Hopewell Valley, New Jersey

Hopewell Valley is a group of communities in Mercer County, New Jersey loosely affiliated through municipal service sharing agreements, all of which send their students to the Hopewell Valley Regional School District.

The area referred to as Hopewell Valley comprises the township of Hopewell (2000 census population of 16,105), the Borough of Hopewell (2,035), the Borough of Pennington (2,696), and the unincorporated census-designated place Titusville (which is within Hopewell Township).

The school district includes four elementary schools (Hopewell Elementary, Toll Gate Grammar, Bear Tavern, and the recently opened Stony Brook Elementary School), a middle school (Timberlane Middle School) and a high school (Hopewell Valley Central High School). Before regionalization of the school district in the 1950s, the high school was simply known as Central High School of Hopewell Township, and the moniker Central High School (sans the Hopewell Valley) still persists to some extent in the state of New Jersey as the school's (albeit incorrect) official name.

Historic events

General George Washington famously crossed the Delaware River from Pennsylvania to Titusville on the night of December 25–26, 1776, prior to the Battle of Trenton. Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville commemorates the location of the landing. The crossing is re-enacted each Christmas Day if the weather permits. Hopewell Valley is also the site of the notorious kidnapping of the Charles Lindbergh infant in 1932.

Notable people

• Peter Benchley, who drew from the names of local streets and roads in creating the fictional town of Amity in his 1974 novel Jaws.
• John Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, lived in Hopewell Township. He is buried in Hopewell Borough.^[1]

References

Municipalities and communities of Mercer County, New Jersey, United States County seat: Trenton City Trenton Boroughs Hightstown Hopewell Pennington Princeton Townships East Windsor Ewing Hamilton Hopewell Lawrence Robbinsville West Windsor CDPs Groveville Hamilton Square Lawrenceville Mercerville Princeton Junction Robbinsville Twin Rivers White Horse Yardville Other unincorporated communities Ackors Corner Allens Station Altura Bakersville Baldwins Corner Battle Monument Bear Tavern Berkeley Square Berrien City Braeburn Heights Briar Manor Briarcrest Briarwood Broad Street Park Cadwalader Heights Carsons Mills Cedar Grove Centerville Central West Chambersburg Chestnut Park Chewalla Park Churchill Green Clarksville Coalport/North Clinton Colonial Lakelands Coopers Corner Coxs Corner Creston Delaware Rise Deutzville Downtown Trenton Duck Island Dutch Neck East Trenton East Trenton Heights Edgebrook Edinburg Edinburg Park Eilers Corner Eldridge Park Etra Ewing Ewing Park Ewing/Carroll Ewingville Extonville Fernwood Ferry Road Manor Fisher/Richey/Perdicaris Fleetwood Village Franklin Corner Franklin Park Glen Afton Glendale Glenmoore Golden Crest Golf View Manor Green Curve Heights Greenwood/Hamilton Grover's Mill Haines Corner Hampton Hills Hanover/Academy Harbourton Harneys Corner Harts Corner Heath Manor Hickory Corner Hickory Hill Estates Hillcrest Hillside Terrace Hillwood Lakes Hillwood Manor Hiltonia Hopewell Valley Hutchinson Mills Lakeside Park Lamberton Lawrence Station Lewisville Locust Corner Maple Shade Marshalls Corner Meadows Terrace Mill Hill Millstone Moore Mount Rose Mountainview New Canton New Sharon North 25 North Crosswicks North Trenton Nottingham Old Mill Farms Pages Corners Parkside Parkway Village Pennington/Prospect Penns Neck Pleasant Valley Pond Run Port Mercer Post Corner Princessville Princeton Colonial Park Princeton Estates Princeton Ivy East Princeton North Prospect Heights Prospect Park Quaker Bridge Quaker Gardens Rosedale Rosemont Scudders Falls Shabakunk Hills Sherbrook Estates Sherbrooke Manor Slackwood Somerset South Trenton Spring Meadows Stoutsburg Sturwood Hamlet Stuyvesant/Prospect The Island The Orchards Titusville Top Road Trenton Gardens Villa Park Village on the Green Warner Village Washington Crossing Weber Park West End West Trenton Wilbur Wilburtha Windsor Woodsville Wynnewood Manor Yardville Heights

Coordinates: 40°23′01″N 74°48′13″W / 40.38356°N 74.80350°W / 40.38356; -74.80350