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Washington Crossing is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, on the east bank of the Delaware River — it is a New Jersey community, distinct from the village of the same name across the river in Pennsylvania.

The community was the eastern landing point of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on the night of December 25–26, 1776, when the Continental Army came ashore here before marching nine miles to win the Battle of Trenton.

Washington Crossing State Park, roughly 3,500 acres of trails and wildlife habitat in Hopewell Township, lies adjacent to the community, and the New Jersey and Pennsylvania parks at the crossing were together designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961.

The park's Johnson Ferry House, a gambrel-roofed farmhouse and tavern built around 1740 by Garret Johnson on a 490-acre tract, is the last surviving structure that witnessed the 1776 crossing, and Washington and his officers probably used the house that night.

James Slack operated the Delaware River ferry from the Johnson farm in 1776, and the ferry house site is interpreted today with period furnishings and living-history demonstrations.

Each December, reenactments of the Christmas-night crossing are staged on the river here, drawing thousands of spectators to the twin parks.

Washington Crossing first appeared as a census-designated place in the 2020 census, which counted 371 residents.

The CDP covers just 0.29 square miles, about 15 percent of it water, making it one of the smaller census places in Mercer County.

The feeder canal of the Delaware and Raritan Canal runs along the river through the community, paralleled today by hiking and biking trails.

New Jersey Route 29, the River Road, passes through Washington Crossing, running about 8 miles southeast to Trenton, the state capital, and 7 miles northwest to Lambertville.