Princessville, New Jersey

Princessville, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
The Princessville Cemetery, with graves dating from 1843-1921
Princessville, New Jersey
Location of Princessville in Mercer County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
Princessville, New Jersey
Princessville, New Jersey (New Jersey)
Princessville, New Jersey
Princessville, New Jersey (the US)
Coordinates: 40°17′33″N 74°42′28″W / 40.29250°N 74.70778°W / 40.29250; -74.70778Coordinates: 40°17′33″N 74°42′28″W / 40.29250°N 74.70778°W / 40.29250; -74.70778
Country  United States
State  New Jersey
County Mercer
Township Lawrence
Elevation[1] 82 ft (25 m)
GNIS feature ID 879489[1]

Princessville is an unincorporated community located within Lawrence Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.[2] It was home to the Colonial era Princessville Inn, formerly listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which burned down in 1982. A cemetery still exists on Princeton Pike that dates to 1843 when the inn donated land for a Methodist Episcopal congregation. The church relocated in 1890 and was replaced by one built by local African-American families, which was destroyed by a Hurricane in 1950. The Baker-Brearley House, a National Register of Historic Places listed home that houses the Lawrence Historical Society, is located down a driveway past the cemetery.[3] The area immediately to the south is occupied by a corporate office park adjacent to the interchange between Princeton Pike and Interstate 95. The area to the north is largely rural.

References

  1. 1 2 "Princessville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Halvorsen, John. "Cemeteries of Lawrence" (PDF). Lawrence Historical Society.


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