Chambersburg, New Jersey

Chambersburg Station post office on Broad Street

Chambersburg was a municipality that existed in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, from 1872 to 1888. Chambersburg is now a section of Trenton.

Chambersburg was named for Robert Chambers, a founder of the area, whose family is memorialized by Chambers Street (which passes through the area). Robert Chambers died in 1865, shortly before the borough was created.^[1]

Chambersburg was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 2, 1872, from portions of Hamilton Township.^[2] On March 27, 1874, the municipality was reincorporated as the Borough of Chambersburg Township.^[2] On May 1, 1888, Chambersburg was annexed to Trenton.^[2][3]

Chambersburg is mostly widely known as the home of fictional bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, a character created by author Janet Evanovich. A significant portion of each of the novels featuring Plum takes place in or around "The 'Burg."

Community

Once widely regarded as the "Italian section" of the city of Trenton, Chambersburg, "The 'Burg," is still home to a few Italian restaurants and bakeries.

A map with points of interest (including St. Francis Medical Center, Columbus Park and Immaculate Conception Church) is available at [1]

An article on the history of Chambersburg and some notable residents appears online, copied from the Trentonian: The City of Trenton is home to numerous neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods. The main neighborhoods are taken from the four cardinal directions (North, South, East, and West) Trenton was once home to large Italian, Hungarian, and Jewish communities, but since the 1960s demographic shifts have changed the city into a relatively segregated urban enclave of poorer African Americans. Italians are still scattered throughout the city, but a distinct Italian community was centered in the Chambersburg neighborhood. Since the decline of the Italian community, many newer immigrants have came to the neighborhood. Today, Chambersburg has Trenton's largest Latino community. Many of the immigrants come from Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Ecuador. The Puerto Rican population has decreased slightly but is still present in Chambersburg. These recently arrived immigrants have helped to diversify Trenton's Latino community.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ How Streets of Trenton Obtained Present Names, Trenton Historical Society, accessed March 21, 2007
2. ^ ^{a b c} "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 158.
3. ^ A History of Trenton: Chronology of Important Events, accessed March 21, 2007

Coordinates: 40°12′39″N 74°44′48″W / 40.21087°N 74.746771°W / 40.21087; -74.746771