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Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Trenton, the state capital.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county is part of the Trenton, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area〔(May 2012 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Definitions ), Bureau of Labor Statistics. Accessed October 5, 2013.〕 and is considered part of the New York metropolitan area by the United States Census Bureau,〔(Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas ), Office of Management and Budget, February 28, 2013. Accessed October 3, 2013.〕 but also directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is included within the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia Designated Market Area.〔(- Philadelphia Market Area Coverage Maps ), Federal Communications Commission. Accessed December 28, 2014.〕 As of 2014, Mercer County's Census-estimated population was 371,537,〔 an increase of 1.4% from the 2010 United States Census, when its population was enumerated at 366,513,〔 in turn an increase of 15,752 (4.5%) from the 350,761 enumerated in the 2000 Census,〔 retaining its position as the 12th-most populous county in the state.〔(NJ Labor Market Views ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, March 15, 2011. Accessed October 6, 2013.〕〔 Mercer County stands among the highest-income counties in the United States, with the Bureau of Economic Analysis having ranked the county as having the 78th-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States (and the sixth-highest in New Jersey) as of 2009.〔(250 Highest Per Capita Personal Incomes of the 3113 Counties in the United States, 2009 ), Bureau of Economic Analysis. Accessed April 9, 2012.〕 The county was formed by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 22, 1838, from portions of Burlington County (including Nottingham Township), Hunterdon County (including Ewing Township, Lawrence Township, Trenton City and portions of Hopewell Township), and Middlesex County (including West Windsor Township and portions of East Windsor Township).〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 161. Accessed October 1, 2013.〕 The old Keith Line bisects the county and is the boundary between municipalities that previously had been separated into West Jersey and East Jersey. It was named for Continental Army General Hugh Mercer, who died as a result of wounds received at the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777.〔Kane, Joseph Nathan; and Aiken, Charles Curry. (''The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, and Population Data, 1950-2000'' ), p. 201. Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN 0810850362. Accessed January 21, 2013.〕 The Mercer Oak, against which the dying general rested as his men continued to fight, appears on the county seal and stood for 250 years until it collapsed in 2000.〔(Princeton Battlefield's Mercer Oak ), Princeton Battlefield's Clarke House Volunteers. Accessed October 6, 2013. "This white oak later became the symbol for Mercer County (named for the general), Princeton Township, the NJ Green Acres program, and other agencies. The approximately 250-year-old tree collapsed of its own weight March 3, 2000."〕 Mercer County is home to Princeton University, Princeton Theological Seminary, the Institute for Advanced Study, Rider University, The College of New Jersey, Thomas Edison State College and Mercer County Community College.〔(About Mercer County ), Mercer County. Accessed January 11, 2015.〕 == History == Founded February 22, 1838, from portions of surrounding counties, Mercer County has a historical impact that reaches back to the pivotal battles of the American Revolutionary War. On the night of December 25–26, 1776, General George Washington led American forces across the Delaware River to attack the Hessian barracks in Trenton on the morning of December 26. Following the battle, Washington crossed back to Pennsylvania. He crossed a third time in a surprise attack on the forces of General Charles Cornwallis at the Second Battle of Trenton on January 2, 1777, and at the Battle of Princeton on January 3. The successful attacks built morale among the pro-independence colonists.〔(Epicenter of Revolution ), Mercer County. Accessed October 6, 2013.〕 Mercer County has the distinction of being the famed landing spot for a fictional Martian invasion of the United States. In 1938, in what has become one of the most famous American radio plays of all time, Orson Welles acted out his ''The War of the Worlds'' invasion. His imaginary aliens first "landed" at what is now West Windsor Township. A commemorative monument is erected at Grover's Mill park.〔("War of the Worlds Monument" ), South Suburban College. Accessed October 17, 2008.〕 There were 27 Mercer County residents killed during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in Lower Manhattan. A long steel beam weighing one ton was given to the county by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in March 2011 and is now displayed at Mercer County Park.〔Staff. ("Hughes, Officials unveil section of steel beam from Sept. 11 to be used in memorial" ), Mercer County press release dated March 28, 2011. Accessed September 11, 2011. "Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes was flanked by firefighters and first responders from around the County today as a section of a steel beam recovered from Ground Zero was displayed for the first time. The 10-foot, 2,108-pound piece of I-beam steel was recovered from Ground Zero during the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks.... Dozens of firefighters and first responders from Mercer County worked at Ground Zero for the first 10 days after September 11, Hughes said. Mercer County was also home to 27 victims."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mercer County, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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