海茨敦

海茨敦（Hightstown）是美国新泽西州默瑟县的一个自治市镇。截至2010年美国人口普查，DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Hightstown borough, Mercer County, New Jersey , United States Census Bureau. Accessed March 14, 2012.海茨敦人口为5,494人，比2000年人口普查的5,216人增加了278人（增长5.3％），2000年则比1990年人口普查的5,126人增加了90人（增长1.8％）。

海茨敦于1853年3月5日在东温莎镇部分地区通过新泽西州议会成立，该行政区完全自治。东温莎镇的其他部分在1913年，1915年和1927年被吞并。Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968 , Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 162. Accessed March 14, 2012.它以约翰和玛丽·海特（John and Mary Hight）命名，他们1750年代在该地区建立了一家酒馆。Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States , p. 156. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed January 1, 2015.Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names , New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 1, 2015.Mulvaney, Nicole. "Virginia woman and her mother to travel to N.J. to confirm lineage to Hightstown's founders" , NJ.com, October 7, 2014. Accessed September 1, 2015. "John Hight was the first tavern keeper in town between the 1750s and 1770s. It was during those years, in the 1760s, that the name 'Hightstown' was established, Craig said.... 'John and Mary Hight were the namesake founders of the village of Hightstown, which later grew into the borough of Hightstown,' he said."

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