. Industries of New wheat, oats, hay, flax, etc., 1,021,251 bushels of corn,the largest yield in the State. The manufactures of this county are not noteworthy, it being peculiarly anagricultural district, but the mining of its iron and copper will doubtless lead to the establishment ofmore works for the working up of the ores. The real and personal estate of the county was stated, in1870, to be worth $48,142,051. In 1870 the population was 36,961, and in 1880, 38,568. The county seatis at Flemington. MERCER COUNTY.—Mercer County was organized in 1838, out of parts of Hunterdon, Somers
. Industries of New wheat, oats, hay, flax, etc., 1,021,251 bushels of corn,the largest yield in the State. The manufactures of this county are not noteworthy, it being peculiarly anagricultural district, but the mining of its iron and copper will doubtless lead to the establishment ofmore works for the working up of the ores. The real and personal estate of the county was stated, in1870, to be worth $48,142,051. In 1870 the population was 36,961, and in 1880, 38,568. The county seatis at Flemington. MERCER COUNTY.—Mercer County was organized in 1838, out of parts of Hunterdon, Somerset,Middlesex, and Burlington Counties, and received its name in honor of Hugh Mercer, the patriot general ofthe revolution, who fell at Prmceton, January 3d, 1777, It comprises about 275 square miles, and in 1880had a population of 58,058 ; in 1850, the population was 27,992 ; in i860, 37,415, and in 1870, 46,386, whenthe ieal and personal property was appraised at $62,364,494. The surface is slightly rolling, and the soil. TKENTON — RAILKOAJ BKIDGE ACKOS D E L A W A K E. fertile, with small tracts of oak hickory and chestnut trees, and quarnes of rod sandstone ; the stapleproducts are wheat, com, oats, hay and potatoes. Numerous dairies yield excellent milk, butter, etc.,and the city of Trenton is an important manufacturing centre, but the county is most remarkable forthe number and standing of the educational institutions within its limits, among which are the ^Collegeof New Jersey and Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Princeton, and institutions of recognized meritat Hightstown, Lawrence, Pennmgton, etc., besides the Stale, Normal and Model Schools at county is drained by the Delaware and Millstone Rivers, which form its southwestern and northeasternboundaries, and by the Assanpink Creek, which rises in Monmouth County and floMs through Mercerto the Delaware. The Bound Brook division of the PhiladelpTiia and Reading, and three of the UnitedRailroads of New
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