Tag: Hightstown
Hightstown is a Borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 5,494, reflecting an increase of 278 (+5.3%) from the 5,216 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 90 (+1.8%) from the 5,126 counted in the 1990 Census.
Hightstown was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 5, 1853, within portions of East Windsor Township. The borough became fully independent c. 1894. Additional portions of East Windsor Township were annexed in 1913, 1915 and 1927.
Hightstown is located at 40°16′06″N 74°31′33″W / 40.268457°N 74.525804°W / 40.268457; -74.525804 (40.268457,-74.525804). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.242 square miles (3.218 km), of which, 1.211 square miles (3.137 km) of it is land and 0.031 square miles (0.081 km) of it (2.52%) is water.
Hightstown is an independent municipality surrounded entirely by East Windsor…
