Bordentown, New Jersey Explained

Bordentown, New Jersey
Settlement Type:City
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Pushpin Label:Bordentown City
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Burlington County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States
Pushpin Relief:yes
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Burlington
Government Type:Walsh Act
Governing Body:Board of Commissioners
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Jennifer L. Sciortino (term ends May 13, 2025)[1]
Leader Title1:Administrator
Leader Name1:Margaret M. Peak[2]
Leader Title2:Municipal clerk
Leader Name2:Jennifer Smith (acting)[3]
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1682
Established Title1:Incorporated
Established Date1:December 9, 1825 (as borough)
Established Title2:Reincorporated
Established Date2:April 3, 1867 (as city)
Named For:Joseph Borden
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[4]
Area Total Km2:2.52
Area Land Km2:2.42
Area Water Km2:0.10
Area Total Sq Mi:0.97
Area Land Sq Mi:0.94
Area Water Sq Mi:0.04
Area Water Percent:4.02
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:3993
Population Rank:414th of 565 in state
31st of 40 in county[5]
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Sq Mi:4272.7
Population Density Rank:145th of 565 in state
4th of 40 in county
Population Est:4021
Pop Est As Of:2023
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:−05:00
Timezone Dst:Eastern (EDT)
Utc Offset Dst:−04:00
Elevation Footnotes:[6]
Elevation Ft:49
Coordinates Footnotes:[7] [8]
Area Rank:504th of 565 in state
36th of 40 in county
Coordinates:40.1497°N -74.7077°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:08505[9] [10]
Area Code:609 exchanges: 291, 298, 324, 424[11]
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:3400506670[12] [13]
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Blank1 Info:0885165[14]

Bordentown is a city in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 3,993, an increase of 69 (+1.8%) from the 2010 census count of 3,924, which in turn reflected a decline of 45 (−1.1%) from the 3,969 counted in the 2000 census.[15]

Bordentown is located at the confluence of the Delaware River, Blacks Creek, and Crosswicks Creek. The latter is the border between Burlington and Mercer counties. Bordentown is the northernmost municipality in New Jersey that is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.[16] It sits about one-third of the distance from Center City, Philadelphia to Midtown Manhattan; it is located south of the state capital Trenton, northeast of Center City Philadelphia, and southwest of New York City.

Bordentown's first recorded European settlement was made in 1682 in what became known as Farnsworth's Landing and, after 1717, the town that had developed in the Provence of New Jersey was renamed to Borden's Town. After the American Revolution and the establishment of the New Jersey state government, Bordentown was incorporated with a borough government form by an act of its legislature on December 9, 1825, from portions within Chesterfield Township. It was reincorporated with a city government form on April 3, 1867, and it was separated from Chesterfield Township about 1877.[17]

History

Thomas Farnsworth, an English Quaker, became the first European settler in the Bordentown area in 1682, when he moved his family upriver from Burlington. He made a new home on the windswept bluff overlooking the broad bend in the Delaware River, near today's northwest corner of Park Street and Prince Street, perhaps where an 1883 frame house now stands. "Farnsworth Landing" soon became the center of trade for the region.[18] Farnsworth is also the namesake of one of Bordentown's main streets, Farnsworth Avenue.

Joseph Borden, for whom the city is named,[19] [20] arrived in 1717, and by May 1740 founded a transportation system to carry people and freight between New York City and Philadelphia. This exploited Bordentown's natural location as the point on the Delaware River that provided the shortest overland route to Perth Amboy, from which cargo and people could be ferried to New York City.[21] The town was the childhood home of Patience Wright, America's first female sculptor, who lived there in the 1730s.

By 1776, Bordentown was full of Patriots. Joseph Borden's son (also named Joseph Borden) became a colonel during the American Revolutionary War. Other noted patriots lived in the area, including Thomas Paine. Francis Hopkinson (a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence), Colonel Kirkbride, and Colonel Oakey Hoagland. Hessian troops briefly occupied Bordentown in 1776 as part of the New York and New Jersey campaign before leaving to engage in the Battle of Iron Works Hill on December 23. On May 8, 1777, during the Philadelphia campaign, British forces raided Bordentown in pursuit of retreating American militiamen. The Redcoats burned several Bordentown buildings along with large quantities of American military supplies and several ships in the nearby waters. On June 23, 1778, British forces again raided Bordentown, destroying several buildings.[22]

In August 1831, master mechanic Isaac Dripps of Bordentown re-assembled (without blueprints or instructions) the locomotive John Bull (originally called "The Stevens") in just 10 days. It was built by Robert Stephenson and Company, in England, and was imported into Philadelphia by the Camden and Amboy Railroad. The next year it started limited service, and the year after that regular service, to become one of the first successful locomotives in the United States. The John Bull is preserved at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.[23]

Another notable resident of Bordentown is Clara Barton, who started the first free public school in New Jersey in 1852. Barton later founded the American Red Cross.[24] A recreation of her schoolhouse stands at the corner of Crosswicks and Burlington streets.[25]

In 1866, Susan Waters moved into what is now one of the larger properties on Mary Street. This was a base from which she taught and produced over 50 of her works, many of which are painting of animals in natural settings and pastoral scenes. She was also an early photographer. In 1876 she was asked to exhibit several of her works at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.[26]

In 1881, Rev. William Bowen purchased the old Spring Villa Female Seminary building (built on land purchased from the Bonapartes in 1837) and reopened it as the Bordentown Military Institute. In 1886, African-American Rev. Walter A. Rice established a private school for African-American children, the Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth, in a two-story house at 60 West Street, which later moved to Walnut Street on the banks of the Delaware, and became a public school in 1894 under Jim Crow laws. The school, which was known as the Bordentown School, came to have a 400acres, 30-building campus with two farms, a vocational/ technical orientation, and a college preparatory program.[27] The Bordentown School operated from 1894 to 1955.

In 1909, the religious order Poor Clares established a convent in the former Motherhouse of the Sisters of Mercy on Crosswicks Street. The building still stands and is used as an assisted living community called The Clare Estate. The Order of Poor Clares moved to a new facility outside Bordentown City.[28]

Joseph Bonaparte

Several years after the banishing of his family from France in 1816, arriving under vigilant disguise as the Count de Survilliers, Joseph Bonaparte,[29] former King of Naples and Spain and brother to Napoleon I of France, purchased the Point Breeze Estate near Bordentown from American revolutionary, Stephen Sayre.[30] He lived there for 17 years, entertaining guests of great fame such as Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and the future 6th U.S. President, John Quincy Adams. The residents of Bordentown nicknamed the Count, "The Good Mr. Bonaparte" (Good to distinguish him from his younger brother). He built a lake near the mouth of Crosswicks Creek that was about 200yd wide and NaNmiles long. On the bluff above it he built a new home, "Point Breeze".[31] The current Divine Word Mission occupies its former site along Park Street.[32]

Today only vestiges of the Bonaparte estate remain. Much of it is the remains of a formerly Italinate building remodeled in English Georgian Revival style in 1924 for Harris Hammon, who purchased the estate at Point Breeze as built in 1850 by Henry Becket, a British consul in Philadelphia. In addition to the rubble of this mansion and some hedges of its elaborate gardens, only the original tunnel to the river (broken through in several places) and the house of Bonaparte's secretary remain. Many descendants of Joachim Murat, King of Naples and brother in law of the Bonapartes executed in 1815, also were born or lived in Bordentown, having followed their uncle Joseph there. After the Bonaparte dynasty was restored by Napoleon III, they moved back to France and were recognized as princes.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 0.97 square miles (2.52 km2), including 0.93 square miles (2.42 km2) of land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of water (4.02%).[7]

The City of Bordentown is surrounded on three sides by Bordentown Township and on the western side by the juncture of the Delaware River and Crosswicks Creek, which is the border with Hamilton Township in Mercer County.[33] [34] [35] It is bounded on the east by U.S. Route 130 and U.S. Route 206, on the south by Black's Creek and Interstate 295, and on the north by the Mile Hollow Run. Across the Delaware River is Falls Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 3,924 people, 1,859 households, and 922 families in the city. The population density was . There were 2,014 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 83.51% (3,277) White, 10.12% (397) Black or African American, 0.20% (8) Native American, 2.73% (107) Asian, 0.03% (1) Pacific Islander, 1.17% (46) from other races, and 2.24% (88) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.81% (228) of the population.

Of the 1,859 households, 21.3% had children under the age of 18; 32.4% were married couples living together; 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present and 50.4% were non-families. Of all households, 41.3% were made up of individuals and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.91.

18.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 29.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.3 years. For every 100 females, the population had 91.1 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 87.1 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $66,557 (with a margin of error of +/− $9,567) and the median family income was $90,165 (+/− $11,644). Males had a median income of $52,652 (+/− $10,201) versus $48,906 (+/− $9,108) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $36,814 (+/− $3,714). About 1.7% of families and 3.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 12.1% of those age 65 or over.[36]

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States census there were 3,969 people, 1,757 households, and 989 families residing in the city. The population density was 4303.6sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 1,884 housing units at an average density of 2042.8sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the city was 81.25% White, 13.08% African American, 0.05% Native American, 1.91% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.81% from other races, and 2.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.82% of the population.[37] [38]

There were 1,757 households, out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.2% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.7% were non-families. 35.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.93.[37] [38]

In the city the population was spread out, with 20.9% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 34.2% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.5 males.[37] [38]

The median income for a household in the city was $47,279, and the median income for a family was $59,872. Males had a median income of $39,909 versus $31,780 for females. The per capita income for the city was $25,882. About 4.0% of families and 6.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.[37] [38]

Economy

Downtown Bordentown has many book, record and antique stores lining its streets, with Italian and American restaurants. The restaurants are primarily Italian, but there are also restaurants and diners that specialize in American food, Chinese food, and more recently Japanese and Latin-American food.[39]

Government

Local government

Bordentown has been governed under the Walsh Act since 1913. The city is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this commission form of government.[40] The governing body is comprised of three commissioners, one of whom is selected to serve as Mayor. Each commissioner is assigned a specific department to oversee during their term in office. Members are elected at-large to four-year concurrent terms of office on a non-partisan basis as part of the May municipal election.[41] [42] [43]

, Bordentown's commissioners areMayor Jennifer L. Sciortino (Director of Revenue and Finance), Deputy Mayor Joe Myers (Director of Public Property, Streets and Water) andCommissioner Heather Cheesman (Director of Public Safety and Affairs; appointed to an unexpired term), all serving terms of office that end on May 13, 2025.[44] [45]

In March 2024, the commissioners appointed Heather Cheesman to fill the seat that had been held by James E. Lynch Jr., until he resigned from office; Cheeseman will serve on an interim basis until the November 2024 general election, when voters will choose a candidate to serve the balance of the term of office.[46]

The city's municipal complex is located on the site of the Point Breeze estate. Part of the site was purchased by the city in 2020 from the Divine Word Missionaries who occupied the 60acres site previously. The repurposed building opened in August 2022. The former city hall was located at 324 Farnsworth Avenue.[47] [48]

Emergency services

Hope Hose Humane Fire Company 1 dates its founding to 1767, making it the nation's second-oldest volunteer fire service, having taken its current name from the combination in 1976 of the Hope Hose and the Humane fire companies.[49]

Consolidated Fire Association dates back to the 1966 merger of three separate volunteer fire companies.[50]

Environmental Commission

The Bordentown City Environmental Commission (BCEC) is a volunteer group of Bordentown City residents. The Commission is an official body, and its chair answers to the Mayor. The BCEC advises local officials and the Planning Board regarding environmental issues and is a watchdog for environmental problems and opportunities. It is designed to inform elected officials and the public, serve on committees, research issues, develop educational programs and advocate for sound environmental policies. Local issues include preservation of open space, promoting walking and bicycling trails and the River Line, protection of wetlands and water quality, recycling and energy conservation, and environmental education.[51]

The BCEC's most current efforts have focuses upon a bicycle and pedestrian circulation study, the City's open space plan, and the development of a set of local greenways (Thorntown and Black Creek).

State government facilities

The New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission operates two juvenile detention centers in the Johnstone Campus in Bordentown: Johnstone Campus Juvenile Female Secure Care and Intake Facility, which houses the state's adjudicated girls,[52] and Juvenile Medium Security Facility-North Compound (JMSF-N) and the Juvenile Medium Security Facility-South Compound (JMSF-S) for boys.[53]

Federal, state and county representation

Bordentown City is located in the 3rd Congressional District[54] and is part of New Jersey's 7th state legislative district.[55] [56] [57] Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 census, Bordentown City had been in the 30th state legislative district.[58] Prior to the 2010 Census, Bordentown City had been part of the, a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.[58]

Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 2,493 registered voters in Bordentown City, of which 906 (36.3% vs. 33.3% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 500 (20.1% vs. 23.9%) were registered as Republicans and 1,085 (43.5% vs. 42.8%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 2 voters registered as either Libertarians or Greens.[59] Among the city's 2010 Census population, 63.5% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 77.9% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide).[59] [60]

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 1,298 votes (66.4% vs. 58.1% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 605 votes (31.0% vs. 40.2%) and other candidates with 34 votes (1.7% vs. 1.0%), among the 1,954 ballots cast by the city's 2,634 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.2% (vs. 74.5% in Burlington County).[61] [62] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 1,305 votes (64.8% vs. 58.4% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 669 votes (33.2% vs. 39.9%) and other candidates with 25 votes (1.2% vs. 1.0%), among the 2,015 ballots cast by the city's 2,543 registered voters, for a turnout of 79.2% (vs. 80.0% in Burlington County).[63] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 1,151 votes (58.7% vs. 52.9% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 778 votes (39.7% vs. 46.0%) and other candidates with 17 votes (0.9% vs. 0.8%), among the 1,961 ballots cast by the city's 2,488 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.8% (vs. 78.8% in the whole county).[64]

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 661 votes (51.0% vs. 61.4% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 579 votes (44.7% vs. 35.8%) and other candidates with 30 votes (2.3% vs. 1.2%), among the 1,295 ballots cast by the city's 2,658 registered voters, yielding a 48.7% turnout (vs. 44.5% in the county).[65] [66] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 714 ballots cast (50.1% vs. 44.5% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 553 votes (38.8% vs. 47.7%), Independent Chris Daggett with 86 votes (6.0% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 54 votes (3.8% vs. 1.2%), among the 1,424 ballots cast by the city's 2,567 registered voters, yielding a 55.5% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county).[67]

Education

Public schools

Public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Bordentown Regional School District, which serves students from Bordentown City, Bordentown Township and Fieldsboro Borough.[68] [69] As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,373 students and 194.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.[70] Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[71]) are Clara Barton Elementary School[72] with 235 students in grades K–2 (generally serves Bordentown City and the Holloway Meadows section of Bordentown Township), Peter Muschal Elementary School[73] with 522 students in grades Pre-K–5 (generally serves remainder of Bordentown Township and the Borough of Fieldsboro), MacFarland Intermediate School[74] with 243 students in grades 3–5, Bordentown Regional Middle School[75] with 576 students in grades 6–8 and Bordentown Regional High School[76] with 766 students in grades 9–12.[77] [78] [79] The district's board of education is comprised of nine members, who are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year.[80] [81] The board's nine seats are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with three seats assigned to Bordentown City.[82]

The New Hanover Township School District, consisting of New Hanover Township (including its Cookstown area) and Wrightstown Borough, sends students to Bordentown Regional High School on a tuition basis for ninth through twelfth grades as part of a sending/receiving relationship that has been in place since the 1960s, with about 50 students from the New Hanover district being sent to the high school.[83] [84] As of 2011, the New Hanover district was considering expansion of its relationship to send students to Bordentown for middle school for grades 6–8.[85]

Students from Bordentown, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the Burlington County Institute of Technology, a countywide public school district that serves the vocational and technical education needs of students at the high school and post-secondary level at its campuses in Medford and Westampton Township.[86]

Private schools

Saint Mary School was a Catholic school serving students in Pre-K–8, that operated for over 100 years under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton.[87] The school closed its doors in June 2013 due to the school's financial challenges in the face of enrollment that was half of the 220 students needed to remain financially viable.[88]

The Bordentown Military Institute was located in the city from 1881 to 1972.[89] [90] The Society of the Divine Word fathers operated a minor seminary in Bordentown from 1947 to 1983.[91] One of its more notable alumni Douglas Palmer was the four-term mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, leaving office in 2009.[92]

Transportation

Roads and highways

, the city had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Burlington County and by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[93]

U.S. Route 130 and U.S. Route 206 run through very briefly and intersect at County Route 528 in the city.[94] In addition to CR 528's western terminus in Bordentown, County Route 545 has its northern terminus in the city. The New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) passes through neighboring Bordentown Township with access at interchange 7 to U.S. Route 206, which is signed as Bordentown-Trenton.[95] Interstate 295 also passes through Bordentown Township and has two interchanges that take travelers into Bordentown: exit 56 and exit 57.

Public transportation

The Bordentown station at Park Street[96] offers service between the Trenton Rail Station in Trenton and the Walter Rand Transportation Center (and other stations) in Camden, on NJ Transit's River Line Light rail system.[97]

NJ Transit provides bus service in the township between Trenton and Philadelphia on the 409 route.[98] [99]

Religion

Bordentown City's one square mile is home to more than 10 houses of worship, including: American Presbyterian Church, B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Christ Episcopal Church, Dorothea Dix Unitarian Universalist Community, Ebenezer Full Gospel Community Church, First Baptist Church of Bordentown, First Presbyterian Church, Mount Zion AME Church, Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Shiloh Baptist Church, Trinity United Methodist Church and Union Baptist Church.[100] [101]

Points of interest

The city has become a destination for weekend dining as well as for the casual perusal of its book and record stores, historical sites and art galleries. The active downtown business association sponsors an annual Iris Festival & Art Show in early May, an annual Street Fair in mid- to late May, and an annual Cranberry Festival in early October. The Bordentown Historical Society sponsors events, such as the Holiday House Tour and Peach Social.[102]

The Historical Society hosts exhibits at the Bordentown Friends Meeting House each year, and the 2022 exhibition consists of artifacts collected from Joseph Bonaparte[103] which led to a visit from Philippe Étienne, the ambassador of France to the United States.[103]

Crosswicks Creek Site III, an archaeological site from the American Revolutionary War era, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 for its significance in military and maritime history.

Point Breeze, the former estate of Joseph Bonaparte, was added to the NRHP in 1997 for its significance in architecture, landscape architecture, and politics/government.

Notable people

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.state.nj.us/dca/home/2023mayors.pdf 2023 New Jersey Mayors Directory
  2. https://cityofbordentown.com/financial-officer/ Office of the City Administrator - Chief Financial Officer
  3. https://cityofbordentown.com/city-clerk/ City Clerk
  4. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 11, 2022.
  5. https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/dmograph/est/mcd/density.xlsx Population Density by County and Municipality: New Jersey, 2020 and 2021
  6. , Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 4, 2013.
  7. https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_34.txt 2019 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places
  8. https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990
  9. http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=0&city=bordentown&state=NJ Look Up a ZIP Code for Bordentown, NJ
  10. http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/njzips.htm ZIP Codes
  11. http://www.area-codes.com/search.asp?frmNPA=&frmNXX=&frmState=NJ&frmCounty=Burlington&frmCity=Bordentown Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Bordentown, NJ
  12. https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website
  13. https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey
  14. http://geonames.usgs.gov US Board on Geographic Names
  15. https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2010/2010data/table7cm.xls Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010
  16. https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/econ/ec2012/csa/EC2012_330M200US428M.pdf Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area
  17. Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 94. Accessed June 13, 2012.
  18. Staff. "Welcome to Bordentown City", Courier-Post, July 28, 2007. Accessed June 13, 2012. "According to the Bordentown Historical Society, it was one of the first free public schools in New Jersey. According to past Courier-Post reports, an English Quaker named Thomas Farnsworth settled the area in 1682 and created an active trading center called Farnsworth's Landing."
  19. Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 27, 2015.
  20. [Henry Gannett|Gannett, Henry]
  21. http://cityofbordentown.com/Mainpage/FINAL%202011%20Bordentown%20City%20HistoricPres%20Element%20wo%20Appx_031812.pdf Bordentown City Master Plan Historic Preservation Element
  22. Boatman, Gail. "Re-enactors to do battle in Bordentown", Burlington County Times, June 7, 2007. Accessed June 13, 2012.
  23. http://historywired.si.edu/detail.cfm?ID=225 John Bull Locomotive
  24. Staff. "Barton started first free school", Courier-Post, January 12, 1999. Accessed July 8, 2013.
  25. Staff. "Clara Barton was Pioneer in BurlCo Public Education", The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 20, 1999. Accessed July 8, 2013. "At Burlington and Crosswicks Streets in Bordentown is a one-room brick schoolhouse, believed to be the first public school in the county, which Barton, then 30, started in 1852 as part of her goal to overcome a bias in the community against 'pauper schools.'"
  26. http://bordentownhistory.org/Bordentown_History/index.html History of Bordentown
  27. http://www.nj.gov/state/archives/guides/sedma000.pdf Institutional History
  28. Stadnyk, Mary. "Grace of Perseverance; For 100 years, diocese has been blessed with the Poor Clare Sisters", The Monitor, December 10, 2009. Accessed October 23, 2013. "Having heard of the Poor Clares in Boston, Bishop McFaul contacted Mother Charitas, the abbess, and asked her to send sisters to Bordentown. Mother Charitas, who became the Bordentown's community's first abbess, was delighted with the request for it had been her wish to spread the Franciscan Order of St. Clare to other areas of the United States. On Aug. 12, 1909, the first five Sisters of St. Clare arrived in Bordentown."
  29. McGreevy, Nora, "New Jersey Estate Owned by Napoleon’s Older Brother Set to Become State Park", Smithsonian, March 23, 2021. Accessed March 25, 2021. "Comparatively, Napoleon’s older brother Joseph had an easier time in exile. After the French emperor’s downfall, the elder Bonaparte, who’d briefly served as king of Spain and Naples, headed to the United States, where he settled on a bluff overlooking the Delaware River in Bordentown, New Jersey. Between 1816 and 1839, Bonaparate lived on and off at a property dubbed Point Breeze, spending the remainder of his adult years in resplendent luxury."
  30. E.M. Woodward. “Bonaparte's Park, and the Murats, 1879. Page 38”
  31. http://www.jerseyhistory.org/collection_details.php?recid=9 A View of the Delaware from Bordentown Hill by Charles B. Lawrence
  32. Kilby, David. "Divine Word Father Detig reflects on his 50 years as missionary ", The Monitor, July 24, 2013. Accessed October 23, 2013. "When walking through the peaceful grounds of the Divine Word Residence, Bordentown, it's easy to forget that those 100 acres overlooking the Delaware River provide a home for missionaries like Father Joseph Detig, who has spread the Gospel around the world and endured many of the trials that come with doing so."
  33. https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/83234/touches.html Areas touching Bordentown City
  34. https://www.dvrpc.org/Mapping/Maps/pdf/Burlington_MCDs.pdf Municipalities within Burlington County, NJ
  35. https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries
  36. https://archive.today/20200212083522/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3400506670 DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Bordentown city, Burlington County, New Jersey
  37. http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603406670.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Bordentown city, New Jersey
  38. https://archive.today/20200212093138/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3400506670 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Bordentown city, Burlington County, New Jersey
  39. http://www.downtownbordentown.com/who-we-are.php Who We Are
  40. https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey
  41. 2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 135.
  42. https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=8 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"
  43. http://slic.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF The Commission Form of Municipal Government
  44. https://cityofbordentown.com/administration/ Administration Directory
  45. https://ecode360.com/BO1079/document/753037684.pdf#page=9 2024 Municipal Data Sheet
  46. [David Wildstein|Wildstein, David]
  47. News: Bordentown City Hall moves to Point Breeze . August 17, 2022 . . February 13, 2023.
  48. News: Bordentown City's new municipal complex is steeped in history . October 4, 2022 . Sue . Ferrara . Community News . February 13, 2023.
  49. Rittenhouse, Lindsay. "Fire company begins fundraising for 250th anniversary, restoration project", NJ.com, July 6, 2015. Accessed October 21, 2016. "Hope Hose Humane Company 1 traces its firefighting roots to 1767, making it nine years older than the country and the second-oldest all volunteer fire department in the United States, the company says.... Paul Walsh, historian and secretary for Hope Hose Humane, said he even finds items on eBay such as old badges from Hope Hose and Humane fire companies that he then purchased. The companies merged into Hope Hose Humane in 1976."
  50. http://www.consolidatedfire.org/ Home Page
  51. http://bcec.us/about-bcec/ About BCEC
  52. http://www.nj.gov/oag/jjc/secure_female_intake.htm The Female Secure Care and Intake Facility
  53. http://www.nj.gov/oag/jjc/secure_bordentown.htm Juvenile Medium Security Facility (JMSF)
  54. https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report
  55. https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2011-legislative-districts/towns-districts.pdf Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District
  56. https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5bae63366fd2b2e5b9f87e5e/5d30f0a94a82c66427e564d2_2019_CitizensGuide.pdf 2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government
  57. https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#7 Districts by Number for 2011-2020
  58. http://www.lwvnj.org/images/cg_2011.pdf#page=55 2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government
  59. http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-burlington-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Burlington
  60. https://www.census.gov GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey
  61. http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-presidential-burlington.pdf Presidential November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Burlington County
  62. http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-burlington.pdf Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Burlington County
  63. http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-burlington.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Burlington County
  64. http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_burlington_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Burlington County
  65. http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-burlington.pdf 2013 Governor: Burlington County
  66. http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-burlington.pdf Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 5, 2013 General Election Results : Burlington County
  67. http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-burlington.pdf 2009 Governor: Burlington County
  68. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/05/0475/000.html Bordentown Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative
  69. Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, March 14, 2012. Accessed May 4, 2022. "Bordentown Regional - Serves: Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, Fieldsboro, New Hanover"
  70. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3402030&DistrictID=3402030 District information for Bordentown Regional School District
  71. http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402030 School Data for the Bordentown Regional School District
  72. https://cbs.bordentown.k12.nj.us/ Clara Barton Elementary School
  73. https://pms.bordentown.k12.nj.us/ Peter Muschal Elementary School
  74. https://mis.bordentown.k12.nj.us/ MacFarland Intermediate School
  75. https://brms.bordentown.k12.nj.us/ Bordentown Regional Middle School
  76. https://brhs.bordentown.k12.nj.us/ Bordentown Regional High School
  77. https://www.bordentown.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=443367&type=d&pREC_ID=955925 District Information
  78. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/05/0475 School Performance Reports for the Bordentown Regional School District
  79. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0475 New Jersey School Directory for the Bordentown Regional School District
  80. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/18/0475.pdf#page=63 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Bordentown Regional School District
  81. https://www.bordentown.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=443403&type=d&pREC_ID=956047 Board Members
  82. https://www.nj.gov/treasury/lgbr/schpdf/bordentownboe.pdf#page=4 Government That Works; Opportunities For Change: The Report of the Bordentown Regional School District
  83. https://web.archive.org/web/20060927193134/http://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/test/new/schools/hsdistricts.shtml High School Sending Districts
  84. Kuzminski, Charles; and Thomas W. "Study on Behalf of the New Hanover School District on the Feasibility of Extending the District's Send/Receive Relationship to Include Students in Grades 6 – 8, The Educational Information and Resource Center, November 2011. Accessed October 1, 2014. "The New Hanover Township School District has participated in a send/receive relationship with the Bordentown Regional District since approximately 1960. Each year 45-55 New Hanover School District students attend Bordentown Regional High School."
  85. Zimmaro, Mark. "New Hanover School to decide on middle school proposal", Burlington County Times, March 11, 2011. Accessed October 1, 2014. "NEW HANOVER — The township's school district will decide on Wednesday whether to enter an agreement with the Bordentown Regional School District for a send-receive agreement for middle school children. The district which serves New Hanover and Wrightstown, already sends its high school students to Bordentown Regional High School and district officials are trying to determine whether sending sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders to Bordentown Regional Middle School would be a feasible idea."
  86. http://www.bcit.cc/Page/71 Why Choose BCIT?
  87. http://www.dioceseoftrenton.org/burlington-county-schools/ Burlington County Catholic Schools
  88. Mulvaney, Nicole. "St. Mary School in Bordentown closes after 150 years", The Times, June 15, 2013. Accessed June 16, 2013.
  89. http://www.bmicadets.org/ Bordentown Military Institute Alumni Association
  90. http://www.nynjctbotany.org/njiptofc/bordentowntwn.html History of Bordentown
  91. http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeuleeo/dws/index.html Divine Word Seminary Alumni
  92. Stevens, Andrew. "Douglas Palmer; Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey", City Mayors Foundation, March 2, 2008. Accessed November 21, 2013. "Douglas Palmer was born in Trenton and attended Trenton Public Schools. He then graduated from Bordentown Military Institute in Bordentown, New Jersey."
  93. http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Burlington.pdf Burlington County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction
  94. http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000130__-.pdf#page=19 U.S. 130 Straight Line Diagram
  95. http://www.state.nj.us/turnpike/our-roadways.html Travel Resources: Interchanges, Service Areas & Commuter Lots
  96. http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38294 Bordentown station
  97. https://d2g63oyneaimm8.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/light-rail/sf_lr_rvl_map.pdf River LINE System Map
  98. https://web.archive.org/web/20100128125145/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesBurlingtonCountyTo Burlington County Bus/Rail Connections
  99. http://www.driveless.com/pdfs/SJTG_PDF.pdf#page=3 South Jersey Transit Guide
  100. Morgan, Scott. "If You're Thinking of Living In . . . Bordentown City 08505", US 1, November 17, 2010. Accessed September 3, 2015.
  101. http://bordentownbaptist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-04-17-Final-Profile.pdf#page=9 Bordentown Community Profile
  102. O'Sullivan, Jeannie. "Bordentown Historical Society plans a peachy time", Burlington County Times, August 4, 2011. Accessed July 8, 2013. "The Bordentown Historical Society's annual peach social will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at 302 Farnsworth Ave. Admission is $5.... It is one of the signature annual events hosted by the historical society, which also sponsors a holiday home tour and ghost walk."
  103. Web site: White. Nicolette. Joseph Bonaparte Exhibit in Bordentown Gains Attention of French Ambassador. burlingtoncountytimes.com . Burlington County Times. 27 October 2022.
  104. https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/38335 Allison, Burgess
  105. Feitl, Steve. "Bordentown's Ricardo Almeida faces new challenge in UFC", Asbury Park Press, March 25, 2010. Accessed June 6, 2011.
  106. [Ben Sisario|Sisario, Ben]
  107. Staff. "Clara Barton started first free public school in N.J.", Courier-Post, January 11, 2000. Accessed June 6, 2011. "Clara Barton, most famous for founding the American Red Cross, also was noted for her significant contributions to education when she lived in Bordentown..."
  108. Lurie, Maxine N.; and Mappen, Marc. "Bonaparte, Charlotte", Encyclopedia of New Jersey, p. 86. Rutgers University Press, 2004. . Accessed October 23, 2013.
  109. Staff. "A Bonaparte In Jersey; Ex-King Joseph Passed His Years of Exile in Bordentown. Very Popular With The Town Folk His Fourth of July Celebrations and Skating Carnivals Are Still Remembered -- Many Distinguished Visitors.", The New York Times, June 30, 1895. Accessed June 6, 2011. "Bordentown, N.J., June 29. -- This place enjoys the distinction of having had a King as a taxpayer -- Joseph Bonaparte, once King of Spain and Sicily, who had become an exile."
  110. Staff. "Sopranos Actress Denise Borin-Quinn Dies at 46; New Jersey native had no acting experience when she landed the role of Ginny Sacrimoni in the HBO series after attending an open casting call.", The Hollywood Reporter, October 31, 2020. Accessed May 24, 2020. "Borino-Quinn, a Roseland native who lived in Bordentown, had no acting experience when she was hired in 2000 to play Ginny Sacrimoni, the mafia wife with a weight problem."
  111. http://votesmart.org/candidate/24716/herbert-conaway-jr#.UmgEIOJOfOg Assembly Member Herbert 'Herb' C. Conaway Jr.
  112. https://www.inquirer.com/philly/hp/sports/20080801_SOCCER.html "Soccer"
  113. Rodgers, Ann "Bishop Robert Duncan is trading sacred places; After splitting from the Episcopal Church, Robert Duncan is about to become archbishop of another.", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 21, 2009. Accessed July 22, 2020. "Bishop Duncan, 60, grew up in Bordentown, N.J. His mother was mentally ill and violent, he said, and he was raised mostly by his grandparents. At 11, his parish priest led him to life-changing faith in Jesus."
  114. Hardy, Ernest. "Breaking Through; She Isn't Crazy, She's Rekindled", Los Angeles Times, October 30, 1994. Accessed October 23, 2013. "[Dionne Farris], raised by a single mother in Bordentown, N.J., hooked up with Atlanta's thriving R&B scene after moving there in 1990 and worked with the likes of producer Jermaine Dupri and the group TLC."
  115. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000274 Samuel Carr Forker
  116. https://web.archive.org/web/20040313224539/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g1/gamble.htm Gamble
  117. Rittenhouse, Lindsay. "Northern Burlington's Eric Gibbons named N.J.'s best art teacher", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 28, 2015. Accessed November 15, 2018. "Owner of The Firehouse Gallery in Bordentown, founder of Firehouse Publications and director of the annual summer art camp program at the Firehouse Gallery for the past 21 years, Gibbons has made art education a top priority."
  118. Staff. "Richard W. Gilder To Be Buried To-Day; Telegrams of Sympathy from All Parts of the Country Received by Editor's Family. To Lie In Bordentown Special Car Will Carry the Body and Members of the Poet's Family to the Town of His Birth.", The New York Times, November 20, 1909. Accessed June 6, 2011. "Immediately after the services, which will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Percy Stickney Grant, the body will be taken to Bordentown, N.J., where Mr. Gilder was born, for burial."
  119. https://tcnjathletics.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/eric-hamilton/608 Eric Hamilton
  120. Ferretti, Fred. "About New Jersey; It's Bordentown vs. the State Bureaucracy", The New York Times, February 18, 1979. Accessed June 6, 2011. "THE state, it appears, is still out to get Bordentown. But little does it realize that the place where Thomas Paine was during much of the Revolutionary War; where Francis Hopkinson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, lived; where Clara Barton began her first public school; where the first steam locomotive was tested and where Napoleon's brother lived will not be had that easily."
  121. https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v026n01/p0010-p0029.pdf "Autobiography of Joseph Mailliard"
  122. Staff. "A Noted Prince of France is Dead", Baltimore American, October 25, 1901. Accessed October 23, 2013.
  123. Edelstein, Jeff. "From Bordentown to Vegas and back: Louis Prima Jr. is in town", The Trentonian, August 12, 2016. Accessed June 3, 2022. "And 'back' is true; his mom, Gia Maione, was born in Roebling and spent a good chunk of her childhood in Bordentown before moving to Toms River."
  124. O'Sullivan, Jeannie. "Trio wins seats on Bordentown City Commission", Burlington County Times, May 15, 2013. Accessed April 4, 2017. "Two incumbents and a longtime politician won four-year terms on the nonpartisan City Commission on Tuesday. Mayor James Lynch and Commissioner Zigmont Targonski won their re-election bids with 313 and 208 votes respectively. Joseph Malone, a former commissioner who served as a 30th District assemblyman from 1993 to 2012, received 337 votes."
  125. Johnson, Kelly. "Bordentown to honor historical patriot Captain Edward McCall", The Times, August 19, 2013. Accessed June 29, 2018. "Capt. Edward McCall, one of several historical patriots who have lived in Bordentown since it was settled in 1682, will be honored next month at a ceremony marking the 200th anniversary of a historic naval battle during the War of 1812."
  126. Mucha, Peter "Carving heroes and villains from virtual clay; Joseph Menna has worked on everything from Jefferson to Batman to the world's biggest statue.", March 18, 2014. Accessed July 22, 2020. "Menna met his wife at the Steiglitz academy. Julianna Menna, a painter with her own fantasy-world style, specializes in portraying grotesque characters in ornate dress.... They’re raising three children in Bordentown, Burlington County."
  127. Libov, Charlotte. "Rob Novak Races Toward His Olympic Dream", Heathy Magazine. Accessed July 22, 2020. "But in high school Novak yearned to play football. 'My mom always made sure I had my medicine in case I needed it,' says Novak. It turned out that not only did Novak not need the medication, he was destined to become a runner, even back there in Bordentown, N.J., where he grew up."
  128. Furman, T.J. "Bordentown native creates MTV cartoon: Cable network's newest show to premiere Tuesday", Princeton Packet, July 31, 1999. Accessed December 11, 2007.
  129. https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/marine-corps-veteran-aid-worker-pete-reed-killed-in-ukraine/ "Gov. Phil Murphy remembers New Jersey native Pete Reed, who was killed while helping with evacuations in Ukraine"
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  131. http://archives.georgiaepiscopal.org/?page_id=1168 The Episcopacy of the Right Reverend Harry Woolston Shipps Eighth Bishop of Georgia
  132. DeMasters, Karen. "On The Map; Remembering a Boarding School for Black Students", The New York Times, October 1, 2000. Accessed November 4, 2007. "He founded the school in 1886 in his living room in New Brunswick and then moved it to Bordentown on the property of the family of Admiral Charles Stewart, the captain of the U.S.S. Constitution from 1813 to 1815."
  133. http://streetleague.com/pros/ishod-wair/ Ishod Wair
  134. Comegno, Carol. "South Jersey native flying high in skate world; Bordentown City-raised skateboarder made good Ishod Wair will compete in a major Street League Skateboarding competition in Newark.", Courier-Post, August 21, 2015. Accessed September 3, 2015. "Ishod Wair gravitated toward basketball like most of his neighborhood friends growing up in Bordentown — and he was getting good at it."
  135. Staff. "South Jersey native flying high in skate world", Courier-Post, August 20, 2015. Accessed January 3, 2019. "Bordentown City-raised skateboarder made good Ishod Wair will compete in a major Street League Skateboarding competition in Newark."
  136. Bohlin, Virginia. "Their talents demanded a canvas", The Boston Globe, February 28, 2010. Accessed June 6, 2011. "Finally in 1866 after years of temporary residences the Waterses settled in Bordentown N.J. where she opened a studio and began painting landscapes."
  137. http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?ID=10 Joseph Wright (1756 - 1793)
  138. Staff. "She Modeled Portraits In Wax", The Christian Science Monitor, November 15, 1945. Accessed June 6, 2011. "ONE OF the most eccentric and interesting characters in early American art was Patience Lovell, born in 1725 at Bordentown, New Jersey. She acquired a wide reputation for clever portraits modeled in wax. Several examples of her work in this perishable medium have survived. She married in 1748 Joseph Wright, and it is as Patience Wright that she is generally known."
  139. Levinsky, David. "Zeitz Appointment", Burlington County Times, December 17, 2008. Accessed October 23, 2013. "One-time congressional hopeful Josh Zeitz of Bordentown City is working in Trenton rather than Washington. Zeitz, 34, a history professor who unsuccessfully challenged Republican Chris Smith for the incumbent's 4th Congressional District seat in this year's election, was formally appointed as senior policy adviser to Gov. Jon S. Corzine on Monday."
  140. http://www.antiquesandfineart.com/artists/artist_date.cfm?id=178913 August Zeller

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