Editing East Windsor, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 15.66 square miles (40.55&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 15.57 square miles (40.32&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.09 square miles (0.23&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (0.57%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

[[File:East Windsor.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Rolling fields in East Windsor]]
[[Twin Rivers, New Jersey|Twin Rivers]] (2010 Census population of 7,443<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3474330 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Twin Rivers CDP, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212140335/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3474330 |date=2020-02-12 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed November 17, 2012.</ref>) is an [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) located within East Windsor Township.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)], [[United States Census Bureau]], August 2012. Accessed November 15, 2012.</ref> According to "New Jersey: A Guide to the State" by Barbara Westergaard, Twin Rivers was "New Jersey's first planned unit development" and "has attracted the scrutiny of countless researchers, from sociologists and anthropologists to specialists in energy conservation."  Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located completely or partially within East Windsor include [[Allens Station, New Jersey|Allens Station]],{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} Eilers Corner, [[Etra, New Jersey|Etra]], [[Hickory Corner, New Jersey|Hickory Corner]], [[Locust Corner, New Jersey|Locust Corner]], [[Millstone, Mercer County, New Jersey|Millstone]]{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} and Washington Oak.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed March 16, 2015.</ref>

The township borders [[Robbinsville Township, New Jersey|Robbinsville Township]] and [[West Windsor Township, New Jersey|West Windsor Township]] in Mercer County; [[Cranbury, New Jersey|Cranbury Township]], [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]] and [[Plainsboro Township, New Jersey|Plainsboro Township]] in [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]]; and both [[Millstone Township, New Jersey|Millstone Township]] and [[Upper Freehold Township, New Jersey|Upper Freehold Township]] in [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth County]].<ref>[http://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/600353/touches.html Areas touching East Windsor Township], MapIt. Accessed May 26, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://www.dvrpc.org/Mapping/Maps/pdf/Mercer_MCDs.pdf Municipalities within Mercer County, NJ], [[Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref> East Windsor completely surrounds the independent borough of [[Hightstown, New Jersey|Hightstown]], making it part one of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another.<ref>DeMarco, Megan. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/princeton_merger_voters_to_dec.html "Voters to decide whether to merge two Princetons into one"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 3, 2011. Accessed January 8, 2017. "There are 22 sets of 'doughnut towns' in New Jersey, those where one town wraps around the other town". Note that following voter approval of the [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]] merger, 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" remain.</ref>

The Meadow Lakes continuing care retirement community occupies a {{convert|100|acres|adj=on}} site that straddles the East Windsor-Hightstown boundary line.<ref>[http://www.meadowlakesonline.org/ Home Page], Meadow Lakes. Accessed March 16, 2015.</ref>