Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Mercer
- Total
- 1.60 sq mi (4.15 km )
- Land
- 1.59 sq mi (4.12 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 899 ft (274 m)
- Density
- 633.8/sq mi (244.71/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 29-59942
- Website
- www .cityofprincetonmo .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Princeton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mercer County
- Population
- 1007
- Area
- 4.148125
- Elevation
- 293
- Capital of
- Mercer County
- Image
- Princeton-downtown.jpg
- Households
- 444
- Dialing code
- 660
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- postal code
- 64673
- P8168
- Wilga
- water as percent of area
- 0.797
- per capita income
- 19526
- Commons category
- Princeton, Missouri
- P12749
- Steve McQueen
- inception
- 1846-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Princeton is the county seat and largest city of Mercer County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,007 at the 2020 census, down from the 2010 census, which counted 1,166 people. Princeton was the birthplace of the famous frontierswoman Calamity Jane.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Princeton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.