Princessville, New Jersey | |
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 The Princessville Cemetery, with graves dating from 1843-1921 | |
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| Coordinates:40°17′33″N74°42′28″W / 40.29250°N 74.70778°W /40.29250; -74.70778 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Mercer |
| Township | Lawrence |
| Elevation | 82 ft (25 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 879489[1] |
Princessville is anunincorporated community located withinLawrence Township inMercer County, in theU.S. state ofNew Jersey.[2] It was home to theColonial era Princessville Inn, formerly listed on theNational Register of Historic Places, which burned down in 1982. A cemetery still exists onPrinceton Pike that dates to 1843 when the inn donated land for aMethodist Episcopal congregation. The church relocated in 1890 and was replaced by one built by local African-American families, which was destroyed by a hurricane in 1950. TheBaker-Brearley House, a National Register of Historic Places listed home that houses theLawrence Historical Society, is located down Meadow Road past the cemetery.[3] The area immediately to the south is occupied by a corporate office park adjacent to the interchange between Princeton Pike andInterstate 295. The area to the north is largely rural.
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