Pennington

History

According to an 1883 history, "the first name of the village was Queenstown, which was given it in honor of Queen Anne. Later it was by some, in derision of its comparative insignificance, Pennytown, and as early as 1747 it began to be called Pennington." The name "Penington" was already known in the area, as Edward Penington (1667–1701), son of the British Quaker leader Isaac Penington, was appointed by his kinsman William Penn as Surveyor General of Pennsylvania. His father-in-law was a longtime leader, including as governor, of the province of West Jersey, where Edward married. Henry Gannett attributes the borough's name to colonial governors from the Pennington family. Pennington was established as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on January 31, 1890, from portions of Hopewell Township, based on the results of a referendum held on January 21, 1890. It is a dry borough, where alcohol cannot be sold.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 0.96 square miles (2.50 km2), including 0.96 square miles (2.49 km2) of land and 2) of water (0.31%). making it part one of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Trenton Central High School - Main Campus
  High · TRENTON · 2,255 students · 14.5:1 ratio
• West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South
  High · West Windsor · 1,630 students · 13.3:1 ratio
• Princeton High School
  High · PRINCETON · 1,532 students · 11.8:1 ratio
• Hamilton West-Watson
  High · HAMILTON · 1,348 students · 13.6:1 ratio
• Lawrence High School
  High · LAWRENCEVILLE · 1,207 students · 12.3:1 ratio
• Ewing High School
  High · EWING · 1,109 students · 12.3:1 ratio
• Hopewell Valley Central High School
  High · PENNINGTON · 1,079 students · 10:1 ratio
• Foundation Academy Charter School
  Other · Trenton · 1,044 students · 18.3:1 ratio