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West Windsor Township is a township in Mercer County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 27,165,〔〔〔 reflecting an increase of 5,258 (+24.0%) from the 21,907 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 5,886 (+36.7%) from the 16,021 counted in the 1990 Census.〔(Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed June 12, 2012.〕 West Windsor Township was established by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 9, 1797, and incorporated on February 21, 1798, as one of the state's initial group of 104 townships. The Borough of Princeton (now part of Princeton) was formed from portions of the township on February 11, 1813.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 175. Accessed April 6, 2012.〕 The township is closely associated with that now much more widely known town and several localities within West Windsor use ''Princeton'' in their name, the most notable of those being Princeton Junction. A portion of Princeton University covering south of Lake Carnegie is located in West Windsor Township.〔(The Campus as a Work in Progress ), Princeton University. Accessed July 19, 2014.〕 The University agreed in 2009 to make an annual payment in lieu of taxes of $50,000 that would be indexed to inflation to cover of land in the township that the university had purchased in 2002.〔(West Windsor Receives $51,900 From Princeton University ) Township of West Windsor, December 2, 2009. Accessed April 23, 2012.〕 In 2008, ''Forbes'' listed West Windsor as the 15th most affluent neighborhood in the U.S.〔(Twenty Most Affluent US Neighborhoods ), Forbes. Accessed December 29, 2008.〕 ==History== Grover's Mill in West Windsor was the site Orson Welles chose for the Martian invasion in his infamous 1938 radio broadcast of ''The War of the Worlds''.〔(History ), Township or West Windsor. Accessed April 6, 2012. "Martians from the Orson Welles produced radio drama based on the book The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. In this drama, the audience was told that an alien spacecraft had landed on a farm near Grovers Mill, located in West Windsor."〕 The West Windsor post office was found to be infected with anthrax during the anthrax attacks in 2001-2002.〔Kleinfeld, N. R. (A Nation Challenged: The Sites; Anthrax Closes a 3rd New Jersey Post Office ), The New York Times, October 28, 2001. Accessed September 17, 2011. "New Jersey health officials said the bin at the Princeton Main Post Office in neighboring West Windsor tested positive for what they said was a tiny, 'single colony' of anthrax. Some 60 to 70 people work at the center."〕 In April 2002, a memorial was dedicated to the seven residents of West Windsor who lost their lives in the September 11 terrorist attacks.〔(West Windsor 9/11 Memorial ), Voices of September 11th. Accessed December 2, 2013.〕 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「West Windsor Township, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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