A Township in New Jersey’s Mercer County, West Windsor Township is home to a thriving population of nearly 22,000. The census-designated place and unincorporated area of Princeton Junction is located within West Windsor Township. In addition, a small portion of Princeton University is located in the Township as well.
The Township was first established in 1682, when William Penn signed a treaty with the Lenni Lenape.
West Windsor, NJ MLS-listed properties may be located in the bordering townships of Princeton Township, Lawrence Township, Hamilton Township, Washington Township, East Windsor Township, and Plainsboro Township in Middlesex County.
The average income for a household in West Windsor Township is around $116,000 per year.
People who seek West Windsor, NJ MLS-listed properties will be interested to learn that Grover’s Mill in West Windsor Township was the site that famous screenwriter, director, and radio personality Orson Welles chose for the Martian invasion on his world-renowned 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds.
The West Windsor Township Community
Established by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 9, 1797, West Windsor Township was officially incorporated on February 21, 1798. Until 1993, the Township was governed exclusively by a Township Committee, which possessed both executive and legislative authority. In May of 1993, residents of the Township voted to change their form of government to a Mayor-Council Form under the Faulkner Act. The Council-Manager government was initiated on July 1, 1993.
With this type of government, the Mayor and Council work as independent branches of government. The Chief Executive of West Windsor Township is the Mayor and he or she heads its Administration. The Mayor is elected in a non-partisan election and serves a four-year term. West Windsor, NJ MLS-listed properties are part of the Twelfth Congressional District, and New Jersey’s 14th Legislative District.
West Windsor Township takes education seriously, and is home to several area schools, including colleges and universities such as the West Windsor Campus of the Mercer County Community College, and the West Windsor campus of Princeton University.
Students of West Windsor Township are served by the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District. Home buyers who are seeking information on West Windsor, NJ MLS will be happy to know the district features several excellent primary and secondary schools. There are four elementary schools, which include Dutch Neck Elementary School, Maurice Hawk Elementary School, Town Center Elementary School, and J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School. There are two upper elementary schools: Millstone River Elementary School and Village Elementary School; the two middle schools are Community Middle School and Thomas Grover Middle School. High school students in the Township attend West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South and West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North.
In 2006, New Jersey Magazine ranked West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South as ninth, and West Windsor-Plainsboro High School north as eighteenth, for the top public high schools in New Jersey. These schools were ranked out of a total of 316 schools statewide.
As far as transportation in the Township, U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 64 serve the area. Princeton Junction Station, which is a stop on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor line as well as the New Jersey Transit, is located within West Windsor Township and nearby West Windsor, NJ MLS. The Township is also served by New Jersey Transit bus service to the capital city of Trenton.
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