Windsor, New Jersey

Windsor, New Jersey
Unincorporated community

Sign posted at the corner of Main and Church Streets in Windsor
Windsor, New Jersey

Windsor's location in Mercer County (Inset: Mercer County in New Jersey)

Coordinates: 40°14′32″N 74°34′53″W / 40.24222°N 74.58139°W / 40.24222; -74.58139Coordinates: 40°14′32″N 74°34′53″W / 40.24222°N 74.58139°W / 40.24222; -74.58139
Country  United States
State  New Jersey
County Mercer
Township Robbinsville
Elevation 102 ft (31 m)
Population (2010 Census)[1]
 • Total 226
ZIP code 08561
GNIS feature ID 0881881[2]
Windsor Historic District
Location Robbinsville Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States
NRHP Reference # 88001710[3]
Added to NRHP April 10, 1992

Windsor is a small historic unincorporated community located within Robbinsville Township (known as Washington Township until 2007) in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.[4] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08561. There are approximately 50 homes in the area, and as of the 2010 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08561 was 226.[1] The community, covering 570 acres (230 ha), was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[5]

History

Earliest mention of the local area in the 17th century refers to it as a wilderness with several Native American camps. Founded in 1818, it was named Centerville because it was the geographical center of the state. Until then, adjacent heavily wooded lands were called Magrilla (origins unknown). In 1814, after the completion of the Bordentown and South Amboy stagecoach turnpike, William McKnight, director of the turnpike company, built a tavern at the intersection of the turnpike and present-day Windsor-Perrineville Road. A major thruway between New York and Philadelphia, the turnpike replaced Old York Road, which started out as a Native-American path prior to European settlement. In 1816 the local section of the stagecoach turnpike between New York and Philadelphia ran along Main Street. In late 1831, the Camden and Amboy Railroad was constructed through Centerville. The village became a stopover for rail travelers, and a thriving center for the bountiful farms and mills which serviced the growing population. It quickly became the largest village between Yardville (Sand Town) and Hightstown, and was renamed "Windsor" in 1846 to avoid any confusion with a Centerville post office in Hunterdon County.[6]

Windsor was located within its namesake, Windsor Township, until 1797, at which point Windsor Township was divided into East Windsor and West Windsor townships, with the community of Windsor located in East Windsor. East Windsor was subsequently divided in 1860, with the southern portion including Windsor becoming Washington Township (present-day Robbinsville Township).[7]

Notables residents

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

References

  1. 1 2 DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from the 2010 Demographic Profile Data, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Windsor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  3. ↑ Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  4. ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ NEW JERSEY - Mercer County - Historic Districts, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed June 3, 2015.
  6. ↑ M is for Mercer, Mercer County Division of Culture and Heritage. Accessed May 23, 2008.
  7. ↑ Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 165. Accessed September 12, 2012.
  8. ↑ Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 7, 2007.

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