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West Windsor, New Jersey

January 01, 1970

West Windsor is a township in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located at the cross-roads between the Delaware Valley region to the southwest and the Raritan Valley region to the northeast, the township is considered to be an outer-ring suburb of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau.[20] As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 29,518,[10][11] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 2,353 (+8.7%) from the 27,165 recorded at the 2010 census,[21][22] which in turn reflected an increase of 5,258 (+24.0%) from the 21,907 counted in the 2000 census.[23]

West Windsor, New Jersey
Township
War of the Worlds monument, Grover's Mill
Seal
Location of West Windsor in Mercer County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Mercer County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left).
Census Bureau map of West Windsor Township, New Jersey
West Windsor
Location in Mercer County
West Windsor
Location in New Jersey
West Windsor
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°17′25″N 74°37′40″W / 40.290253°N 74.627672°W / 40.290253; -74.627672[1][2]
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Mercer
IncorporatedFebruary 21, 1798
Government
[7]
 • TypeFaulkner Act Mayor-Council
 • BodyTownship Council
 • MayorHemant Marathe (term ends December 31, 2025)[3][4]
 • AdministratorMarlena Schmid[5]
 • Municipal clerkGay Huber[6]
Area
[1][8]
 • Total26.25 sq mi (68.00 km2)
 • Land25.55 sq mi (66.17 km2)
 • Water0.71 sq mi (1.83 km2)  2.69%
 • Rank101st of 565 in state
3rd of 12 in county[1]
Elevation
[9]
92 ft (28 m)
Population
 (2020)[10][11]
 • Total29,518
 • Estimate 
(2022)[10][12]
29,612
 • Rank82nd of 565 in state
7th of 12 in county[13]
 • Density1,155.3/sq mi (446.1/km2)
  • Rank367th of 565 in state
10th of 12 in county[13]
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Codes
08550 – Princeton Junction and 08540 – Princeton, New Jersey[14][15]
Area code609[16]
FIPS code3402180240[1][17][18]
GNIS feature ID0882124[1][19]
Websitewww.westwindsornj.org

West Windsor and adjacent East Windsor were established by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 9, 1797, and incorporated on February 21, 1798, as two of the state's initial group of 104 townships, by partitioning provincial Windsor Township.[24]

The Borough of Princeton (now part of Princeton) was formed from a portion of the township on February 11, 1813.[24] The township is closely associated with that now much more widely known town and several localities within West Windsor use Princeton in their name, the most notable of those being Princeton Junction. The Princeton 08540 post office facility is located within West Windsor, and covers parts of the township designated by Princeton mailing addresses.[25]

A portion of Princeton University, covering 400 acres (160 ha) south of Lake Carnegie, is located in West Windsor.[26] The university agreed in 2009 to make an annual payment in lieu of taxes of $50,000 that would be indexed to inflation to cover 81 acres (33 ha) of land in the township that the university had purchased in 2002.[27]

West Windsor is frequently ranked among the highest-income municipalities in New Jersey. In 2008, Forbes listed West Windsor as the 15th most affluent neighborhood in the U.S.[28] Using 2012–2016 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, NJ.com listed the township as the 9th highest-income in the state in its January 2018 article "The 19 wealthiest towns in New Jersey, ranked."[29] Based on data from the American Community Survey for 2013–2017, West Windsor residents had a median household income of $175,684, ranked 4th in the state among municipalities with more than 10,000 residents, more than double the statewide median of $76,475.[30]

History edit

 
The c. 1790 Schenck Farmstead, at 50 Southfield Road, Functions as the West Windsor History Museum and the headquarters of the Historical Society of West Windsor.[31]

Prior to individual European land acquisition and settlement around the turn of the 18th century, the primary residents of West Windsor were the Lenape Native Americans. The Assanhicans (Assunpinks) were the subtribe that inhabited the greater Trenton area; artifacts from their society are still found in West Windsor.[32]

The first known European activity in the area now known as West Windsor dates to 1634, during the exploration of Captain Thomas Yong. Yong was an Englishman, who reportedly traded with the native Lenape people.[33] The region was officially claimed for European settlement under the 1682 William Penn treaties, under which the Lenape conveyed vast portions of New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Quaker colonists.[34]

The West Windsor area was within Piscataway Township when it was chartered on December 18, 1666. This changed upon the formation of Middlesex County in 1683.[35]

 
Washington Road Elm Allée

New Windsor Township (West Windsor's predecessor), known later as Windsor Township, was unofficially formed in 1731, and officially created by Royal Charter on March 9, 1751, from a partition of Piscataway Township.[35] Its borders encompassed today's West Windsor Township, all of present-day Princeton up to Nassau Street, and pre-partition East Windsor Township. In 1756, The College of New Jersey relocated to Nassau Hall in the village of Princeton. When West Windsor and East Windsor were created from the division of Windsor Township on February 9, 1797, West Windsor's boundaries extended up to Nassau Street.[35] Following the 1838 formation of Mercer County and further land acquisitions by Princeton in 1843 and 1853, West Windsor's borders were again redefined to reflect the township's current 26.84 square miles (69.5 km2).[36]

Historically, West Windsor relied heavily upon agriculture. Common products were wheat, tomatoes, rye, and potatoes.[37] This identity dominated the township from its first settlement until the last half of the 20th century, and was really only extinguished upon the township's most rapid period of growth from the late 1970s-the 2000s.[38]

However, this agrarian dominance incentivized the institution of slavery as well. Although records are sparse, township censuses indicate 190 slaves in Windsor Township in 1790. In West Windsor, there were 21 slaves in 1830 and 3 in 1840. Additionally, several late 1700s wills and 1800s "abandonments" show the presence of slavery in the township around the turn of the 19th century.[39]

West Windsor never developed a centralized "downtown." Instead, The township contained within it (entirely or partly) several small hamlets whose names and locations are still identifiable and/or in use in contemporary times.[36] They are as follows:

  • Aqueduct Mills – centered at Mapleton Avenue, Lower Harrison Street, and the Millstone River. Partly located in Plainsboro.[40]
  • Canal/Princeton Basin – at the intersection of Alexander Road and the Delaware & Raritan Canal. Partially located in Princeton.
  • Clarksville – at the intersection of Route 1 and Quakerbridge Road.
  • Dutch Neck – at the intersection of Village Roads East/West and South Mill Road.
  • Edinburg – at the intersection of Old Trenton and Edinburg Roads.
  • Jugtown/Queenston – at the intersection of Nassau and Harrison Streets. Now fully located in Princeton.[41]
  • Grovers Mill – at the intersection of Cranbury and Clarksville Roads.
  • Penns Neck – Centered at the intersection of Washington Road and Route 1.
  • Port Windsor/Mercer – at the end of Quakerbridge Road at the Delaware Canal. Partially located in Lawrence.
  • Princeton Junction – Initially centered at the Princeton Junction Train Station.[36] Manifested after the mid-1860s relocation of the Camden and Amboy Railroad line (now the Northeast Corridor) and opening of the current station.

Grover's Mill in West Windsor was the site Orson Welles chose for the Martian invasion in his infamous 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds.[36]

During the later part of the 20th century the township underwent dramatic changes, driven mainly by a major boom in new housing developments. For generations, West Windsor had existed mostly as a sparsely populated agricultural community according to a 1999 article in The New York Times, the township "has grown into a sprawl of expensive houses in carefully groomed developments, and home to nearly 20,000 people", since the 1970s.[42]

The West Windsor post office was found to be infected with anthrax during the 2001 anthrax attacks.[25]

In April 2002, a memorial was dedicated to the seven residents of West Windsor who died in the September 11 terrorist attacks.[43][44]

In October 2019, the Historical Society of West Windsor published an online museum exploring the history of West Windsor.[45]

Geography edit

 
View west along the Assunpink Creek in West Windsor.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 26.25 square miles (68.00 km2), including 25.55 square miles (66.17 km2) of land and 0.71 square miles (1.83 km2) of water (2.69%).[1][2]

Princeton Junction (with a 2010 Census population of 2,465)[46] is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within West Windsor.[47][48][49] Other unincorporated communities in the township include Berrien City, Dutch Neck, Edinburg, Grover's Mill, Millstone, Penns Neck, Port Mercer, Post Corner,[citation needed] and Princeton Ivy East[citation needed].[50]

The township borders the municipalities of East Windsor, Hamilton Township, Lawrence Township, Princeton and Robbinsville Township in Mercer County; and Plainsboro Township in Middlesex County.[51][52][53]

The Howard Hughes Corporation has proposed redevelopment of a 653-acre (264 ha) tract of land bounded by the Northeast Corridor train line, Route 1, and Quakerbridge Road, which includes land once owned by American Cyanamid and last used up until 2002 as an agricultural research facility by BASF; in of 2017 a plan was proposed to create mixed-use development that would include 2,000 residences along with 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2) of retail and commercial space on the site, which is currently zoned for commercial use.[54][55] The local school district has developed a report identifying significant potential growth in the number of students enrolling from this and other residential development in both West Windsor and Plainsboro.[56] In 2019, Atlantic Realty purchased the property, and in November 2020 they and the township reached an agreement to restrict the tract to non-residential use and convert it to warehouse space. The West Windsor Planning Board granted approval to build 5.5 million square feet of warehouse space (called "Bridge Point 8") on June 29, 2022."[57]

 
The Millstone River as it enters into the D&R Canal, on the border of West Windsor and Plainsboro Township.

Climate edit

According to the Köppen climate classification system, West Windsor Township has a Hot-summer Humid continental climate (Dfa).

Climate data for West Windsor Twp (40.2928, -74.6259), Elevation 95 ft (29 m), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2022
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 71.7
(22.1) 		77.6
(25.3) 		88.1
(31.2) 		95.2
(35.1) 		95.4
(35.2) 		98.0
(36.7) 		102.6
(39.2) 		101.4
(38.6) 		97.5
(36.4) 		93.8
(34.3) 		80.7
(27.1) 		75.6
(24.2) 		102.6
(39.2)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 40.2
(4.6) 		42.7
(5.9) 		50.5
(10.3) 		62.9
(17.2) 		72.5
(22.5) 		81.7
(27.6) 		86.3
(30.2) 		84.5
(29.2) 		78.1
(25.6) 		66.1
(18.9) 		55.4
(13.0) 		45.3
(7.4) 		63.9
(17.7)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 23.3
(−4.8) 		24.8
(−4.0) 		31.7
(−0.2) 		41.5
(5.3) 		51.1
(10.6) 		60.3
(15.7) 		65.6
(18.7) 		63.8
(17.7) 		56.8
(13.8) 		45.0
(7.2) 		35.4
(1.9) 		28.5
(−1.9) 		44.1
(6.7)
Record low °F (°C) −11.3
(−24.1) 		−4.3
(−20.2) 		3.8
(−15.7) 		17.8
(−7.9) 		31.7
(−0.2) 		40.1
(4.5) 		46.4
(8.0) 		41.2
(5.1) 		34.9
(1.6) 		23.9
(−4.5) 		9.6
(−12.4) 		−0.1
(−17.8) 		−11.3
(−24.1)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 3.53
(90) 		2.72
(69) 		4.26
(108) 		3.69
(94) 		4.05
(103) 		4.53
(115) 		4.94
(125) 		4.43
(113) 		4.17
(106) 		4.02
(102) 		3.31
(84) 		4.33
(110) 		47.96
(1,218)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 8.1
(21) 		8.7
(22) 		4.1
(10) 		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) 		0.7
(1.8) 		3.7
(9.4) 		25.5
(65)
Average dew point °F (°C) 21.5
(−5.8) 		22.2
(−5.4) 		27.7
(−2.4) 		37.2
(2.9) 		49.1
(9.5) 		59.4
(15.2) 		64.2
(17.9) 		63.5
(17.5) 		57.6
(14.2) 		45.9
(7.7) 		34.9
(1.6) 		27.3
(−2.6) 		42.6
(5.9)
Source 1: PRISM[58]
Source 2: NOHRSC (Snow, 2008/2009 - 2022/2023 normals)[59]

Ecology edit

According to the A. W. Kuchler U.S. potential natural vegetation types, West Windsor Township would have a dominant vegetation type of Appalachian Oak (104) with a dominant vegetation form of Eastern Hardwood Forest (25).[60]

Demographics edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18101,714—
18201,91811.9%
18302,12911.0%
18401,536−27.9%
18501,5963.9%
18601,497−6.2%
18701,428−4.6%
18801,396−2.2%
18901,329−4.8%
19001,279−3.8%
19101,3424.9%
19201,3893.5%
19301,71123.2%
19402,16026.2%
19502,51916.6%
19604,01659.4%
19706,43160.1%
19808,54232.8%
199016,02187.6%
200021,90736.7%
201027,16524.0%
202029,5188.7%
2022 (est.)29,612[10][12]0.3%
Population sources:
1800–1920[61] 1840[62] 1850–1870[63]
1850[64] 1870[65] 1880–1890[66]
1890–1910[67] 1910–1930[68]
1940–2000[69] 2000[70][71]
2010[21][22] 2020[10][11]

AOL/NeighborhoodScout named West Windsor in 2009 as the best neighborhood to raise children because of its school district (top 7% in New Jersey, top 3% nationwide), prevailing family type (families with school-aged children), and neighborhood safety (safer than 97% of neighborhoods).[72] As of January 2018 the township's population was the second most educated in the state of New Jersey, according to an analysis by NJ.com. The percent of residents with a bachelor's degree or higher was 81.7%, with 48% of residents holding advanced graduate or professional degrees.[73]

2010 census edit

The 2010 United States census counted 27,165 people, 9,449 households, and 7,606 families in the township. The population density was 1,062.6 per square mile (410.3/km2). There were 9,810 housing units at an average density of 383.7 per square mile (148.1/km2). The racial makeup was 54.94% (14,924) White, 3.67% (998) Black or African American, 0.09% (25) Native American, 37.71% (10,245) Asian, 0.04% (10) Pacific Islander, 0.97% (263) from other races, and 2.58% (700) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.47% (1,213) of the population.[21]

Of the 9,449 households, 45.5% had children under the age of 18; 73.0% were married couples living together; 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present and 19.5% were non-families. Of all households, 16.7% were made up of individuals and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.23.[21]

28.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 29.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.6 years. For every 100 females, the population had 94.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 91.4 males.[21]

 
Dutch Neck neighborhood

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $137,265 (with a margin of error of +/− $12,610) and the median family income was $156,110 (+/− $6,769). Males had a median income of $120,662 (+/− $6,410) versus $71,151 (+/− $9,841) for females. The per capita income for the township was $59,946 (+/− $3,307). About 3.6% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.[74]

2000 census edit

As of the 2000 United States census[18] there were 21,907 people, 7,282 households, and 5,985 families residing in the township. The population density was 842.4 inhabitants per square mile (325.3/km2). There were 7,450 housing units at an average density of 286.5 per square mile (110.6/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 71.53% White, 2.76% African American, 0.08% Native American, 22.76% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.08% from other races, and 1.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.07% of the population.[70][71]

As of the 2000 Census, 8.31% of West Windsor's residents identified themselves as being of Chinese ancestry. This was the fourth highest percentage of people with Chinese ancestry in any place in New Jersey with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.[75]

There were 7,282 households, out of which 50.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.3% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.8% were non-families. 14.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.01 and the average family size was 3.36.[70][71]

In the township the population was spread out, with 31.8% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 6.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males.[70][71]

The median income for a household in the township was $116,335, and the median income for a family was $127,877. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $56,002 for females. The per capita income for the township was $48,511. About 2.0% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over.[70][71]

Economy edit

NRG Energy has its corporate headquarters in West Windsor.[76][77]

Arts and culture edit

The West Windsor Arts Center is the junction where the arts and community meet. They offer performances, classes, workshops, exhibitions, literary arts events and various other special events. It is located in the historic Princeton Junction Firehouse.[78]

The Mercer County Italian-American Festival, established in 2000 and held annually in West Windsor, celebrated its 20th annual event in September 2019.[79][80]

MCTV 26 edit

Mercer County Television (MCTV) channel 26 is an Educational-access television station in West Windsor that is owned and operated by Mercer County Community College (MCCC). The student television station is transmitted to all of Mercer County, New Jersey, via cable TV channel 26 on Xfinity and Optimum, reaching an excess of 90,000 households. MCTV was added as Verizon FiOS channel 20 in Mercer County starting in 2009.[81]

Parks and recreation edit

Richard J. Coffee Mercer County Park is located on Old Trenton Road. Administered by the Mercer County Park Commission and located primarily in West Windsor, it has athletic fields, a dog park, picnic grounds, a newly renovated boathouse and marina on Mercer Lake, bike trails and an ice skating rink that is home to the Mercer Bulldogs special hockey team.[82][83]

The West Windsor Community Park is a 123-acre (50 ha) public park which serves as the primary park for active recreation. Facilities include a playground, jogging/bicycling paths, basketball courts, dog parks, a skate park, tennis courts and pickleball courts. This park also features 3 baseball fields and an indoor baseball facility where many children go to train. The park is also home to the West Windsor Waterworks Family Aquatics Center.[84]

Duck Pond Park is a 120-acre (49 ha) park under construction located off Meadow Road between the intersections with Clarksville Road and Bear Brook Road, bordering Duck Pond Run. It is designed to be a "second community park" for the township. As of 2015, lighted soccer fields have been completed and in use by the West Windsor–Plainsboro Soccer Association, as well as tennis, volleyball and basketball courts. Future plans include a playground, picnic areas, an amphitheater, and a fishing pond.[85]

Government edit

Local government edit

West Windsor is governed under the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) within the mayor-council form of New Jersey municipal government (Plan 6), implemented based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission as of July 1, 1993.[7][86][87] The township is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.[88] From the time of its formation in 1797, until 1993, the township was governed by a township committee, which combined both executive and legislative authority. In May 1993, West Windsor residents voted to change their form of government to a Faulkner Act form of government.

 
First township minutes from April 8, 1797. At this meeting, the original township officers were elected. Followed the township's February 9, 1797 formation.[89]

The governing body is composed of the Mayor and the five-member Township Council. Under the township's mayor-council form of government, the mayor and council function as independent branches of government. The mayor is the chief executive of the township and heads its administration. The mayor is elected in a non-partisan election and serves for a four-year term. The mayor may attend council meetings but is not obligated to do so. The council is the legislative branch. The five members of the township council are elected on a non-partisan basis for four-year terms on a staggered basis, with either two seats (and the mayoral seat) or three seats up for vote in odd-numbered years as part of the November general election. At the annual organizational meeting held during the first week of January of each year, the Council elects a president and vice president to serve for one-year terms. The council president chairs the meetings of the governing body.[90][91] Starting in 2011, the township's elections were shifted from May to November as part of an effort to lower costs of running standalone municipal elections and as part of an effort to increase voter participation.[92]

As of 2023, the mayor of West Windsor is Hemant Marathe, whose term of office ends December 31, 2025;[3] Marathe is the first Indian-American to serve as the township's mayor.[93] Members of the West Windsor Township Council are Council President Andrea Sue Mandel (2023), Council Vice President Michael Ray Stevens (2023), Sonia Gawas (2023), Linda Geevers (2023) and Martin Whitfield (2025).[94][95][96][97][98]

In June 2017, council president Peter Mendonez resigned from office. Council vice president Allison Miller was chosen to serve as acting council president and Jyotika Bahree was appointed to fill the vacant seat left by Miller expiring in December 2019.[99] In the November 2018 general election, Yingchao "YZ" Zhang was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.[100]

In June 2015, the township council selected Hemant Marathe to fill the vacant seat expiring December 2015 of Kristina Samonte, who had resigned from office in the previous month as she was relocating out of the township.[101]

Federal, state and county representation edit

West Windsor is located in the 12th Congressional District[102] and is part of New Jersey's 15th state legislative district.[103][104][105]

For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 12th congressional district is represented by Bonnie Watson Coleman (D, Ewing Township).[106][107] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[108] and Bob Menendez (Englewood Cliffs, term ends 2025).[109][110]

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).[111]

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.[112] As of 2024, the County Executive is Daniel R. Benson (D, Hamilton Township) whose term of office ends December 31, 2027.[113] Mercer County's Commissioners are:

Lucylle R. S. Walter (D, Ewing Township, 2026),[114] Chair John A. Cimino (D, Hamilton Township, 2026),[115] Samuel T. Frisby Sr. (D, Trenton, 2024),[116] Cathleen M. Lewis (D, Lawrence Township, 2025),[117] Vice Chair Kristin L. McLaughlin (D, Hopewell Township, 2024),[118] Nina D. Melker (D, Hamilton Township, 2025)[119] and Terrance Stokes (D, Ewing Township, 2024).[120][121][122]

Mercer County's constitutional officers are: Clerk Paula Sollami-Covello (D, Lawrence Township, 2025),[123][124] Sheriff John A. Kemler (D, Hamilton Township, 2026)[125][126] and Surrogate Diane Gerofsky (D, Lawrence Township, 2026).[127][128][129]

Politics edit

As of March 2011, there were a total of 16,034 registered voters in West Windsor, of which 5,384 (33.6%) were registered as Democrats, 2,968 (18.5%) were registered as Republicans and 7,672 (47.8%) were registered as unaffiliated. There were 10 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.[130]

Presidential Elections Results
Year Republican Democratic Third Parties
2020[131] 22.2% 3,423 76.5% 11,821 1.3% 208
2016[132] 24.6% 3,197 72.3% 9,415 3.1% 404
2012[133] 35.7% 4,401 63.1% 7,769 1.2% 148
2008[134] 33.3% 4,092 64.3% 7,895 1.0% 125
2004[135] 39.3% 4,596 57.8% 6,753 0.5% 79

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 63.1% of the vote (7,769 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 35.7% (4,401 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (148 votes), among the 14,045 ballots cast by the township's 17,891 registered voters (1,727 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 78.5%.[133][136] In the 2008 presidential election, Obama received 64.3% of the vote (7,895 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 33.3% (4,092 votes) and other candidates with 1.0% (125 votes), among the 12,273 ballots cast by the township's 16,548 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.2%.[137]

Gubernatorial Elections Results
Year Republican Democratic Third Parties
2021[138] 27.6% 2,445 71.4% 6,324 1.0% 84
2017[139] 32.9% 2,710 65.5% 5,399 1.7% 139
2013[140] 63.0% 4,983 35.3% 2,793 1.7% 137
2009[141] 43.4% 3,436 49.5% 3,918 6.4% 508
2005[142] 44.1% 3,414 53.6% 4,144 2.3% 176

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 63.0% of the vote (4,983 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 35.3% (2,793 votes), and other candidates with 1.7% (137 votes), among the 8,181 ballots cast by the township's 17,648 registered voters (268 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 46.4%.[140][143] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 49.5% of the vote (3,918 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 43.4% (3,436 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 6.0% (474 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (34 votes), among the 7,914 ballots cast by the township's 16,267 registered voters, yielding a 48.7% turnout.[144]

Education edit

Colleges and universities edit

West Windsor is the site of the West Windsor Campus of Mercer County Community College.[145]

Princeton University's satellite campus is located in West Windsor.[26]

Public edit

 
Dutch Neck Elementary School in December 2018. Constructed in 1917 to replace the township's 1 and 2-room school houses, in use since the mid-1700s.[146]

West Windsor and Plainsboro are part of a combined school district, the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, which serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the two communities.[147] The district has four elementary schools (grades Pre-K/K–3), two upper elementary schools (grades 4 and 5), two middle schools (grades 6–8) and two high schools (grades 9–12).[148] As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of 10 schools, had an enrollment of 9,386 students and 773.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[149] Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[150]) are Dutch Neck Elementary School[151] (located in West Windsor: 704 students; in grades K-3), Maurice Hawk Elementary School[152] (West Windsor: 723; K-3), Town Center Elementary School[153] (Plainsboro: 431; PreK-2), J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School[154] (Plainsboro: 349; K-3), Millstone River School[155] (Plainsboro: 967; 3–5), Village School[156] (West Windsor: 617; 4–5), Community Middle School[157] (Plainsboro: 1,131; 6–8), Thomas R. Grover Middle School[158] (West Windsor: 1,208; 6–8), West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North[159] (Plainsboro: 1,521; 9–12) and West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South[160] (West Windsor: 1,649; 9–12).[161][162][163][164] The district is overseen by a directly elected nine-member board of education whose seats are allocated to the two constituent municipalities based on population, with five of the nine seats allocated to West Windsor.[165]

Three of the district's schools have been recognized by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South was recognized during the 1992–1993 school year and Maurice Hawk Elementary School was recognized in 1993–1994,[166] while West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North was recognized in the 2006–2007 school year.[167]

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.[168][169]

Private edit

The Wilberforce School, a K–12 school founded in 2005 that offers a Classical Christian education, moved to new facilities in the township in 2014.[170]

Infrastructure edit

Transportation edit

Roads and highways edit

 
U.S. Route 1 in West Windsor

As of 2010, the township had a total of 151.84 miles (244.36 km) of roadways, of which 123.43 miles (198.64 km) were maintained by the municipality, 24.16 miles (38.88 km) by Mercer County and 4.25 miles (6.84 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[171]

U.S. Route 1 is the largest and busiest highway in West Windsor, crossing the northwestern sections of the township, oriented southwest to northeast.[172] CR 533 (Quakerbridge Road) passes along the western border with Lawrence.[173] CR 526[174] and CR 571[175] are multiplexed together from the northwestern part of the township until they split in the center of the municipality. CR 535 passes through in the south and serves Mercer County Community College.[176] New Jersey Route 64 is a short, unsigned state highway that runs 0.32 miles (0.51 km) concurrent with CR 526/CR 571 where they cross the Northeast Corridor rail line.[177]

Other major roads that are accessible in neighboring municipalities include: Interstate 295 in Hamilton and Lawrence, Interstate 195 in Hamilton and Robbinsville, and the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) in Robbinsville (Exit 7A) and East Windsor (Exit 8).

Public transportation edit

 
An Acela Express speeding through West Windsor.

Princeton Junction station, a Northeast Corridor stop on Amtrak and NJ Transit, is located within West Windsor. Amtrak's Keystone Service and Northeast Regional routes stop at Princeton Junction which is ranked as one of the ten busiest train stations in the Northeast.[178] The station had 6,800 average weekday boardings in 2012, the fourth-highest of any NJ Transit station in the state.[178][179]

Running between the Princeton Junction station and the Princeton station is what is known to locals as the "Dinky." The Dinky is a one-car train that shuttles back and forth many times a day between the two stations. Traveling 2.7 miles (4.3 km) each way, it is the shortest regularly scheduled passenger route in the United States.[180]

NJ Transit bus service to Trenton is provided via the 600, 603, 609, with other area service on the 605 route.[181][182]

The Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association offers service on Route 130 between the West Windsor Campus of Mercer County Community College and East Windsor Township / Hightstown.[183][184]

Healthcare edit

 
Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center

Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center is a 355-bed regional non-profit, tertiary and academic medical center located in neighboring Plainsboro Township. The hospital services the greater Princeton region in central New Jersey. It is owned by the Penn Medicine Health System and is the only such hospital in the state of New Jersey.[185] The PMC network offers a wide array of services at its main campus location in Plainsboro, along with its network of primary and specialty care through its family-based physician practice locations across Central Jersey.[186][187] One of those physician practices has a primary and specialty care unit in West Windsor, located on Princeton-Hightstown Road.[188]

Other nearby regional hospitals and healthcare networks that are accessible to the township include CentraState Medical Center in nearby Freehold Township, the Old Bridge Township division of Raritan Bay Medical Center, and the Hamilton Township division of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH). Saint Peter's University Hospital and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital are also located nearby in New Brunswick.

Notable people edit

See also: Category:People from West Windsor, New Jersey

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with West Windsor include:

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  165. ^ Board of Education, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District. Accessed March 15, 2020. "Members of the Board of Education are elected by qualified voters in the communities of West Windsor and Plainsboro Townships. Members are elected to three-year terms and normally three seats are up for election each spring. The Board of Education is composed of four elected representatives from Plainsboro and five elected representatives from West Windsor, all of whom serve without remuneration."
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  173. ^ County Route 533 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated November 2012. Accessed December 2, 2019.
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  179. ^ Train Station, West Windsor Township Business Opportunities. Accessed December 2, 2013. "The Princeton Junction Train Station (PJC) is the second busiest train station on the Northeast corridor of New Jersey and the eighth most heavily used Amtrak station in New Jersey, providing efficient rail service into important business destinations such as New York, Philadelphia, and Newark Liberty International Airport."
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  190. ^ Meggitt, Jane. Braves give Barry a shot at major league pitching May 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Allentown Examiner, July 3, 2006. Accessed February 22, 2011. "Kevin grew up in West Windsor, and the two dated while Samantha attended Allentown High School and The College of New Jersey in Ewing. He went to West Windsor High School and Rider University in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence. The couple married in 2003."
  191. ^ "West Windsor author Kevin G. Chapman publishes third novel", Community News, December 12, 2018, updated January 11, 2022. "Kevin G. Chapman, a resident of West Windsor, has published his third novel—a crime thriller titled Righteous Assassin (A Mike Stoneman Thriller). Chapman, a 23-year resident of West Windsor, is an attorney for whom fiction writing is a passion."
  192. ^ Tracy, Ryan. "Obama taps WW-PS alum for technology post", The Times, April 21, 2009. Accessed February 22, 2011. "President Obama has picked a graduate of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School to be the nation's first chief technology officer. Aneesh Chopra, 36, graduated from West Windsor's south campus in 1990 and spent the last three years as secretary of technology under Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine."
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  197. ^ Profile of Ethan Hawke, Hello. Accessed February 22, 2011. "Born in Austin, Texas, on November 6, 1970, Ethan was just three years old when his parents divorced and he and his mother moved across the country to settle in West Windsor, New Jersey."
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  202. ^ Feil, Justin. "Brothers push each other to soccer success for WW-P High School South", Community News, October 17, 2017. Accessed February 23, 2020. "Ramesses Moore-McGuinness thinks often of his roots. Before every soccer game and after every goal he scores, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South senior captain says a little prayer for St. Croix, where he was born and raised.... The boys moved to West Windsor to live with their aunt in 2015 and last spring, their dad moved up from St. Croix to join them."
  203. ^ Biese, Alex. "11 geeky movies to see this spring and summer", Asbury Park Press, May 1, 2015. Accessed October 26, 2015. "Us Jersey guys have got to stick together. Princeton Junction native Christopher McQuarrie has written a number of films for Tom Cruise, who grew up in Glen Ridge, including Valkyrie (2008), Jack Reacher (2012) and Edge of Tomorrow (2014)."
  204. ^ Timnick, Lois via Los Angeles Times. "Tapes: Hatred inspired former N.J. brothers to kill parents", Courier News, March 29, 1991. Accessed June 27, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Lyle and Erik Menendez lived with their parents in a succession of Princeton-area homes throughout their teen-age years. From a house they rented in West Windsor in 1977, the family relocated two years later to the exclusive Elm Ridge park section of Hopewell Township."
  205. ^ via Associated Press. "Menendez became abusive when criticized, brother-in-law says", Courier News, September 3, 1993. Accessed June 27, 202, via Newspapers.com. "The Menendez family moved to West Windsor in 1977 and later lived in Hopewell Township before moving to an estate in Princeton."
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West Windsor is a township in Mercer County in the U S state of New Jersey Located at the cross roads between the Delaware Valley region to the southwest and the Raritan Valley region to the northeast the township is considered to be an outer ring suburb of New York City in the New York metropolitan area as defined by the United States Census Bureau 20 As of the 2020 United States census the township s population was 29 518 10 11 its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 2 353 8 7 from the 27 165 recorded at the 2010 census 21 22 which in turn reflected an increase of 5 258 24 0 from the 21 907 counted in the 2000 census 23 West Windsor New JerseyTownshipWar of the Worlds monument Grover s MillSealLocation of West Windsor in Mercer County highlighted in red right Inset map Location of Mercer County in New Jersey highlighted in orange left Census Bureau map of West Windsor Township New JerseyWest WindsorLocation in Mercer CountyShow map of Mercer County New JerseyWest WindsorLocation in New JerseyShow map of New JerseyWest WindsorLocation in the United StatesShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 40 17 25 N 74 37 40 W 40 290253 N 74 627672 W 40 290253 74 627672 1 2 Country United StatesState New JerseyCountyMercerIncorporatedFebruary 21 1798Government 7 TypeFaulkner Act Mayor Council BodyTownship Council MayorHemant Marathe term ends December 31 2025 3 4 AdministratorMarlena Schmid 5 Municipal clerkGay Huber 6 Area 1 8 Total26 25 sq mi 68 00 km2 Land25 55 sq mi 66 17 km2 Water0 71 sq mi 1 83 km2 2 69 Rank101st of 565 in state3rd of 12 in county 1 Elevation 9 92 ft 28 m Population 2020 10 11 Total29 518 Estimate 2022 10 12 29 612 Rank82nd of 565 in state7th of 12 in county 13 Density1 155 3 sq mi 446 1 km2 Rank367th of 565 in state10th of 12 in county 13 Time zoneUTC 05 00 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 04 00 Eastern EDT ZIP Codes08550 Princeton Junction and 08540 Princeton New Jersey 14 15 Area code609 16 FIPS code3402180240 1 17 18 GNIS feature ID0882124 1 19 Websitewww wbr westwindsornj wbr org West Windsor and adjacent East Windsor were established by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 9 1797 and incorporated on February 21 1798 as two of the state s initial group of 104 townships by partitioning provincial Windsor Township 24 The Borough of Princeton now part of Princeton was formed from a portion of the township on February 11 1813 24 The township is closely associated with that now much more widely known town and several localities within West Windsor use Princeton in their name the most notable of those being Princeton Junction The Princeton 08540 post office facility is located within West Windsor and covers parts of the township designated by Princeton mailing addresses 25 A portion of Princeton University covering 400 acres 160 ha south of Lake Carnegie is located in West Windsor 26 The university agreed in 2009 to make an annual payment in lieu of taxes of 50 000 that would be indexed to inflation to cover 81 acres 33 ha of land in the township that the university had purchased in 2002 27 West Windsor is frequently ranked among the highest income municipalities in New Jersey In 2008 Forbes listed West Windsor as the 15th most affluent neighborhood in the U S 28 Using 2012 2016 data from the U S Census Bureau NJ com listed the township as the 9th highest income in the state in its January 2018 article The 19 wealthiest towns in New Jersey ranked 29 Based on data from the American Community Survey for 2013 2017 West Windsor residents had a median household income of 175 684 ranked 4th in the state among municipalities with more than 10 000 residents more than double the statewide median of 76 475 30 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Climate 4 Ecology 5 Demographics 5 1 2010 census 5 2 2000 census 6 Economy 7 Arts and culture 7 1 MCTV 26 8 Parks and recreation 9 Government 9 1 Local government 9 2 Federal state and county representation 9 3 Politics 10 Education 10 1 Colleges and universities 10 2 Public 10 3 Private 11 Infrastructure 11 1 Transportation 11 1 1 Roads and highways 11 1 2 Public transportation 11 2 Healthcare 12 Notable people 13 References 14 External linksHistory edit nbsp The c 1790 Schenck Farmstead at 50 Southfield Road Functions as the West Windsor History Museum and the headquarters of the Historical Society of West Windsor 31 Prior to individual European land acquisition and settlement around the turn of the 18th century the primary residents of West Windsor were the Lenape Native Americans The Assanhicans Assunpinks were the subtribe that inhabited the greater Trenton area artifacts from their society are still found in West Windsor 32 The first known European activity in the area now known as West Windsor dates to 1634 during the exploration of Captain Thomas Yong Yong was an Englishman who reportedly traded with the native Lenape people 33 The region was officially claimed for European settlement under the 1682 William Penn treaties under which the Lenape conveyed vast portions of New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Quaker colonists 34 The West Windsor area was within Piscataway Township when it was chartered on December 18 1666 This changed upon the formation of Middlesex County in 1683 35 nbsp Washington Road Elm Allee New Windsor Township West Windsor s predecessor known later as Windsor Township was unofficially formed in 1731 and officially created by Royal Charter on March 9 1751 from a partition of Piscataway Township 35 Its borders encompassed today s West Windsor Township all of present day Princeton up to Nassau Street and pre partition East Windsor Township In 1756 The College of New Jersey relocated to Nassau Hall in the village of Princeton When West Windsor and East Windsor were created from the division of Windsor Township on February 9 1797 West Windsor s boundaries extended up to Nassau Street 35 Following the 1838 formation of Mercer County and further land acquisitions by Princeton in 1843 and 1853 West Windsor s borders were again redefined to reflect the township s current 26 84 square miles 69 5 km2 36 Historically West Windsor relied heavily upon agriculture Common products were wheat tomatoes rye and potatoes 37 This identity dominated the township from its first settlement until the last half of the 20th century and was really only extinguished upon the township s most rapid period of growth from the late 1970s the 2000s 38 However this agrarian dominance incentivized the institution of slavery as well Although records are sparse township censuses indicate 190 slaves in Windsor Township in 1790 In West Windsor there were 21 slaves in 1830 and 3 in 1840 Additionally several late 1700s wills and 1800s abandonments show the presence of slavery in the township around the turn of the 19th century 39 West Windsor never developed a centralized downtown Instead The township contained within it entirely or partly several small hamlets whose names and locations are still identifiable and or in use in contemporary times 36 They are as follows Aqueduct Mills centered at Mapleton Avenue Lower Harrison Street and the Millstone River Partly located in Plainsboro 40 Canal Princeton Basin at the intersection of Alexander Road and the Delaware amp Raritan Canal Partially located in Princeton Clarksville at the intersection of Route 1 and Quakerbridge Road Dutch Neck at the intersection of Village Roads East West and South Mill Road Edinburg at the intersection of Old Trenton and Edinburg Roads Jugtown Queenston at the intersection of Nassau and Harrison Streets Now fully located in Princeton 41 Grovers Mill at the intersection of Cranbury and Clarksville Roads Penns Neck Centered at the intersection of Washington Road and Route 1 Port Windsor Mercer at the end of Quakerbridge Road at the Delaware Canal Partially located in Lawrence Princeton Junction Initially centered at the Princeton Junction Train Station 36 Manifested after the mid 1860s relocation of the Camden and Amboy Railroad line now the Northeast Corridor and opening of the current station Grover s Mill in West Windsor was the site Orson Welles chose for the Martian invasion in his infamous 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds 36 During the later part of the 20th century the township underwent dramatic changes driven mainly by a major boom in new housing developments For generations West Windsor had existed mostly as a sparsely populated agricultural community according to a 1999 article in The New York Times the township has grown into a sprawl of expensive houses in carefully groomed developments and home to nearly 20 000 people since the 1970s 42 The West Windsor post office was found to be infected with anthrax during the 2001 anthrax attacks 25 In April 2002 a memorial was dedicated to the seven residents of West Windsor who died in the September 11 terrorist attacks 43 44 In October 2019 the Historical Society of West Windsor published an online museum exploring the history of West Windsor 45 Geography edit nbsp View west along the Assunpink Creek in West Windsor According to the United States Census Bureau the township had a total area of 26 25 square miles 68 00 km2 including 25 55 square miles 66 17 km2 of land and 0 71 square miles 1 83 km2 of water 2 69 1 2 Princeton Junction with a 2010 Census population of 2 465 46 is an unincorporated community and census designated place located within West Windsor 47 48 49 Other unincorporated communities in the township include Berrien City Dutch Neck Edinburg Grover s Mill Millstone Penns Neck Port Mercer Post Corner citation needed and Princeton Ivy East citation needed 50 The township borders the municipalities of East Windsor Hamilton Township Lawrence Township Princeton and Robbinsville Township in Mercer County and Plainsboro Township in Middlesex County 51 52 53 The Howard Hughes Corporation has proposed redevelopment of a 653 acre 264 ha tract of land bounded by the Northeast Corridor train line Route 1 and Quakerbridge Road which includes land once owned by American Cyanamid and last used up until 2002 as an agricultural research facility by BASF in of 2017 a plan was proposed to create mixed use development that would include 2 000 residences along with 1 300 000 square feet 120 000 m2 of retail and commercial space on the site which is currently zoned for commercial use 54 55 The local school district has developed a report identifying significant potential growth in the number of students enrolling from this and other residential development in both West Windsor and Plainsboro 56 In 2019 Atlantic Realty purchased the property and in November 2020 they and the township reached an agreement to restrict the tract to non residential use and convert it to warehouse space The West Windsor Planning Board granted approval to build 5 5 million square feet of warehouse space called Bridge Point 8 on June 29 2022 57 nbsp The Millstone River as it enters into the D amp R Canal on the border of West Windsor and Plainsboro Township Climate editAccording to the Koppen climate classification system West Windsor Township has a Hot summer Humid continental climate Dfa Climate data for West Windsor Twp 40 2928 74 6259 Elevation 95 ft 29 m 1991 2020 normals extremes 1981 2022 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high F C 71 7 22 1 77 6 25 3 88 1 31 2 95 2 35 1 95 4 35 2 98 0 36 7 102 6 39 2 101 4 38 6 97 5 36 4 93 8 34 3 80 7 27 1 75 6 24 2 102 6 39 2 Mean daily maximum F C 40 2 4 6 42 7 5 9 50 5 10 3 62 9 17 2 72 5 22 5 81 7 27 6 86 3 30 2 84 5 29 2 78 1 25 6 66 1 18 9 55 4 13 0 45 3 7 4 63 9 17 7 Mean daily minimum F C 23 3 4 8 24 8 4 0 31 7 0 2 41 5 5 3 51 1 10 6 60 3 15 7 65 6 18 7 63 8 17 7 56 8 13 8 45 0 7 2 35 4 1 9 28 5 1 9 44 1 6 7 Record low F C 11 3 24 1 4 3 20 2 3 8 15 7 17 8 7 9 31 7 0 2 40 1 4 5 46 4 8 0 41 2 5 1 34 9 1 6 23 9 4 5 9 6 12 4 0 1 17 8 11 3 24 1 Average precipitation inches mm 3 53 90 2 72 69 4 26 108 3 69 94 4 05 103 4 53 115 4 94 125 4 43 113 4 17 106 4 02 102 3 31 84 4 33 110 47 96 1 218 Average snowfall inches cm 8 1 21 8 7 22 4 1 10 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 7 1 8 3 7 9 4 25 5 65 Average dew point F C 21 5 5 8 22 2 5 4 27 7 2 4 37 2 2 9 49 1 9 5 59 4 15 2 64 2 17 9 63 5 17 5 57 6 14 2 45 9 7 7 34 9 1 6 27 3 2 6 42 6 5 9 Source 1 PRISM 58 Source 2 NOHRSC Snow 2008 2009 2022 2023 normals 59 Ecology editAccording to the A W Kuchler U S potential natural vegetation types West Windsor Township would have a dominant vegetation type of Appalachian Oak 104 with a dominant vegetation form of Eastern Hardwood Forest 25 60 Demographics editHistorical population CensusPop Note 18101 714 18201 91811 9 18302 12911 0 18401 536 27 9 18501 5963 9 18601 497 6 2 18701 428 4 6 18801 396 2 2 18901 329 4 8 19001 279 3 8 19101 3424 9 19201 3893 5 19301 71123 2 19402 16026 2 19502 51916 6 19604 01659 4 19706 43160 1 19808 54232 8 199016 02187 6 200021 90736 7 201027 16524 0 202029 5188 7 2022 est 29 612 10 12 0 3 Population sources 1800 1920 61 1840 62 1850 1870 63 1850 64 1870 65 1880 1890 66 1890 1910 67 1910 1930 68 1940 2000 69 2000 70 71 2010 21 22 2020 10 11 AOL NeighborhoodScout named West Windsor in 2009 as the best neighborhood to raise children because of its school district top 7 in New Jersey top 3 nationwide prevailing family type families with school aged children and neighborhood safety safer than 97 of neighborhoods 72 As of January 2018 the township s population was the second most educated in the state of New Jersey according to an analysis by NJ com The percent of residents with a bachelor s degree or higher was 81 7 with 48 of residents holding advanced graduate or professional degrees 73 2010 census edit The 2010 United States census counted 27 165 people 9 449 households and 7 606 families in the township The population density was 1 062 6 per square mile 410 3 km2 There were 9 810 housing units at an average density of 383 7 per square mile 148 1 km2 The racial makeup was 54 94 14 924 White 3 67 998 Black or African American 0 09 25 Native American 37 71 10 245 Asian 0 04 10 Pacific Islander 0 97 263 from other races and 2 58 700 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4 47 1 213 of the population 21 Of the 9 449 households 45 5 had children under the age of 18 73 0 were married couples living together 5 6 had a female householder with no husband present and 19 5 were non families Of all households 16 7 were made up of individuals and 6 1 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 85 and the average family size was 3 23 21 28 4 of the population were under the age of 18 5 1 from 18 to 24 26 2 from 25 to 44 29 5 from 45 to 64 and 10 8 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 39 6 years For every 100 females the population had 94 7 males For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 91 4 males 21 nbsp Dutch Neck neighborhood The Census Bureau s 2006 2010 American Community Survey showed that in 2010 inflation adjusted dollars median household income was 137 265 with a margin of error of 12 610 and the median family income was 156 110 6 769 Males had a median income of 120 662 6 410 versus 71 151 9 841 for females The per capita income for the township was 59 946 3 307 About 3 6 of families and 4 9 of the population were below the poverty line including 5 2 of those under age 18 and 4 7 of those age 65 or over 74 2000 census edit As of the 2000 United States census 18 there were 21 907 people 7 282 households and 5 985 families residing in the township The population density was 842 4 inhabitants per square mile 325 3 km2 There were 7 450 housing units at an average density of 286 5 per square mile 110 6 km2 The racial makeup of the township was 71 53 White 2 76 African American 0 08 Native American 22 76 Asian 0 01 Pacific Islander 1 08 from other races and 1 78 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4 07 of the population 70 71 As of the 2000 Census 8 31 of West Windsor s residents identified themselves as being of Chinese ancestry This was the fourth highest percentage of people with Chinese ancestry in any place in New Jersey with 1 000 or more residents identifying their ancestry 75 There were 7 282 households out of which 50 4 had children under the age of 18 living with them 75 3 were married couples living together 5 1 had a female householder with no husband present and 17 8 were non families 14 6 of all households were made up of individuals and 2 8 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 3 01 and the average family size was 3 36 70 71 In the township the population was spread out with 31 8 under the age of 18 4 4 from 18 to 24 31 4 from 25 to 44 26 2 from 45 to 64 and 6 2 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 37 years For every 100 females there were 98 3 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 95 8 males 70 71 The median income for a household in the township was 116 335 and the median income for a family was 127 877 Males had a median income of 100 000 versus 56 002 for females The per capita income for the township was 48 511 About 2 0 of families and 2 5 of the population were below the poverty line including 2 4 of those under age 18 and 2 3 of those age 65 or over 70 71 Economy editNRG Energy has its corporate headquarters in West Windsor 76 77 Arts and culture editThe West Windsor Arts Center is the junction where the arts and community meet They offer performances classes workshops exhibitions literary arts events and various other special events It is located in the historic Princeton Junction Firehouse 78 The Mercer County Italian American Festival established in 2000 and held annually in West Windsor celebrated its 20th annual event in September 2019 79 80 MCTV 26 edit Mercer County Television MCTV channel 26 is an Educational access television station in West Windsor that is owned and operated by Mercer County Community College MCCC The student television station is transmitted to all of Mercer County New Jersey via cable TV channel 26 on Xfinity and Optimum reaching an excess of 90 000 households MCTV was added as Verizon FiOS channel 20 in Mercer County starting in 2009 81 Parks and recreation editRichard J Coffee Mercer County Park is located on Old Trenton Road Administered by the Mercer County Park Commission and located primarily in West Windsor it has athletic fields a dog park picnic grounds a newly renovated boathouse and marina on Mercer Lake bike trails and an ice skating rink that is home to the Mercer Bulldogs special hockey team 82 83 The West Windsor Community Park is a 123 acre 50 ha public park which serves as the primary park for active recreation Facilities include a playground jogging bicycling paths basketball courts dog parks a skate park tennis courts and pickleball courts This park also features 3 baseball fields and an indoor baseball facility where many children go to train The park is also home to the West Windsor Waterworks Family Aquatics Center 84 Duck Pond Park is a 120 acre 49 ha park under construction located off Meadow Road between the intersections with Clarksville Road and Bear Brook Road bordering Duck Pond Run It is designed to be a second community park for the township As of 2015 lighted soccer fields have been completed and in use by the West Windsor Plainsboro Soccer Association as well as tennis volleyball and basketball courts Future plans include a playground picnic areas an amphitheater and a fishing pond 85 Government editLocal government edit West Windsor is governed under the Faulkner Act formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law within the mayor council form of New Jersey municipal government Plan 6 implemented based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission as of July 1 1993 7 86 87 The township is one of 71 municipalities of the 564 statewide that use this form of government 88 From the time of its formation in 1797 until 1993 the township was governed by a township committee which combined both executive and legislative authority In May 1993 West Windsor residents voted to change their form of government to a Faulkner Act form of government nbsp First township minutes from April 8 1797 At this meeting the original township officers were elected Followed the township s February 9 1797 formation 89 The governing body is composed of the Mayor and the five member Township Council Under the township s mayor council form of government the mayor and council function as independent branches of government The mayor is the chief executive of the township and heads its administration The mayor is elected in a non partisan election and serves for a four year term The mayor may attend council meetings but is not obligated to do so The council is the legislative branch The five members of the township council are elected on a non partisan basis for four year terms on a staggered basis with either two seats and the mayoral seat or three seats up for vote in odd numbered years as part of the November general election At the annual organizational meeting held during the first week of January of each year the Council elects a president and vice president to serve for one year terms The council president chairs the meetings of the governing body 90 91 Starting in 2011 the township s elections were shifted from May to November as part of an effort to lower costs of running standalone municipal elections and as part of an effort to increase voter participation 92 As of 2023 update the mayor of West Windsor is Hemant Marathe whose term of office ends December 31 2025 3 Marathe is the first Indian American to serve as the township s mayor 93 Members of the West Windsor Township Council are Council President Andrea Sue Mandel 2023 Council Vice President Michael Ray Stevens 2023 Sonia Gawas 2023 Linda Geevers 2023 and Martin Whitfield 2025 94 95 96 97 98 In June 2017 council president Peter Mendonez resigned from office Council vice president Allison Miller was chosen to serve as acting council president and Jyotika Bahree was appointed to fill the vacant seat left by Miller expiring in December 2019 99 In the November 2018 general election Yingchao YZ Zhang was elected to serve the balance of the term of office 100 In June 2015 the township council selected Hemant Marathe to fill the vacant seat expiring December 2015 of Kristina Samonte who had resigned from office in the previous month as she was relocating out of the township 101 Federal state and county representation edit West Windsor is located in the 12th Congressional District 102 and is part of New Jersey s 15th state legislative district 103 104 105 For the 118th United States Congress New Jersey s 12th congressional district is represented by Bonnie Watson Coleman D Ewing Township 106 107 New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker Newark term ends 2027 108 and Bob Menendez Englewood Cliffs term ends 2025 109 110 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 111 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 112 As of 2024 update the County Executive is Daniel R Benson D Hamilton Township whose term of office ends December 31 2027 113 Mercer County s Commissioners are Lucylle R S Walter D Ewing Township 2026 114 Chair John A Cimino D Hamilton Township 2026 115 Samuel T Frisby Sr D Trenton 2024 116 Cathleen M Lewis D Lawrence Township 2025 117 Vice Chair Kristin L McLaughlin D Hopewell Township 2024 118 Nina D Melker D Hamilton Township 2025 119 and Terrance Stokes D Ewing Township 2024 120 121 122 Mercer County s constitutional officers are Clerk Paula Sollami Covello D Lawrence Township 2025 123 124 Sheriff John A Kemler D Hamilton Township 2026 125 126 and Surrogate Diane Gerofsky D Lawrence Township 2026 127 128 129 Politics edit As of March 2011 there were a total of 16 034 registered voters in West Windsor of which 5 384 33 6 were registered as Democrats 2 968 18 5 were registered as Republicans and 7 672 47 8 were registered as unaffiliated There were 10 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens 130 Presidential Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties 2020 131 22 2 3 423 76 5 11 821 1 3 208 2016 132 24 6 3 197 72 3 9 415 3 1 404 2012 133 35 7 4 401 63 1 7 769 1 2 148 2008 134 33 3 4 092 64 3 7 895 1 0 125 2004 135 39 3 4 596 57 8 6 753 0 5 79 In the 2012 presidential election Democrat Barack Obama received 63 1 of the vote 7 769 cast ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 35 7 4 401 votes and other candidates with 1 2 148 votes among the 14 045 ballots cast by the township s 17 891 registered voters 1 727 ballots were spoiled for a turnout of 78 5 133 136 In the 2008 presidential election Obama received 64 3 of the vote 7 895 cast ahead of Republican John McCain with 33 3 4 092 votes and other candidates with 1 0 125 votes among the 12 273 ballots cast by the township s 16 548 registered voters for a turnout of 74 2 137 Gubernatorial Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties 2021 138 27 6 2 445 71 4 6 324 1 0 84 2017 139 32 9 2 710 65 5 5 399 1 7 139 2013 140 63 0 4 983 35 3 2 793 1 7 137 2009 141 43 4 3 436 49 5 3 918 6 4 508 2005 142 44 1 3 414 53 6 4 144 2 3 176 In the 2013 gubernatorial election Republican Chris Christie received 63 0 of the vote 4 983 cast ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 35 3 2 793 votes and other candidates with 1 7 137 votes among the 8 181 ballots cast by the township s 17 648 registered voters 268 ballots were spoiled for a turnout of 46 4 140 143 In the 2009 gubernatorial election Democrat Jon Corzine received 49 5 of the vote 3 918 ballots cast ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 43 4 3 436 votes Independent Chris Daggett with 6 0 474 votes and other candidates with 0 4 34 votes among the 7 914 ballots cast by the township s 16 267 registered voters yielding a 48 7 turnout 144 Education editColleges and universities edit West Windsor is the site of the West Windsor Campus of Mercer County Community College 145 Princeton University s satellite campus is located in West Windsor 26 Public edit nbsp Dutch Neck Elementary School in December 2018 Constructed in 1917 to replace the township s 1 and 2 room school houses in use since the mid 1700s 146 West Windsor and Plainsboro are part of a combined school district the West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District which serves students in pre kindergarten through twelfth grade from the two communities 147 The district has four elementary schools grades Pre K K 3 two upper elementary schools grades 4 and 5 two middle schools grades 6 8 and two high schools grades 9 12 148 As of the 2020 21 school year the district comprised of 10 schools had an enrollment of 9 386 students and 773 2 classroom teachers on an FTE basis for a student teacher ratio of 12 1 1 149 Schools in the district with 2020 21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics 150 are Dutch Neck Elementary School 151 located in West Windsor 704 students in grades K 3 Maurice Hawk Elementary School 152 West Windsor 723 K 3 Town Center Elementary School 153 Plainsboro 431 PreK 2 J V B Wicoff Elementary School 154 Plainsboro 349 K 3 Millstone River School 155 Plainsboro 967 3 5 Village School 156 West Windsor 617 4 5 Community Middle School 157 Plainsboro 1 131 6 8 Thomas R Grover Middle School 158 West Windsor 1 208 6 8 West Windsor Plainsboro High School North 159 Plainsboro 1 521 9 12 and West Windsor Plainsboro High School South 160 West Windsor 1 649 9 12 161 162 163 164 The district is overseen by a directly elected nine member board of education whose seats are allocated to the two constituent municipalities based on population with five of the nine seats allocated to West Windsor 165 Three of the district s schools have been recognized by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program West Windsor Plainsboro High School South was recognized during the 1992 1993 school year and Maurice Hawk Elementary School was recognized in 1993 1994 166 while West Windsor Plainsboro High School North was recognized in the 2006 2007 school year 167 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 168 169 Private edit The Wilberforce School a K 12 school founded in 2005 that offers a Classical Christian education moved to new facilities in the township in 2014 170 Infrastructure editTransportation edit Roads and highways edit nbsp U S Route 1 in West Windsor As of 2010 update the township had a total of 151 84 miles 244 36 km of roadways of which 123 43 miles 198 64 km were maintained by the municipality 24 16 miles 38 88 km by Mercer County and 4 25 miles 6 84 km by the New Jersey Department of Transportation 171 U S Route 1 is the largest and busiest highway in West Windsor crossing the northwestern sections of the township oriented southwest to northeast 172 CR 533 Quakerbridge Road passes along the western border with Lawrence 173 CR 526 174 and CR 571 175 are multiplexed together from the northwestern part of the township until they split in the center of the municipality CR 535 passes through in the south and serves Mercer County Community College 176 New Jersey Route 64 is a short unsigned state highway that runs 0 32 miles 0 51 km concurrent with CR 526 CR 571 where they cross the Northeast Corridor rail line 177 Other major roads that are accessible in neighboring municipalities include Interstate 295 in Hamilton and Lawrence Interstate 195 in Hamilton and Robbinsville and the New Jersey Turnpike Interstate 95 in Robbinsville Exit 7A and East Windsor Exit 8 Public transportation edit nbsp An Acela Express speeding through West Windsor Princeton Junction station a Northeast Corridor stop on Amtrak and NJ Transit is located within West Windsor Amtrak s Keystone Service and Northeast Regional routes stop at Princeton Junction which is ranked as one of the ten busiest train stations in the Northeast 178 The station had 6 800 average weekday boardings in 2012 the fourth highest of any NJ Transit station in the state 178 179 Running between the Princeton Junction station and the Princeton station is what is known to locals as the Dinky The Dinky is a one car train that shuttles back and forth many times a day between the two stations Traveling 2 7 miles 4 3 km each way it is the shortest regularly scheduled passenger route in the United States 180 NJ Transit bus service to Trenton is provided via the 600 603 609 with other area service on the 605 route 181 182 The Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association offers service on Route 130 between the West Windsor Campus of Mercer County Community College and East Windsor Township Hightstown 183 184 Healthcare edit nbsp Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center is a 355 bed regional non profit tertiary and academic medical center located in neighboring Plainsboro Township The hospital services the greater Princeton region in central New Jersey It is owned by the Penn Medicine Health System and is the only such hospital in the state of New Jersey 185 The PMC network offers a wide array of services at its main campus location in Plainsboro along with its network of primary and specialty care through its family based physician practice locations across Central Jersey 186 187 One of those physician practices has a primary and specialty care unit in West Windsor located on Princeton Hightstown Road 188 Other nearby regional hospitals and healthcare networks that are accessible to the township include CentraState Medical Center in nearby Freehold Township the Old Bridge Township division of Raritan Bay Medical Center and the Hamilton Township division of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital RWJUH Saint Peter s University Hospital and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital are also located nearby in New Brunswick Notable people editSee also Category People from West Windsor New Jersey People who were born in residents of or otherwise closely associated with West Windsor include Jack Aker born 1940 former Major League Baseball pitcher 189 Kevin Barry born 1978 Atlanta Braves relief pitcher 190 Kevin Chapman author and attorney 191 Aneesh Chopra born 1972 first Chief Technology Officer of the United States 192 Stanley Dancer 1927 2005 harness racing driver and trainer 193 Eileen Filler Corn born 1964 member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2010 who was chosen in 2019 to become the first woman to serve as Speaker 194 Douglas Forrester born 1953 former mayor of West Windsor Township who was the Republican Party nominee for U S Senator in 2002 and for Governor of New Jersey in 2005 195 John W Hartmann born 1967 politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 15th Legislative District from 1992 to 1994 196 Ethan Hawke born 1970 actor 197 Kris Kolluri born c 1969 former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation 198 Matt Lalli born 1986 professional lacrosse player for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse 199 Paul Lansky born 1944 composer 200 Ben H Love 1930 2010 the eighth Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America serving from 1985 to 1993 201 Ramesses McGuiness born 2000 footballer who plays for the U S Virgin Islands national team 202 Christopher McQuarrie born 1968 screenwriter director and producer who is a regular collaborator of director Bryan Singer with whom he co wrote the screenplay of Singer s Public Access wrote the screenplay for The Usual Suspects co wrote and produced Valkyrie and co wrote Jack the Giant Slayer and Edge of Tomorrow 203 Lyle and Erik Menendez born 1968 notorious 1990s California convicted criminals 204 205 Glenn Michibata born 1962 retired professional tennis player who has been tennis coach of the Princeton Tigers 206 James Murphy born 1970 singer songwriter DJ electronic musician as LCD Soundsystem 207 John Forbes Nash Jr 1928 2015 Nobel Prize winning mathematician who was the subject of the film A Beautiful Mind 208 Taktin Oey born c 1986 composer 209 Fernando Perez born 1983 former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder current San Francisco Giants coach 210 Steve Rogers born 1949 former pitcher for the Montreal Expos baseball team 211 Bryan Singer born 1965 film and television director 212 David Zhuang born 1963 Olympic table tennis player 213 References edit a b c d e f 2019 Census Gazetteer Files New Jersey Places United States Census Bureau Accessed July 1 2020 a b US Gazetteer files 2010 2000 and 1990 United States Census Bureau Accessed September 4 2014 a b Office of the Mayor West Windsor Township Accessed June 14 2022 2023 New Jersey Mayors Directory New Jersey Department of Community Affairs updated February 8 2023 Accessed February 10 2023 Business Administrator Township of West Windsor Accessed March 20 2023 Township clerk Township of West Windsor Accessed March 20 2023 a b 2005 New Jersey Legislative 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rundown buildings overgrown with weeds and brush The proposal envisions about 2 000 housing units retail and office space walking trails and parks and potential sites for a hotel and school For much of the site s history the buildings were used as an agricultural research facility and was last occupied in 2002 by German chemical giant BASF Xu Vincent Developer submits plans for 1 976 homes at Quakerbridge Road site Mercerspace February 17 2017 Accessed March 27 2017 The Howard Hughes Corporation has proposed an ambitious mixed use development plan with nearly 2 000 residential units and more than 1 3 million square feet of commercial space Howard Hughes submitted a concept plan to West Windsor Township on Feb 10 At this point the proposal is effectively a wish list since the land is commercially zoned for more than 6 million square feet of research office and light manufacturing Impact Of Residential Developments On WW P Schools Projected Residential Developments in West Windsor and 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Township officials sought to save money by switching their election from May to November this year what they got was an extremely tight race Sohrabji Sunita Electrical Engineer Hemant Marathe Elected First Indian American Mayor of West Windsor New Jersey IndiaWest November 10 2017 Accessed January 1 2018 Electrical engineer Hemant Marathe won West Windsor New Jersey s mayoral race Nov 7 becoming the first Indian American mayor of the small town Marathe took 3 327 votes or 48 percent beating out fellow Indian American Kamal Khanna who came in second place with 31 percent of the votes and Yan Mei Wang who captured 20 percent Township Council Members West Windsor Township Accessed June 8 2023 1 West Windsor Township Accessed June 8 2023 Mercer County Elected Officials Mercer County New Jersey as of January 6 2021 Accessed April 28 2022 General Election November 2 2021 Official Results Mercer County New Jersey updated November 20 2021 Accessed January 1 2022 General Election November 2019 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23 2014 2008 Presidential General Election Results Mercer County New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections December 23 2008 Accessed November 21 2012 2021 General Election Results Governor Mercer County New Jersey Department of State updated December 14 2021 Accessed March 14 2023 Governor Mercer County PDF New Jersey Department of Elections Archived from the original PDF on January 1 2018 Retrieved December 31 2017 a b Governor Mercer County PDF New Jersey Department of Elections January 29 2014 Retrieved December 24 2014 2009 Governor Mercer County Archived August 22 2012 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections December 31 2009 Accessed November 21 2012 2005 Governor Mercer County Archived July 7 2016 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections Accessed December 31 2017 Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 5 2013 General Election Results Mercer County PDF New Jersey Department of Elections January 31 2014 Retrieved December 23 2014 2009 Governor Mercer County Archived August 22 2012 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections December 31 2009 Accessed November 21 2012 Campus Photo Tour amp Map of West Windsor Campus Mercer County Community College Accessed April 23 2012 Education The Schenck Farmstead Retrieved September 29 2020 West Windsor Plainsboro Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 Identification West Windsor Plainsboro School District Accessed December 12 2022 Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through twelve in the West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District Composition The West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of West Windsor and Plainsboro Township About Us West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District Accessed December 12 2022 Ten schools will serve our students Three elementary schools Dutch Neck Elementary School Maurice Hawk Elementary School and Wicoff Elementary School accommodate kindergarten through Grade 3 Town Center Elementary School serves students in kindergarten through Grade 2 Millstone River School serves students in Grades 3 through Grade 5 and Village School serves children in Grades 4 and 5 Students in Grades 6 7 and 8 are assigned to one of two middle schools Community Middle School and Thomas R Grover Middle School Two high schools High School North and High School South serve students in Grades 9 through 12 District information for West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District National Center for Education Statistics Accessed February 15 2022 School Data for the West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District National Center for Education Statistics Accessed February 15 2022 Dutch Neck Elementary School West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District Accessed December 12 2022 Maurice Hawk Elementary School West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District Accessed December 12 2022 Town Center Elementary School West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District Accessed December 12 2022 J V B Wicoff Elementary School West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District Accessed December 12 2022 Millstone River School West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District Accessed December 12 2022 Village School West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District Accessed December 12 2022 Community Middle School West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District Accessed December 12 2022 Thomas Grover Middle School West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District Accessed December 12 2022 West Windsor Plainsboro High School North West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District Accessed December 12 2022 West Windsor Plainsboro High School South West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District Accessed December 12 2022 Schools West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District Accessed December 12 2022 2021 2022 Charter and Public Schools Directory Mercer County New Jersey Accessed December 12 2022 School Performance Reports for the West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District New Jersey Department of Education Accessed April 1 2024 New Jersey School Directory for the West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District New Jersey Department of Education Accessed February 1 2024 Board of Education West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District Accessed March 15 2020 Members of the Board of Education are elected by qualified voters in the communities of West Windsor and Plainsboro Townships Members are elected to three year terms and normally three seats are up for election each spring The Board of Education is composed of four elected representatives from Plainsboro and five elected representatives from West Windsor all of whom serve without remuneration Blue Ribbon Schools Program Schools Recognized 1982 1983 through 1999 2002 PDF Archived March 26 2009 at the Wayback Machine United States Department of Education Accessed December 2 2013 Blue Ribbon Schools Program Schools Recognized in 2006 United States Department of Education Accessed December 2 2013 Heyboer Kelly How to get your kid a seat in one of N J s hardest to get into high schools NJ Advance Media for NJ com May 2017 Accessed November 18 2019 Mercer County has a stand alone specialized high school for top students a Health Sciences Academy at the district s Assunpink Center campus The district also offers a STEM Academy at Mercer County Community College How to apply Students can apply online in the fall of their 8th grade year High School Programs Mercer County Technical Schools Accessed November 18 2019 Mulvaney Nicole Wilberforce School finds new home at Windsor Athletic Center The Times February 11 2014 Accessed March 15 2016 The West Windsor location was exactly what the Wilberforce officials were looking for about 22 000 square feet of space to house an additional 100 students as they launch its high school programming in the 2014 15 school year Whitman said Mercer County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction New Jersey Department of Transportation May 2010 Accessed December 2 2013 U S Route 1 Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation updated May 2018 Accessed December 2 2019 County Route 533 Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation updated November 2012 Accessed December 2 2019 County Route 526 Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation updated October 2012 Accessed December 2 2019 County Route 571 Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation updated October 2012 Accessed December 2 2019 County Route 535 Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation updated October 2012 Accessed December 2 2019 Route 64 Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation updated March 2014 Accessed December 2 2019 a b NJ Transit Facts at a Glance Fiscal Year 2012 Archived September 6 2015 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Transit Accessed December 2 2013 Train Station West Windsor Township Business Opportunities Accessed December 2 2013 The Princeton Junction Train Station PJC is the second busiest train station on the Northeast corridor of New Jersey and the eighth most heavily used Amtrak station in New Jersey providing efficient rail service into important business destinations such as New York Philadelphia and Newark Liberty International Airport Reed J D The Little Engine That Can The New York Times March 31 2002 Accessed May 10 2011 So the single car operated by New Jersey Transit plies back and forth about every half hour between the magnolia budded tranquility of the university campus and the hard edged workday bustle of Princeton Junction a mere 2 7 miles 4 3 km away making it perhaps the shortest regularly scheduled passenger route in America Mercer County Bus Rail Connections New Jersey Transit backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22 2009 Accessed September 17 2011 Mercer County Rider Guide Archived November 26 2019 at the Wayback Machine NJ Transit Accessed November 27 2019 Mercer County Bus Service Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association Accessed December 2 2019 Route 130 Bus Service from East Windsor Hightstown to MCCC s West Windsor Campus Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association Accessed December 2 2019 2 Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center Our locations Accessed July 4 2023 3 Penn Medicine Princeton Health Princeton Medicine Physicians Accessed July 4 2023 4 Penn Medicine Princeton Health Princeton Medicine Physicians Locations Accessed July 4 2023 5 Penn Medicine Princeton Health Physician Practices Primary and Specialty Care Accessed July 4 2023 Reader Bill Seattle Pilots Where are they now The Seattle Times July 9 2006 Accessed July 6 2014 Aker 65 lives in West Windsor N J with his wife Jane Charnin Aker who won 250 000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2001 Meggitt Jane Braves give Barry a shot at major league pitching Archived May 30 2008 at the Wayback Machine Allentown Examiner July 3 2006 Accessed February 22 2011 Kevin grew up in West Windsor and the two dated while Samantha attended Allentown High School and The College of New Jersey in Ewing He went to West Windsor High School and Rider University in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence The couple married in 2003 West Windsor author Kevin G Chapman publishes third novel Community News December 12 2018 updated January 11 2022 Kevin G Chapman a resident of West Windsor has published his third novel a crime thriller titled Righteous Assassin A Mike Stoneman Thriller Chapman a 23 year resident of West Windsor is an attorney for whom fiction writing is a passion Tracy Ryan Obama taps WW PS alum for technology post The Times April 21 2009 Accessed February 22 2011 President Obama has picked a graduate of West Windsor Plainsboro High School to be the nation s first chief technology officer Aneesh Chopra 36 graduated from West Windsor s south campus in 1990 and spent the last three years as secretary of technology under Virginia Gov Tim Kaine Litsky Frank Stanley Dancer Harness Racing Champion Dies at 78 The New York Times September 9 2005 Accessed February 22 2011 Wildstein David New Virginia House Speaker is New Jerseyan who worked to oust Chris Smith in 1986 Eileen Filler Corn grew up in West Windsor New Jersey Globe November 9 2019 Accessed November 22 2019 Eileen Filler Corn grew up in West Windsor and after graduating Ithaca College returned to New Jersey to work on Democrat Jeff Laurenti s congressional campaign in the 4th district West Windsor Plainsboro High School Yearbook 1982 Chen David W Forrester Makes a Dogged Ascent Despite Setbacks The New York Times November 3 2005 Accessed February 22 2011 Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey Volume 205 Part 2 p 245 J A Fitzgerald 1993 Accessed March 14 2023 John W Hartmann Rep West Windsor He was graduated from Princeton Day School and in 1989 received a bachelor of arts degree in history at Georgetown University Profile of Ethan Hawke Hello Accessed February 22 2011 Born in Austin Texas on November 6 1970 Ethan was just three years old when his parents divorced and he and his mother moved across the country to settle in West Windsor New Jersey Kris Kolluri Appointed as CEO of SDA DOT Commissioner to join Authority on December 1 2008 New Jersey Schools Development Authority press release dated November 6 2008 Accessed February 22 2011 Matt Lalli Colgate Raiders men s lacrosse Accessed September 21 2015 Hometown Princeton Junction N J High School West Windsor Plainsboro Born on March 27 1986 in Princeton N J Context and Computer Composition Andrew R Brown researchgate net Staff Jersey Man to Head Scouts The New York Times October 21 1984 Accessed June 12 2012 Mr Love who is 54 years old and lives in Princeton Junction N J has headed the organization s Northeast region based in Dayton N J Feil Justin Brothers push each other to soccer success for WW P High School South Community News October 17 2017 Accessed February 23 2020 Ramesses Moore McGuinness thinks often of his roots Before every soccer game and after every goal he scores the West Windsor Plainsboro High School South senior captain says a little prayer for St Croix where he was born and raised The boys moved to West Windsor to live with their aunt in 2015 and last spring their dad moved up from St Croix to join them Biese Alex 11 geeky movies to see this spring and summer Asbury Park Press May 1 2015 Accessed October 26 2015 Us Jersey guys have got to stick together Princeton Junction native Christopher McQuarrie has written a number of films for Tom Cruise who grew up in Glen Ridge including Valkyrie 2008 Jack Reacher 2012 and Edge of Tomorrow 2014 Timnick Lois via Los Angeles Times Tapes Hatred inspired former N J brothers to kill parents Courier News March 29 1991 Accessed June 27 2022 via Newspapers com Lyle and Erik Menendez lived with their parents in a succession of Princeton area homes throughout their teen age years From a house they rented in West Windsor in 1977 the family relocated two years later to the exclusive Elm Ridge park section of Hopewell Township via Associated Press Menendez became abusive when criticized brother in law says Courier News September 3 1993 Accessed June 27 202 via Newspapers com The Menendez family moved to West Windsor in 1977 and later lived in Hopewell Township before moving to an estate in Princeton Glenn Michibata Archived July 14 2014 at the Wayback Machine Princeton Tigers Accessed October 26 2015 Michibata and his wife Angie live in West Windsor with their daughter Cori and son Matthew Battaglia Andy Shut Up and Dance New York March 15 2007 Accessed January 13 2022 Murphy grew up a suburban punk rocker in Princeton Junction New Jersey where he stayed for a year after high school to train as a competitive kickboxer he still speaks with pride about his reputation as the weird kid who never lost a fight Staff John Forbes Nash May Lose N J Home Associated Press March 14 2002 Accessed July 6 2014 West Windsor N J AP John Forbes Nash whose life is chronicled in the Oscar nominated movie A Beautiful Mind could lose his home if the township picks one of its proposals to replace a nearby bridge Staff The Star Ledger Scholars 2004 Taktin Oey The Star Ledger May 16 2004 Accessed October 26 2015 Taktin s father Lie Yauw is a research scientist at Princeton His mother Chisato Oey works at home He has two younger sisters Shoni 12 and Yuzki 10 They live in Princeton Junction Schwarz Alan The Rays Receive Help From an Unlikely Place The New York Times October 4 2008 Accessed February 22 2011 A native of West Windsor N J who each off season rents an apartment with friends in a different neighborhood of New York Perez was named the Rays minor league player of the year for hitting 288 with 43 stolen bases at Class AAA Durham this season only his third as a switch hitter Miller Lynn Sugar Plum Role For WW Teen In Nutcracker Archived May 29 2008 at the Wayback Machine West Windsor amp Plainsboro News November 30 2007 Accessed April 14 2008 Rogers 16 is a junior at High School South Born in Tulsa Oklahoma she has lived in West Windsor for eight years Her father Steve Rogers a former baseball player works at the Major League Baseball Players Association Weinraub Bernard Film An Unusual Choice for the Role of Studio Superhero The New York Times July 9 2000 Accessed July 6 2014 As a child Mr Singer grew up in Princeton Junction N J Magaraci Joel West Windsor s David Zhuang knocked off in table tennis The Star Ledger August 19 2008 Accessed July 6 2014 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to West Windsor Township New Jersey nbsp New Jersey portal Official township web site Historical Society of West Windsor web site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title West Windsor New Jersey amp 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