Port Mercer, New Jersey

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Port Mercer is an unincorporated community located where the municipal boundaries of Lawrence Township, Princeton and West Windsor Township intersect in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The community developed in the 19th century along the Delaware and Raritan Canal.

The opening of the canal in 1834 and the arrival of the Camden and Amboy Railroad led to increasing commerce in the area. A turning basin in the nearby waterway became an economic outlet for local farms, leading to the growth of the hamlet around it. The operators of the community's swing bridge lived in the Canal House from the 1840s, during which time a number of houses and commercial establishments were built in the village. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the closure of the canal and the relocation of the railway led to economic decline in Port Mercer.

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