Pennington, New Jersey | |
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Intersection of Main Street and Delaware Avenue in central Pennington | |
![]() Location of Pennington in Mercer County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Mercer County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left). | |
![]() Census Bureau map of Pennington, New Jersey | |
Location in Mercer County Location in New Jersey | |
Coordinates: 40°19′30″N 74°47′20″W / 40.324923°N 74.78878°W[1][2] | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
County | Mercer |
Incorporated | January 31, 1890 |
Government | |
• Type | Borough |
• Body | Borough Council |
• Mayor | James Davy (D, term ends December 31, 2023)[3][4] |
• Administrator | Donato Nieman (interim)[5] |
• Municipal clerk | Elizabeth Sterling[5] |
Area | |
• Total | 0.96 sq mi (2.50 km2) |
• Land | 0.96 sq mi (2.49 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2) 0.31% |
• Rank | 506th of 565 in state 11th of 12 in county[1] |
Elevation | 210 ft (60 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,802 |
• Estimate (2023)[10] | 2,840 |
• Rank | 454th of 565 in state 11th of 12 in county[11] |
• Density | 2,916.0/sq mi (1,125.9/km2) |
• Rank | 222nd of 565 in state 3rd of 12 in county[11] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area code | 609[14] |
FIPS code | 3402157600[1][15][16] |
GNIS feature ID | 885347[17] |
Website | www |
Pennington is a borough in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough is located at the cross-roads between the Delaware Valley region to the southwest and the Raritan Valley region to the northeast. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,802,[9] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 217 (+8.4%) from the 2010 census count of 2,585,[18][19] which in turn had reflected a decline of 111 (−4.1%) from the 2,696 counted in the 2000 census.[20]
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