Bordentown, New Jersey

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Bordentown, New Jersey is a small historic city along the Delaware River known for its colonial-era roots and as the former American residence of Joseph Bonaparte, elder brother of Napoleon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
areaCode 609
640
areaLand approximately 0.93 square miles
areaTotal approximately 0.96 square miles
areaWater approximately 0.03 square miles
borderedBy Bordentown, New Jersey self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bordentown Township, New Jersey

Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
contains Bordentown City Historic District
Clara Barton Schoolhouse
Point Breeze (Joseph Bonaparte estate site)
coordinates approximately 40.146°N 74.711°W
country United States of America
county Burlington County, New Jersey NERFINISHED
daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
elevation 20 feet
FIPSCode 34-07365
formerResident Clara Barton
Francis Hopkinson
Joseph Bonaparte
foundedAs Farnsworth’s Landing
foundedBy Thomas Farnsworth
GNISFeatureID 0885170
governmentType City form (New Jersey)
hasHistoricDistrict Bordentown City Historic District
surface form: Bordentown Historic District
historicSignificance 19th-century transportation hub
colonial-era settlement
incorporatedAsBorough 1825
incorporatedAsCity 1867
knownFor colonial-era architecture
historic downtown district
residence of Joseph Bonaparte
locatedAtConfluenceOf Crosswicks Creek
Delaware River
locatedIn Delaware Valley
locatedOn Delaware River
mayorCouncilForm yes
namedAfter Thomas Farnsworth’s hometown of Bordentown in England (disputed/uncertain)
near New Jersey Turnpike
surface form: New Jersey Turnpike Interchange 7
NRHPListing Bordentown City Historic District
surface form: Bordentown Historic District
partOfMetropolitanArea Philadelphia metropolitan area
populationCensus2000 3868
populationCensus2010 3824
populationCensus2020 3937
publicHighSchool Bordentown Regional School District
surface form: Bordentown Regional High School
railStation Bordentown station
schoolDistrict Bordentown Regional School District
servedByHighway U.S. Route 130 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 206
servedByRail New Jersey Transit River Line
surface form: River Line (NJ Transit)
settledIn 1682
state New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
ZIPCode 08505

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Joseph Bonaparte residence Bordentown, New Jersey
U.S. Route 206 passesThrough Bordentown, New Jersey
River Line light rail servesMunicipality Bordentown, New Jersey
subject surface form: River Line
this entity surface form: Bordentown
Count of Survilliers residence Bordentown, New Jersey
subject surface form: Joseph Bonaparte
Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey borderedBy Bordentown, New Jersey
this entity surface form: Bordentown Township, New Jersey
U.S. Route 130 in New Jersey passesThrough Bordentown, New Jersey
Hamilton Township adjacentTo Bordentown, New Jersey
subject surface form: Hamilton Township, New Jersey
this entity surface form: Bordentown Township, New Jersey
Burlington County contains Bordentown, New Jersey
this entity surface form: Bordentown City
Bordentown, New Jersey borderedBy Bordentown, New Jersey self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bordentown Township, New Jersey
Delaware and Raritan Canal startPoint Bordentown, New Jersey
Florence Township borderedBy Bordentown, New Jersey
this entity surface form: Bordentown Township
Point Breeze (Bordentown estate) municipality Bordentown, New Jersey
this entity surface form: City of Bordentown