Chambersburg, New Jersey

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Chambersburg Station post office on Broad Street

Chambersburg is a neighborhood of Trenton and considered part of South Trenton. It was an incorporated municipality in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, from 1872 to 1888.

Chambersburg was named for Robert Chambers, a founder of the area, whose family is memorialized by the local Chambers Street. Chambers died in 1865, shortly before the borough was created.[1]

Chambersburg was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 2, 1872, from portions of Hamilton Township.[2] On March 27, 1874, the municipality was reincorporated as the Borough of Chambersburg Township.[2] On May 1, 1888, Chambersburg was annexed to Trenton.[2][3]

Chambersburg is mostly widely known as the home of fictional bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, a character created by author Janet Evanovich. A significant portion of each of the novels featuring Plum takes place in or around "The 'Burg."

Community

During most of the 20th century, Chambersburg was widely regarded as the "Italian section" of the city of Trenton and featured numerous family-owned Italian restaurants, bakeries, butchers and grocery stores. An annual Feast of Lights was held centrally in Chambersburg. [4] Over the years, however, the wave of Italian immigrants that shaped the neighborhood died out, their descendants left the area and most of the businesses that catered to their needs closed.

Since the decline of the Italian community, many newer immigrants have come to the neighborhood. Today Chambersburg has Trenton's largest Latino community. Many of the immigrants come from Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Ecuador. The Puerto Rican population has decreased slightly but is still present in Chambersburg.[citation needed]

Current points of interest include St. Francis Medical Center, Columbus Park and Immaculate Conception Church.[5]

References

  1. ↑ How Streets of Trenton Obtained Present Names, Trenton Historical Society, accessed March 21, 2007
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 158. Accessed November 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ A History of Trenton: Chronology of Important Events, accessed March 21, 2007
  4. ↑ "Feast of Lights". 
  5. ↑ Wikimapia

Coordinates: 40°12′39″N 74°44′48″W / 40.21087°N 74.746771°W / 40.21087; -74.746771

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