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Trenton (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 13 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.2167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 074 44 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -74.7333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in W central New Jersey at head of navigation on Delaware River; site near where Washington's forces crossed the Delaware to defeat British Hessian troops on Christmas night, 1776, during American Revolution. |
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| Trenton (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for William Trent, who bought 800 acres from Stacy's son & laid out town in 1721 |
| The Falls (H,V)
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| Stacy's Mills (H,V)
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| Chambersburg (C,V)
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| Lamberton (C,V)
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| Mill Hill (C,V)
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| Trents Town (C,V)
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Mercer (county) (P) |
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Trenton (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by English Quakers including Mahlon Stacy in 1679, incorporated in 1792 |
| city (C) |
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| state capital (C) |
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since 1790 |
| county seat (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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for steel, steam turbines, plastics & automobile parts & for steel cables for suspension bridges (including Brooklyn Bridge) |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for rubber, electrical, drugs, parachutes, paint, textiles & woolens, dies, cigars, tile, pottery & china |
| transportation center (C) |
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since 1830s with Delaware & Raritan Canal & Camden & Amboy Railroad, which spurred city's industrial development |
| trade center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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for Trenton State College (1855), Rider College & Mercer County Community College |
| tourist center (C) |
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for Revolutionary War monument to Washington, Trent House, British troops' Old Barracks, Old Masonic Lodge & Douglass House |
| cultural center (C) |
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for New Jersey State Cultural Center including museum, planetarium, state library & auditorium |
| national capital (H) |
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of USA temporarily in 1784 & again in 1799 |
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Related geographic places: |
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New Jersey .......... (state) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [7007565] |
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