ZIP Code 08505

Bordentown is located at the confluence of the Delaware River, Blacks Creek, and Crosswicks Creek. It is located 5.8 miles (9.3 km) south of the state capital Trenton, 27 miles (43 km) northeast of Center City Philadelphia, and 53 miles (85 km) southwest of New York City. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 3,924. The population declined by 45 (1.1%) from the 3,969 counted in the 2000 U.S. Census, which had in turn declined by 372 (8.6%) in the 1990 Census. Bordentown's first recorded European settlement was made in 1682 in what became known as Farnsworth's Landing. Joseph Borden, for whom the city is named, arrived in 1717, and by May 1740 founded a transportation system to carry people and freight between New York and Philadelphia. Clara Barton, who in 1852 started the first free public school in New Jersey and later founded the American Red Cross, lived in the city. Joseph Bonaparte, former King of Naples and Spain and brother to Napoleon I of France, lived there for 17 years, entertaining guests of great fame such as Henry Clay and the future 6th President, John Quincy Adams. The city is considered a part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The current vestiges of the Bonapartes' Point Breeze estate remain.

History

Bordentown is the primary city name, but also Fieldsboro are acceptable city names or spellings. The official name is City of Bordentown . Bordentown is located on the Delaware River in Philadelphia, New Jersey. The city is named for Joseph Borden, who founded a transportation system between New York City and Philadelphia in 1740. Joseph Bonaparte lived in Bordentown for 17 years, entertaining famous guests such as Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and the future 6th U.S. President, John Quincy Adams. Patience Lovell Wright, America's first female sculptor, was creating wax busts in King George's court in England. Clara Barton, who in 1852 started the first free public school in New Jersey and later founded the American Red Cross, also lived in the city. In 1866, Susan Waters moved into what is now one of the larger properties on Mary. Waters' home is now part of the Spring Villa Female Seminary building, which was built in 1881 on the old Spring Villa Villa property. In 1776, the British pillaged and razed the town during May and June 1778. Many descendants of Joachim Murat, King of Naples and brother in law of the Bonapartes executed in 1815, also were born or lived there, having followed their uncle Joseph there. The current Divine Word Mission occupies its former site along Park Street. Today only vestiges 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.

Geography

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. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 0.97 square miles (2.52 km²) of land and 0.04 square miles of water (4.02%). It is bounded on the east by U.S. Route 130, on the south by Black's Creek and Interstate 295, and onThe north by the Mile Hollow Run. The city is located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and Mercer County, in Mercer County. It is located on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which runs from New Jersey to New Jersey. It has a population of 2,816. It was the site of one of the deadliest shootings in American history, with more than 1,000 people killed in the city in the early 1990s. The town is located near the intersection of Interstate 295 and Interstate 130, and is also near the junction of Interstate 130 and I-476. It also is near the Pennsylvania turnpike's junction with I-76, which connects to the New Jersey Turnpikes to the east and the West Virginia TurnPike to the west. It lies on Pennsylvania Route 206, which is the border with Hamilton Township, Pennsylvania. The City's population is 2,081, and it is also the location of the Pennsylvania State Fair, which takes place in the summer.

Demographics

As of the 2000 United States Census there were 3,969 people, 1,757 households, and 989 families residing in the city. The median household income was $66,557 (with a margin of error of +/ $9,567) and the median family Income was $90,165 (+/ $11,644) 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, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. 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, and 2.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.81% (228) of the population. The per capita income for the borough was $36,814 (+ / $3,714) In 2010 the city had a population of 3,924 people, with 2,014 housing units at an average density of 2,167.1 per square mile (836.7/km²) The median age was 40.3 years. For every 100 females, the population had 91.1 males. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was2.91.

Economy

Downtown Bordentown has many book, record and antique stores lining its streets. 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. The city is known for its Italian and American restaurants, but also has Chinese and Japanese restaurants. The town is home to a number of museums, including the National Gallery of Art and the National Museum of American History, which is located on the second floor of a building on the corner of Main St. and Second St. The downtown area is also home to several bars and restaurants, many of which are open late into the night. It also has a thriving art scene, with galleries, restaurants and boutiques on the first and second floors of many buildings. The area is known as "Bordentown," which means "the town of books" or "the city of records" in Italian. It is also known as the "town of the record" because of its many book and record stores, which opened in the 1800s and are still open to this day.

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. The New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission operates two juvenile detention centers in the Johnstone Campus in Bordentown.Hope Hose Humane Fire Company 1 dates its founding to 1767, making it the nation's second-oldest volunteer fire service.Consolidated Fire Association dates back to the 1966 merger of three separate volunteer fire companies. The BordentOWN City Environmental Commission (BCEC) advises local officials and the Planning Board regarding environmental issues and is a watchdog for environmental problems and opportunities. 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 include the New Jersey Department of Education, which runs a number of schools in the area, as well as the New York State Department of Justice, which operates two prisons in New York and one in New Jersey.

Federal, state and county representation

Bordentown City is located in the 3rd Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 7th state legislative district. New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark) and Bob Menendez (Harrison) As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 2,493 registered voters in Bordentown city, of which 906 (36.3% vs. 33.3%) were registered as Democrats. There were 2 voters registered as either Libertarians or Greens. 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. 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%). In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 661 votes (51.0%. vs 61.4%) and Democrat Barbara Buono with 579 (7.44%. vs 35.8%). As of 2022, Burlington County Board of County Commissioners are:Commissioner Director Daniel J. O'Connell (D, Delran Township; term as commissioner ends December 31, 2024;term as director ends 2022)Commissioner Deputy Director Tom Pullion (D, Edgewater Park, term as deputy director ends 2023) and Sheriff Anthony Basantis (R, Burlington Township, 2022).

Education

Public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Bordentown Regional School District. As of the 2020-2021 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,373 students and 194.0 classroom teachers. 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. The New Hanover Township School District sends students to BordentOWN Regional High School on a tuition basis for ninth through twighth grades. The Burlington County Institute of Technology 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. Saint Mary School was a Catholic school serving students in Pre-K8, that operated for over 100 years under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton. 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. The Bordententown Military Institute was located in the city from 1881 to 1972. The Society of the Divine Word fathers operated a minor seminary in Bordenttown from 1947 to 1983. One of its more notable alumni Douglas Palmer was the four-term mayor of TrentON, New Jersey, leaving office in 2009. The city is home to the New Jersey State Museum, which was founded in 1881.

Transportation

As of May 2010, Bordentown had a total of 12.73 miles (20.49 km) of roadways. The New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) passes through the city. NJ Transit provides bus service in the township between Trenton and Philadelphia on the 409 route. There is also a light rail station on the River Line Light rail system in the city, which connects to Camden and Trenton on the Camden-to-Philadelphia line. The city is home to the Trenton Rail Station, which is part of the New Jersey Transit River Line system, and the Walter Rand Transportation Center, part of NJ Transit's River Line light rail system. It is also home to a number of county roads, including County Route 528, which has its western terminus in BordentOWN and its northern terminus at CR 545. The town also has access to U.S. Route 206, signed as Bordenttown-Trenton, through Interstate 95. It also has two interchanges with Interstate 295, exit 56 and exit 57, that take travelers into BordENTown Township. It has a population of 2,816 (as of May 2011) and a population density of 1,788 (as at May 2011). It is located on the Delaware River, which flows through the town to the east and north to Philadelphia and New York City, as well as the Delaware and Passaic Rivers, which flow through the towns of Trenton, Camden and Asbury Park.

Religion

Bordentown City's one square mile is home to more than 10 houses of worship. 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. The city's population is less than 1,000 people, according to the city's 2010 census. It has a population of less than 2,000, the town's 2010 Census figures show. The town's population has been declining for more than a decade, the census data show. It's been in decline since the 1970s, when the population was about 1,500. It is now about 2,500 people, and it's in the process of growing again, the city says. The population is expected to reach 3,000 by the end of the year. It will be the first city in the state to reach that level of growth in more than 20 years. The area's population will grow to about 4,000 in the coming years, the mayor says, and the growth will be fueled by the growth of the surrounding suburbs. The community will continue to grow, he says, as more people move to the area in the next few years. "It's going to get better and better," he says. "We're going to be able to live in this town for a long time to come.".

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey = 55.3. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 1. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 10. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Bordentown = 3.7 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 3,993 individuals with a median age of 40 age the population grows by 22.88% in Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 4,272.7 residents per square mile of area (1,649.7/km²). There are average 2.48 people per household in the 4,139 households with an average household income of $74,519 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 8.80% of the available work force and has dropped -5.58% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 20.04%. The number of physicians in Bordentown per 100,000 population = 287.1.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Bordentown = 41.6 inches and the annual snowfall = 22.6 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 120. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 205. 85 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 25.2 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 42, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey which are owned by the occupant = 74.22%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 30 years with median home cost = $250,770 and home appreciation of 0.83%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $24.67 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $8,763 per student. There are 12.9 students for each teacher in the school, 676 students for each Librarian and 618 students for each Counselor. 8.05% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 17.11% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 7.71% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).