Hillwood Lakes, New Jersey

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Hillwood Lakes, New Jersey
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Homes along Lake Boulevard in Hillwood Lakes
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Hillwood Lakes, New Jersey
Location of Hillwood Lakes in Mercer County (Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey)
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Hillwood Lakes, New Jersey (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°16′24″N74°46′39″W / 40.27333°N 74.77750°W / 40.27333; -74.77750 Coordinates: 40°16′24″N74°46′39″W / 40.27333°N 74.77750°W / 40.27333; -74.77750
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County Mercer
Township Ewing

Hillwood Lakes is a neighborhood located within Ewing Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is centered on and immediately north of The College of New Jersey. [1] [2] [3] The neighborhood takes its name from two lakes in the area, Lake Sylva and Lake Ceva. [4]

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Lake Ceva

Lake Ceva is a 6-acre (2.4 ha) man-made lake near the Shabakunk Creek on the campus of The College of New Jersey in Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The lake was created when an earthen dam was constructed across a small tributary of the Shabakunk in the 1920s by a local landowner, prior to the construction of the current college campus. The lake is adjacent to Lake Sylva, and together the two lakes are the basis of the name of the Hillwood Lakes section of Ewing.

References

  1. "Environmental Resource Inventory for the Township of Ewing, Mercer County, New Jersey (page 83)" (PDF). Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission . Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  2. "1933: The genius next door". The Trentonian. Retrieved 2015-03-26. 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.
  3. "Lake Ceva be dammed". The Signal. Retrieved 2015-03-26. 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.
  4. Barron's Guide to the Most Competitive Colleges, p. 206. Barron's Educational Series, 2009. ISBN   9780764142260. Accessed January 17, 2018. "The campus itself is a quiet oasis within bustling Ewing Township, closed to outside traffic and encircled by Metzger Drive, a two-mile loop popular with joggers, walkers, and bikers. An abundance of trees and the bordering Hillwood Lakes — Lake Sylva and Lake Ceva — give the campus a natural, pristine feel, despite its location in the heart of suburban New Jersey."