[6] The community, covering 570 acres (230 ha), was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

[9] Earliest mention of the local area in the 17th century refers to it as a wilderness with several Native American camps.

In 1816 the local section of the stagecoach turnpike between New York and Philadelphia ran along Main Street.

The village became a stopover for rail travelers, and a thriving center for the bountiful farms and mills which serviced the growing population.

It quickly became the largest village between Yardville (Sand Town) and Hightstown, and was renamed "Windsor" in 1846 to avoid any confusion with a Centerville post office in Hunterdon County.