BORDENTOWN, a city of Burlington county, New Jersey, U.S.A., on the Delaware river and the Pennsylvania railroad, 5m. south-east of Trenton. The population in 193o was 4,405. It lies on a broad plain, 65ft. above the river, and has beautifully shaded wide streets. Most of the wage-earning residents work in Phila delphia, Trenton, New York, or on the railway. The public schools in 1927 had 1,000 pupils. There is a private military academy, and an industrial training school for coloured youth, supported and controlled by the State.
The first settlers were several Quaker families, in the i8th century. The town was laid out by Joseph Borden, and was incor porated as a borough in 1825. It was chartered as a city in 1867, and in 1913 adopted a commission form of government. It was the home for many years of Francis Hopkinson (1737-91) ; of Rear-Admiral Charles Stewart (1778-1869) ; of Prince Napoleon Lucien Charles Murat ; of Joseph Bonaparte, ex-king of Spain, who lived on a magnificent estate known as "Bonaparte's Park"; and of F. Marion Crawford, Richard Watson Gilder, Thomas Paine and Clara Barton. In 1832 the famous engine "Johnny Bull," built in England for the Camden and Amboy railway, had its first trial here, and the site was marked by a monument.