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The 08542 ZIP Code is centered1 in Mercer County at latitude 40.35 and longitude -74.661 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Mercer County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 08542 was 3,578 with 1,533 housing units; a land area land area of 0.4 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 8,962.32 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Princeton, NJ (< 0.1 mile)
North Princeton, NJ (< 0.1 mile)
Penns Neck, NJ (1.9 miles SE)
Coxs Corner, NJ (2.4 miles SW)
Cedar Grove, NJ (2.4 miles NW)
Princeton Junction, NJ (3.1 miles SE)
Kingston, NJ (3.1 miles NE)
Plainsboro, NJ (3.4 miles ESE)
Rosedale, NJ (3.4 miles WSW)
Port Mercer, NJ (3.4 miles SSW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Post Corner, NJ (4.7 miles SSE)
Lawrence, NJ (5.3 miles S)
Franklin Corner, NJ (5.6 miles SSW)
Locust Corner, NJ (7 miles SE)
Dutchtown, NJ (7 miles NNW)
Baldwins Corner, NJ (7.1 miles WSW)
Sand Hills, NJ (7.1 miles ENE)
Colonial Lake Lands, NJ (7.6 miles SSW)
Hickory Corner, NJ (7.7 miles SE)
Harneys Corner, NJ (8.2 miles SSW)

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  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.