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海茨敦

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海茨敦
Hightstown
海茨敦 Hightstown的位置
坐標:40°16′07″N 74°31′33″W / 40.2685°N 74.5258°W / 40.2685; -74.5258
國家 美國
新澤西州
默瑟縣
面積
 • 總計3.218 平方公里(1.242 平方英里)
海拔[2]28 公尺(92 英尺)
人口(2010年[3]
 • 總計5,494人
 • 密度1,707人/平方公里(4,424人/平方英里)
時區東部標準(EST)(UTC-5
 • 夏時制東部夏令(EDT)(UTC-4

海茨敦Hightstown)是美國新澤西州默瑟縣的一個自治市鎮。截至2010年美國人口普查[3]海茨敦人口為5,494人,比2000年人口普查的5,216人增加了278人(增長5.3%),2000年則比1990年人口普查的5,126人增加了90人(增長1.8%)。

海茨敦於1853年3月5日在東溫莎鎮部分地區通過新澤西州議會成立,該行政區完全自治。東溫莎鎮的其他部分在1913年,1915年和1927年被吞併。[4]它以約翰和瑪麗·海特(John and Mary Hight)命名,他們1750年代在該地區建立了一家酒館。[5][6][7]


參考文獻

  1. ^ 2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files – Places – California. United States Census Bureau. 
  2. ^ 美國地質調查局地名資訊系統:Borough of Hightstown, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 5, 2013.
  3. ^ 3.0 3.1 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Hightstown borough, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed March 14, 2012. 引用錯誤:帶有name屬性「Census2010」的<ref>標籤用不同內容定義了多次
  4. ^ Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 162. Accessed March 14, 2012.
  5. ^ Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館), p. 156. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  6. ^ Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 1, 2015.
  7. ^ Mulvaney, Nicole. "Virginia woman and her mother to travel to N.J. to confirm lineage to Hightstown's founders"頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館), NJ.com, October 7, 2014. Accessed September 1, 2015. "John Hight was the first tavern keeper in town between the 1750s and 1770s. It was during those years, in the 1760s, that the name 'Hightstown' was established, Craig said.... 'John and Mary Hight were the namesake founders of the village of Hightstown, which later grew into the borough of Hightstown,' he said."