Montgomery Township, New Jersey
Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, US
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Montgomery Township is a township in southern Somerset County, in the central part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located in the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 23,690, an increase of 1,436 (+6.5%) from the 2010 census count of 22,254, which in turn reflected an increase of 4,773 (+27.3%) from the 17,481 counted in the 2000 census.
Montgomery Township was incorporated on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships by an act of the New Jersey Legislature, from what remained of Western precinct. Portions of the township were taken to form Princeton Borough (February 11, 1813, in Mercer County, consolidated to form Princeton as of January 1, 2013), Princeton Township (April 9, 1838, also now consolidated into Princeton) and Rocky Hill (December 18, 1889).
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North Princeton Developmental Center
Former medical facility in New Jersey, United States
0.9 mi away
Maplewood (Montgomery Township, New Jersey)
Historic house in New Jersey, United States
0.9 mi away
Rock Brook
River in the United States
1.1 mi away
Skillman Park
Park in New Jersey, United States
1.0 mi awayDeaths of John and Joyce Sheridan
Mysterious death of American couple
0.7 mi awayWestern precinct, Somerset County, New Jersey
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