Pennington, New Jersey
Pennington, New Jersey | |
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Intersection of Main Street and Delaware Avenue in central Pennington | |
Location of Pennington in Mercer County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Mercer County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Pennington, New Jersey | |
Location in Mercer County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°19′30″N 74°47′20″W / 40.324923°N 74.78878°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Mercer |
| Incorporated | January 31, 1890 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | James Davy (D, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator | Donato Nieman (interim) |
| • Municipal clerk | Elizabeth Sterling |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.96 sq mi (2.50 km2) |
| • Land | 0.96 sq mi (2.49 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2) 0.31% |
| • Rank | 506th of 565 in state 11th of 12 in county |
| Elevation | 210 ft (60 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,802 |
• Estimate (2023) | 2,840 |
| • Rank | 454th of 565 in state 11th of 12 in county |
| • Density | 2,916.0/sq mi (1,125.9/km2) |
| • Rank | 222nd of 565 in state 3rd of 12 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08534 |
| Area code | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3402157600 |
| GNIS feature ID | 885347 |
| Website | www |
Pennington is a borough in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough is located at the cross-roads between the Delaware Valley region to the southwest and the Raritan Valley region to the northeast. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,802, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 217 (+8.4%) from the 2010 census count of 2,585, which in turn had reflected a decline of 111 (−4.1%) from the 2,696 counted in the 2000 census.