The New International Encyclopædia/Princeton (Illinois)

PRINCETON, prĭns′ton. A city and the county-seat of Bureau County, Ill., 103 miles west by south of Chicago; on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (Map: Illinois, C 2). It has the Matson Public Library and the library of the township high school, which was one of the first institutions of its kind established in the State. The surrounding district is fertile, and is engaged in farming and cattle-raising and coal-mining. The water-works and electric light plant are owned and operated by the municipality. Princeton was settled in 1830, incorporated in 1838, and chartered as a city in 1881. Population, in 1890, 3396; in 1900, 4023.