Delaware River Region
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Trenton and Princeton.
Trenton
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Trenton is in Mercer County, and is the capital of New Jersey. The city's strategic location in between New York City and Philadelphia has historically contributed to its growth and significantly impacts local culture.
Princeton
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Princeton, home to the prestigious Princeton University, is a municipality with a population of approximately 32,000 in Mercer County, central New Jersey.
Camden
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Camden is a city in Camden County, New Jersey, across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. Camden is a former industrial boom-town that has fallen onto hard times.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Mercer County and Camden County.
Mercer County
Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Trenton, also the state capital, prompting its nickname The Capital County.
Camden County
Camden County is the most populous county in the southern region of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Camden. As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's ninth-most populous county, with a population of 523,485, its highest decennial…
Gloucester County
Gloucester County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's 14th-most populous county with a population of 302,294, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 14,006 from the 288,288 counted in the 2010 census, which in turn represented an increase of 33,615 from the 2000 census population of 254,673.
Burlington County
Burlington County is in the Delaware River Region of New Jersey. It stretches across the middle of the state, and its southeast corner reaches tidal estuaries leading to southern New Jersey's Great Bay, which separates the county from the Atlantic Ocean.
Salem County
Salem County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its western boundary is formed by the Delaware River, and it has the eastern terminus of the Delaware Memorial Bridge, which connects the county with New Castle, Delaware.
Cumberland County
Cumberland County is a coastal county located on the Delaware Bay in the Southern Shore Region of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's 16th-most-populous county, with a population of 154,152, a decrease of 2,746 from the 2010 census count of 156,898.
Delaware River Region
- Type: region
- Description: region in Western New Jersey
- Location: New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
39.7747° or 39° 46′ 29″ northLongitude of center
-75.2178° or 75° 13′ 4″ westWikidata ID
Q5253342
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Delaware River Region” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “德拉瓦河地區”
- Hebrew: “אזור נהר דלאוור”
- Italian: “Valle del Delaware”
- Japanese: “デラウェア川流域”
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