2.9) | 49.3 (9.6) | 59.4 (15.2) | 64.3 (17.9) | 63.6 (17.6) | 57.7 (14.3) | 46.1 (7.8) | 34.9 (1.6) | 27.3 (−2.6) | 42.7 (5.9) |
Source 1: PRISM [97] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: NOHRSC (Snow, 2008/2009 - 2022/2023 normals) [98] |
According to the A. W. Kuchler U.S. potential natural vegetation types, Ewing Township would have a dominant vegetation type of Appalachian Oak (104) with a dominant vegetation form of Eastern Hardwood Forest (25). [99]
In May 2013, Church & Dwight relocated its corporate headquarters from Princeton to Ewing. [100] In mid–2013, Celator Pharmaceuticals established an office presence in Ewing. [101]
Ewing Township is governed under the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, within the Mayor-Council plan 2 form of New Jersey municipal government, as implemented as of January 1, 1995, based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission. [102] The township is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide governed under this form. [103] The township's governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the five-member Township Council, all of whom are elected by the voters at-large to four-year terms of office on a staggered basis. with either three seats up for election or two seats and the mayoral seat up together in even-numbered years as part of the November general election. [3] [104] [105]
As of 2024 [update] , the Mayor of Ewing Township is Democrat Bert H. Steinmann, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026. [4] Members of the Ewing Township Council are Council President Kevin Baxter (D, 2024), Vice President Jennifer L. Keyes-Maloney (D, 2024), David P. Schroth (D, 2024), Sarah Steward (D, 2026) and Kathy Culliton Wollert (D, 2026). [106] [107] [108] [109] [110]
Ewing Township is located in the 12th Congressional District [111] and is part of New Jersey's 15th state legislative district. [112] [113] [114]
For the 118th United States Congress , New Jersey's 12th congressional district is represented by Bonnie Watson Coleman ( D , Ewing Township ). [115] [116] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker ( Newark , term ends 2027) [117] and George Helmy ( Mountain Lakes , term ends 2024), who was appointed to the seat following the resignation of Bob Menendez ( Englewood Cliffs ). [118] [119]
For the 2024-2025 session , the 15th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Shirley Turner ( D , Lawrence Township ) and in the General Assembly by Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D, Trenton ) and Anthony Verrelli (D, Hopewell Township ). [120]
Mercer County is governed by a County Executive who oversees the day-to-day operations of the county and by a seven-member Board of County Commissioners that acts in a legislative capacity, setting policy. All officials are chosen at-large in partisan elections, with the executive serving a four-year term of office while the commissioners serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for election each year as part of the November general election. [121] As of 2024 [update] , the County Executive is Daniel R. Benson (D, Hamilton Township) whose term of office ends December 31, 2027. [122] Mercer County's Commissioners are:
Lucylle R. S. Walter (D, Ewing Township, 2026), [123] Chair John A. Cimino (D, Hamilton Township, 2026), [124] Samuel T. Frisby Sr. (D, Trenton, 2024), [125] Cathleen M. Lewis (D, Lawrence Township, 2025), [126] Vice Chair Kristin L. McLaughlin (D, Hopewell Township, 2024), [127] Nina D. Melker (D, Hamilton Township, 2025) [128] and Terrance Stokes (D, Ewing Township, 2024). [129] [130] [131]
Mercer County's constitutional officers are: Clerk Paula Sollami-Covello (D, Lawrence Township, 2025), [132] [133] Sheriff John A. Kemler (D, Hamilton Township, 2026) [134] [135] and Surrogate Diane Gerofsky (D, Lawrence Township, 2026). [136] [137] [138]
The New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission has its headquarters in the township. [139] [140]
As of March 2011, there were a total of 21,714 registered voters in Ewing Township, of which 9,358 (43.1%) were registered as Democrats, 3,256 (15.0%) were registered as Republicans and 9,087 (41.8%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 13 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens. [141]
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties |
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2020 [142] | 24.9% 4,638 | 73.6%13,718 | 1.5% 274 |
2016 [143] | 26.2% 4,296 | 70.2%11,512 | 3.6% 596 |
2012 [144] | 25.8% 4,218 | 73.0%11,910 | 1.2% 190 |
2008 [145] | 28.1% 4,787 | 70.0%11,911 | 1.2% 200 |
2004 [146] | 34.7% 5,653 | 62.0%10,091 | 0.6% 135 |
In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 73.0% of the vote (11,910 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 25.8% (4,218 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (190 votes), among the 17,947 ballots cast by the township's 23,230 registered voters (1,629 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 77.3%. [144] [147] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 70.0% of the vote (11,911 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 28.1% (4,787 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (200 votes), among the 17,021 ballots cast by the township's 22,913 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.3%. [145] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 62.0% of the vote (10,091 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush with 34.7% (5,653 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (135 votes), among the 16,284 ballots cast by the township's 22,019 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 74.0. [146]
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties |
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2021 [148] | 28.2% 3,131 | 70.8%7,852 | 1.0% 102 |
2017 [149] | 27.7% 2,815 | 70.3%7,147 | 2.0% 201 |
2013 [150] | 44.7% 4,395 | 53.7%5,279 | 1.7% 163 |
2009 [151] | 34.1% 3,751 | 59.4%6,529 | 5.4% 601 |
2005 [152] | 36.1% 3,877 | 59.9%6,435 | 4.1% 439 |
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 53.7% of the vote (5,279 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 44.7% (4,395 votes), and other candidates with 1.7% (163 votes), among the 10,070 ballots cast by the township's 22,876 registered voters (233 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 44.0%. [153] [154] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 59.4% of the vote (6,529 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 34.1% (3,751 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 4.7% (520 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (81 votes), among the 10,989 ballots cast by the township's 22,263 registered voters, yielding a 49.4% turnout. [151]
Ewing Public Schools serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. [155] As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 3,444 students and 333.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.3:1. [156] Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [157] ) are W. L. Antheil Elementary School [158] with 623 students in grades PreK-5, Francis Lore Elementary School [159] with 500 students in grades K–5, Parkway Elementary School [160] with 358 students in grades K–5, Gilmore J. Fisher Middle School [161] with 827 students in grades 6–8, and Ewing High School [162] with 1,080 students in grades 9–12. [163] [164] [165] [166]
A 1946 court case challenged a policy of the Ewing Public Schools under which the district provided bus transportation to students living in the districts who attended private parochial schools. In Everson v. Board of Education , the Supreme Court of the United States ruled for the first time that state and local government were subject to the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, but that it had not been violated in this instance. [167]
The Ewing Public Education Foundation, established in 1995, is an independent, not-for-profit citizen's organization whose mission is to mobilize community support, concern, commitment and resources to help improve the quality of education in Ewing Township. EPEF provides grants to Ewing Township Schools for innovative educational programs through fund-raising activities, and corporate and institutional sponsorship. The Foundation also seeks to match corporate and organizational donors with teachers to fund additional projects of mutual interest. These programs enhance the educational experience without the use of additional taxpayer dollars. [168]
Eighth grade students from all of Mercer County are eligible to apply to attend the high school programs offered by the Mercer County Technical Schools, a county-wide vocational school district that offers full-time career and technical education at its Health Sciences Academy, STEM Academy and Academy of Culinary Arts, with no tuition charged to students for attendance. [169] [170] [171] The Thomas J. Rubino Academy (formerly Mercer County Alternative High School) is one of Mercer County's only alternative schools, offering an alternative educational program for students who have struggled in the traditional school environment, featuring smaller classes, mentoring and counseling. [172]
The Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf opened in Trenton in 1883 and was there until 1923, when it moved to West Trenton. [173] It serves 175 hearing-impaired students on a campus covering 148 acres (60 ha) that was opened in West Trenton in 1926. [174] [175] The school was established in Ewing through the efforts of Marie Hilson Katzenbach and was renamed in her honor in 1965. [176]
Incarnation-St. James Catholic School (formerly Incarnation School), constructed in 1955, was a Pre-K to 8th grade parish school administered by The Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and overseen by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton. In 2006, the Incarnation School and parish combined with the St. James School and parish. [177] The school was closed by the parish at the end of the 2014-15 school year. [178]
The Villa Victoria Academy is a private Catholic school in Ewing Township, christened as a private academy in 1933, and operated by the Religious Teachers Filippini. This single-gender school offers an education to young women from sixth to twelfth grade. [179]
The College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College) is located on a campus covering 289 acres (117 ha) within the township. [180]
Ewing Township is traversed by multiple main roadways, as well as by a passenger rail line and is the location of an airport.
As of May 2010 [update] , the township had a total of 149.74 miles (240.98 km) of roadways, of which 108.73 miles (174.98 km) were maintained by the municipality, 28.16 miles (45.32 km) by Mercer County, 12.65 miles (20.36 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation, which also has its headquarters in Ewing, and 0.20 miles (0.32 km) by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. [181]
Several highways pass through the township. [182] Interstate 295 crosses the northwestern section of the township. [183] It is a 55 to 65 miles per hour (89 to 105 km/h), 4-6 lane divided freeway facility. Originally part of Interstate 95, it was constructed as a four-lane facility in the 1960s, and widened to six lanes in the 1990s, with the exception of the Scudder Falls Bridge over the Delaware River. It connects south with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and connects north to U.S. Route 1, where Interstate 295 curves south. From there, travelers use U.S. 1 or Interstate 195 and the New Jersey Turnpike to reach the next major destination northwards, New York City. The Ewing portion of Interstate 95 was redesignated as Interstate 295 in March 2018 ahead of a direct interchange between Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Turnpike being completed, [184] [185] re-routing Interstate 95 onto the New Jersey Turnpike at Exit 6 (in Mansfield Township).
U.S. Route 206 (Princeton Avenue) skirts the southeastern section of the township. It is a 25 miles per hour (40 km/h), undivided four-lane roadway. Although part of U.S. 206, it is maintained by the Mercer County Department of Transportation as part of County Route 583, which runs as a concurrency with U.S. 206, which connects south to Trenton, as well as north to Princeton and Somerville.
Route 29 (Daniel Bray Highway and River Road) extends north–south along the western edge of the township, along the Delaware River. The southern section, Daniel Bray Highway, is a 55 mph (89 km/h), divided four-lane facility with at-grade intersections and traffic lights, and was constructed in the 1950s. The northern section, River Road, is a 45 mph (72 km/h), undivided two-lane facility whose construction as a state highway dates from the 1930s. NJ 29 connects southwards to Trenton, and northwards to Lambertville and Frenchtown. The entire section of Route 29 in Ewing is designated the Delaware River Scenic Byway, a National Scenic Byway. [186] Route 175 serves as a frontage road along the divided portion of Route 29. [187]
Route 31 (Pennington Road) extends north–south towards the eastern side of the township. It is a 35–45 mph (56–72 km/h), undivided four-lane facility whose construction as a state highway also dates to the 1930s. It once also carried a trolley line, but it has long since been removed. It was once proposed to be bypassed by a freeway, but this plan has since been cancelled. Route 31 also connects south to Trenton, and connects north to Pennington, Flemington, and Clinton. [188]
The West Trenton Station is at the terminus of SEPTA's West Trenton Line. This commuter rail facility mainly serves commuter traffic to and from Philadelphia. NJ Transit has proposed a new West Trenton Line of its own, that would stretch for 27 miles (43 km) from the West Trenton Station to a connection with the Raritan Valley Line at Bridgewater Township, and from there to Newark Penn Station in Newark. [189] [190]
Ewing Township is the site of the Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN), which first opened in 1929 and is one of three commercial airports in the state. The airport has 100,000 takeoffs and landings annually, and is served by Frontier Airlines, which offers nonstop service to and from 10 different locations nationwide. [191]
Ewing Township is also traversed by the Delaware and Raritan Canal near the Delaware River. Originally important to commerce and trade, the advent of railroads caused the canal's commercial demise. The strip of land along the canal is currently part of the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park.
NJ Transit provides service between the township and Trenton on the 601, 607, 608, 609, and 624 routes. [192] [193]
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Ewing Township include:
Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 until December 24, 1784. Trenton and Princeton are the two principal cities of the Trenton–Princeton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of Mercer County for statistical purposes and constitutes part of the New York combined statistical area by the U.S. Census Bureau. However, Trenton directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area to its west, and the city was part of the Philadelphia combined statistical area from 1990 until 2000.
Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Trenton, also the state capital, prompting its nickname The Capital County. Mercer County alone constitutes the Trenton–Princeton metropolitan statistical area and is considered part of the New York combined statistical area by the U.S. Census Bureau, but also directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is included within the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia Designated Media Market Area. The county is part of the Central Jersey region of the state.
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Briarwood was built in 1975. There are 54 homes in this neighborhood of Ewing.
The Carleton/Ewing/Ewing Presbyterian Church area was a small village at the intersection of today's Upper Ferry and Scotch Roads and the lands to the north, where the railroad crosses Scotch Road. It contained nine homesteads, a blacksmith, a wheelwright shop, a church and a flour mill.
In September and October, Russell said TCNJ students were their usual rowdy selves in the Ewing Park neighborhood just south of campus, off Green Lane.
Cross Keys/Ewingville was a village with its main intersection at today's Pennington, Ewingville and Upper Ferry Roads. This bustling town was named after William Green's Cross Keys Inn, located on the northeast corner of the intersection in the 1700s.
In the 1700s and part of 1800s, this village was called Cross Keys, as was the hotel at its main intersection. In 1836, after the incorporation of Ewing Township in 1834, the village became known as Ewingville.
Despite the early development of the streetcar suburbs, Ewing grew slowly in the first quarter of the 20th century: by 1920 the population of the Township stood at 3500. The area remained predominantly rural in nature until just prior to World War II, when new industries would begin a long period of growth and development for the Township. With the construction of the General Motors plant in 1938 and the employment opportunities that accompanied it, new communities such as the Glendale and Fernwood began to be built. By 1940, only twenty years later, the Township's population had almost tripled to 10,146.
After World War II Ewing Township grew rapidly, reflected by the construction of a variety of housing, including Parkway Village, Moss Homes, Wynnwood Manor and Fleetwood Village. Later subdivisions include Hampton Hill, Hillwood Manor, Sherbrooke, Hickory Hills and Village on the Green. By 1960, the population of the Township had grown to 26,828.
The New Jersey State Teacher College moved out of Trenton and into the campus of red-brick halls in the Hillwood Lakes section of Ewing. Later, the school would be renamed Trenton State College; In 1996, it became the College of New Jersey.
Deborah Knox, associate professor of computer science, and her husband Dan, residents of the local Hillwood Lakes community in Ewing, brought up several concerns. Deborah Knox walks to the College and was concerned that the walkway she traverses each day would be obstructed by the work.
By the early 20th century, Trenton had become a major industrial center, and the population of the city rapidly increased. The areas of Ewing adjacent to Trenton began to take on urban characteristics, absorbing the population overflow from the city. Many Trenton residents discovered the advantages of living in Ewing, and the Township began to change from an agricultural to a residential community. Trains and streetcars enabled people to live further from the center of Trenton. Areas such as Homecrest, Prospect Heights, Prospect Park, and Weber Park were established near the borders of the City of Trenton, some of the earliest 'suburban' developments in Ewing.
Subdivision / Development located in Ewing, NJ (Mercer County).
Birmingham/Trenton Junction/West Trenton was a village whose main intersection was located at today's Bear Tavern and West Upper Ferry Roads. It contained a blacksmith shop, a cobbler, and several homesteads. Birmingham was renamed Trenton Junction in 1882. The Trenton Junction Station was built in the late 1880s, and c. 1930 it was renamed West Trenton Station.
The Greensburg/Wilburtha section was built up after the Delaware and Raritan Canal was built in 1834. The village contained 30 homesteads, a general store, a post office, a tavern, a railroad station on the Belvidere-Delaware (Bel-Del) line, and numerous quarries. Along with the canals, the quarries used the railroad to transport their product known as Greensburg Stone or Trenton Brown Stone. Greensburg was renamed Wilburtha in 1883.