Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, US
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Lawrence Township is a township in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located at the cross-roads between the Delaware Valley region to the southwest and the Raritan Valley region to the northeast, the township is an outer-ring suburb of New York City in the New York Metropolitan area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, while also directly bordering the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is part of the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia Designated Market Area.
The home of the prestigious Lawrenceville School, Rider University, and the site of the Quaker Bridge Mall, the township is a regional commercial and cultural hub of central New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 33,077, a decrease of 395 (−1.2%) from the 2010 census count of 33,472, which in turn reflected an increase of 4,313 (+14.8%) from the 29,159 counted in the 2000 census.
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Mercer County, New Jersey
County in New Jersey, United States
1.6 mi awayLawrenceville, New Jersey
CDP in New Jersey, US
1.1 mi awayRider University
Private university in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, US
1.4 mi awayLawrence Township Historic District
Historic district in New Jersey, United States
0.3 mi awayPrincessville, New Jersey
Populated place in Mercer County, New Jersey, US
0.7 mi awayCanastra Hammer Arena
Arena in New Jersey, US
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