Titusville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022. in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 7, 2015. As of the 2020 census, the population was 633. The area includes a post office with its own ZIP Code (08560), several restaurants, gas stations, a firehouse, and a small cluster of homes. Washington Crossing State Park, dedicated to George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River in 1776, is adjacent to the community.

History The Titus family first settled the area in the early 1700s. By the time he died in 1797, Joseph Titus had assembled a family farmstead of almost , from which he developed the village.Boyes, Maria. "From Hollystone to Hopewell, Eco-Tourism and Conservation Comes to Mercer County", Preservation New Jersey. Accessed October 8, 2024. "According to the 2003 Hopewell Township Cultural Resource survey funded by NJSHPO, the manor house and barn are eligible for local, state and national designation because of the association with the Titus family as well as for the architecture of the house and barn. From this site, the family developed Titusville Village taking advantage of both the canal and the railroad along the river, which were integral to the success of Titusville and the Pleasant Valley farming district (a nationally recognized historic district)."

Titusville is just north of the Johnson Ferry House in adjacent Washington Crossing, the scene of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War. In 1831, the ferry was replaced by the Washington Crossing Bridge, linking it with Washington Crossing in Pennsylvania.

In 1851, the Belvidere-Delaware Railroad opened to Titusville and a station was built in the town. Passenger service ceased at Titusville in April 1952 but passenger trains to other towns continued operating until October 1960. Freight continued to run on this portion of the line until 1976. Track was subsequently removed for the Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park recreational trail in the early 1980s.

Historic district

The Titusville Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 17, 1983, for its significance in architecture, industry, religion, and transportation. It includes 100 contributing buildings. With

Geography Titusville's central feature is a small village that sits on a bluff overlooking a picturesque stretch of the Delaware River, with stairwells connecting the village to private docks on the river. The community is bisected by New Jersey Route 29 (River Road), a busy road that runs along the east side of the Delaware. The Delaware and Raritan feeder canal runs parallel to the river just to the east of the village, which is connected to River Road by several two-lane bridges. A biking/walking trail follows the canal, constructed when the former Belvidere-Delaware Railroad line was removed in the early 1980s. Opposite the canal from the river, extending eastward, are a number of small residential streets, a county park centered about Baldpate Mountain, and the homes ringing the base of the mountain and county park.

Washington Crossing State Park, an tract of woods, fields, and streams, borders the community to the north and east. The park covers the gradual slope from Bear Tavern Road down to the Delaware River.Washington Crossing State Park, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection State Park Service. Accessed December 7, 2021.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Titusville CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 15.2%, are water.

Titusville is home to Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., a division of Johnson and Johnson.

Education All of Hopewell Township, including Titusville, is served by the Hopewell Valley Regional School District.2020 Census - School District Reference Map: Mercer County, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 24, 2024.

Demographics Titusville first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.

+Titusville CDP, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 20202020White alone (NH) 556 87.84%Black or African American alone (NH) 10 1.58%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)00.00%Asian alone (NH) 81.26%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%Other race alone (NH)3 0.47%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 34 5.37%Hispanic or Latino (any race)22 3.48%Total633 100.00%

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Titusville include: William H. Blackwell (1882–1963), fruit farmer and politicianScannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide, p. 518. J. J. Scannell, 1919. Accessed December 7, 2021. "William Hartwell Blackwell - Titusville - Fruitgrower and Assemblyman. Born at Washington's Crossing, N. J., on July 22, 1882; son of Charles E. and Sarah E. (Hartwell) Blackwell." Robyn Jones (born 1985), professional soccer goalkeeper who played two years for the Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional SoccerRobyn Jones , Franklin & Marshall College. Accessed November 8, 2017. "Hometown: Titusville, NJ; High School: Pennington"

Gallery

See also Howell Living History Farm Central Delaware Valley AVA Washington Crossing Historic Park, across in the river in Pennsylvania

References

External links

First Presbyterian Church of Titusville