Princeton Battlefield Historic District | |
Location | Mercer County, New Jersey |
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Nearest city | Princeton |
Coordinates | 40°19′51.09″N 74°40′36.68″W / 40.3308583°N 74.6768556°W |
Area | 681 acres (276 ha) |
Website | NJDEP |
NRHP reference No. | 66000466[1] (original) 89000761 (increase 1) 100003698 (increase 2) |
NJRHP No. | 1751, 1752, 1753[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
Boundary increases | October 10, 1989 April 26, 2019 |
Designated NHLD | January 20, 1961[3] |
Designated NJRHP | May 27, 1971; May 12, 1972; April 10, 1989 |
The Princeton Battlefield in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, is where American and British troops fought each other on January 3, 1777, in the Battle of Princeton during the American Revolutionary War. The battle ended when the British soldiers in Nassau Hall surrendered. This success, following those at the Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776, and the Battle of the Assunpink Creek the day before, helped improve American morale.[3][4]