Editing Hightstown, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
[[File:2017-10-02 13 47 50 Freeman's Maples displaying the beginnings of fall color along Stockton Street (Mercer County Route 571) near Center Street in Hightstown Borough, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|220px|[[Freeman's maple]]s in early autumn on a residential street in Hightstown]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough had a total area of 1.27 square miles (3.28&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 1.23 square miles (3.19&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.03 square miles (0.09&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (2.60%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

The borough is an independent municipality surrounded entirely by [[East Windsor, New Jersey|East Windsor]],<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/276558/touches.html Areas touching Hightstown], MapIt. Accessed February 24, 2020.</ref> 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]], merger, 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" remain.</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>

Hightstown is at the central-most point of New Jersey and is roughly equidistant from [[Philadelphia]] and [[New York City]].<ref>Serzan, Kerry. [http://www.nj.com/towntours/2015/08/borough_of_hightstown_boasts_s.html "Borough of Hightstown boasts small-town charm, rich history and quaint lakeside business district"], [[NJ.com]], August 28, 2015, updated September 30, 2016. Accessed January 9, 2017. "Geographically and culturally, the Borough of Hightstown is 'at the center of it all'.... The small-yet-significant Mercer County borough lies at the central-most point of New Jersey and is roughly equidistant from New York City and Philadelphia."</ref>