Talk:Princeton, New Jersey

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Dubious statement moved from main page: "After the war, in the 1790s, when the United States was first founded and Washington, D.C. was being built, Princeton University's Nassau Hall served as a temporary capital for the fledgling republic."

Make that two: "In 1840, the first radio signal was transmitted at Princeton."

Make that telegraph signal; see Joseph HenrySeptentrionalis 03:32, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

See http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/radio.html Vicki Rosenzweig

I found one time that Nassau Hall was used as the temporary capital of the United States in further research. I do believe that Princeton, Trenton, and Philadelphia were temporary capitals while Washington, D.C. was being built during the presidency of George Washington. -- Gregory Pietsch

Yes both Princeton and Trenton were temporary capitals and there was serious interest in making Trenton the permanent capital before the southerners intervened. The debate that resulted in the selection of an area in Northern Virginia took place in Trenton, at that time the nation's capital. Ortolan88 04:51 Sep 13, 2002 (UTC)

Princeton was the capital of the US only once, in 1783. The Capitals of the 1790's were New York and Philadelphia, only.Septentrionalis 03:32, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)


Before Mercer County was, Princeton was divided between Somerset and Middlesex Counties. Septentrionalis 03:32, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This should be divided between a statistical article on the Borough and an article on Princeton. About half of the history and features are in the Township anyway.

There are statistical articles on both Borough and Township. The settlement existed (and had most of its history) before either existed, let alone the division.

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I removed a picture to improve format; it doesn't add that much to the article anyway. Septentrionalis 22:05, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Princeton/Not Princeton

This is a basic problem with NJ entries: how can we be clear what should be in the general entry, and what in the spearate township and boro entries? For example, several of the corporate locations named are outside boro/twp lines (FMC, Dow Jones), but several "Princeton" schools outside town lines (Chapin, P'ton Junior School) are omitted.

If I had my druthers, the whole lot would be combined in one piece, but that is not wiki style.

The simplest thing is to strip most non-statistical, non-political content out of the boro and township articles, and fill out and wikify this one. And boy does it need wikifying. What say ye?

Also, can we divide up the famous Princetonians among University students, University/seminary teachers, and other residents? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Natcase (talk • contribs) 05:05, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

  • There are clearly two separate places, but there are many entries where it is almost impossible to distinguish between the two, and that's where this "Princeton, New Jersey" article is useful. If a road at a highway exit leads to "Princeton", should that be to the borough or the township? This article handles that ambiguity, although there are many links here when it can be defined in borough or township is meant. Alansohn 05:09, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
    • There's a lot of repetition among the three entries. This article is a good place to locate those ambiguous situations, but I think we need to clean it up, and then make the boro and township articles more clearly focused on those political and statistical entities.--Natcase 05:14, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

The paragraph on Princeton Zip Codes is being regularly removed as "irrelevant". Seems logical to include it here as part of a discussion of how "Princeton" is defined. Any further discussion?--Natcase (talk) 05:57, 17 May 2008 (UTC)