Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Lawrence Township is a township in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located at the cross-roads between the Delaware Valley region to the southwest and the Raritan Valley region to the northeast, the township is an outer-ring suburb of New York City in the New York Metropolitan area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, while also directly bordering the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is part of the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia Designated Market Area.
Lawrence Township, New Jersey | |
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Township | |
Rider University Bristol Myers Squibb Headquarters U.S. Route 1 (Trenton Freeway) at the exit for U.S. Route 1 Business and U.S. Route 206 Quaker Bridge Mall Presbyterian Church of Lawrence, located in the town's main Historic district Notre Dame High School | |
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| Nickname: "Where Nature Smiles for 22 Miles" | |
Location of Lawrence Township in Mercer County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Mercer County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey | |
Lawrence Township Location in Mercer County Lawrence Township Location in New Jersey Lawrence Township Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 40.295887°N 74.720093°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Mercer |
| Formed | February 20, 1697 as Maidenhead Township |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Renamed | January 24, 1816 as Lawrence Township |
| Named for | Capt. James Lawrence |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (council–manager) |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | John T. Ryan (D, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator | Kevin P. Nerwinski |
| • Municipal clerk | Tonya Carter |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.98 sq mi (56.94 km2) |
| • Land | 21.73 sq mi (56.27 km2) |
| • Water | 0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2) 1.17% |
| • Rank | 126th of 565 in state 4th of 12 in county |
| Elevation | 82 ft (25 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 33,077 |
| • Estimate (2022) | 31,808 |
| • Rank | 70th of 565 in state 4th of 12 in county |
| • Density | 1,522.5/sq mi (587.8/km2) |
| • Rank | 333rd of 565 in state 9th of 12 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08648 |
| Area code | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3402139510 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882126 |
| Website | www |
The home of the prestigious Lawrenceville School, Rider University, and the site of the Quaker Bridge Mall, the township is a regional commercial and cultural hub of central New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 33,077, a decrease of 395 (−1.2%) from the 2010 census count of 33,472, which in turn reflected an increase of 4,313 (+14.8%) from the 29,159 counted in the 2000 census.