Mercer may refer to:

Business

Mercer (automobile) Mercer was an United States of America, American automobile manufacturer from 1909 until 1925. It was notable for its high-performance cars, especially the Type 35 Raceabout. History The Mercer Automobile Company was formed in May 1909 in Tren ...

, a defunct American automobile manufacturer (1909–1925) *

Mercer (consulting firm) Mercer is an American consulting firm founded in 1945. It is one of the four operating subsidiaries of global professional services firm Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC). Mercer is headquartered in New York City with offices in 43 countries and oper ...

, a human resources consulting firm headquartered in New York City, US *

Mercer (occupation) Mercery (from French , meaning "habderdashery" (goods) or "haberdashery" (a shop trading in textiles and notions) initially referred to silk, linen and fustian textiles among various other piece goods imported to England in the 12th century. E ...

, a merchant or trader, more specifically a merchant who deals in textiles (mercery) ** Mercer, a member of the London guild of the

Worshipful Company of Mercers The Mercers' Company, or the Worshipful Company of Mercers, is a livery company of the City of London in the Great Twelve City Livery Companies, and ranks first in the order of precedence of the Companies. Mercer comes from the Latin for merch ...

Mercer Pottery Company The Mercer Pottery Company is a defunct American pottery company. The backstamp on many of its pottery pieces indicates it was founded in 1865 in Trenton, New Jersey. It was then purchased in 1875 by James Moses. The company ran successfully until t ...

, a defunct American company *

Mercer Union Mercer Union is a Canadian artist-run centre in Toronto, Ontario, established in 1979 to exhibit contemporary art. History Mercer Union was founded in 1979 by artists Michael Balfe, Peter Blendell, Ric Evans, Peter Hill, Jamie Lyons, David MacW ...

, an artist-run centre in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada

People and fictional characters

* Mercer (surname), a list of people and fictional characters with the surname * Mercer (given name), a list of people and fictional characters so named

Places

United States

Fort Mercer Fort Mercer was an earthen fort on the eastern shores of the Delaware River in New Jersey that was constructed by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The fort was built in 1777 by Polish engineer Thaddeus Kosciuszko und ...

, American Revolution fort along the Delaware River in New Jersey * Mercer Township, Adams County, Iowa, an unincorporated community *

Mercer, Maine Mercer is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The town was named after the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War hero Hugh Mercer. The population was 709 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Geography According to ...

, a town *

Mercer, Missouri Mercer is a city in Mercer County, Missouri, United States. The population was 263 at the 2020 census. History A post office was established in 1859 and Mercer was platted in the 1870s when the railroad was extended to that point. The original ...

, a city * Mercer, North Carolina, an unincorporated community *

Mercer, North Dakota Mercer is a city in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 88 at the 2020 census. Mercer was founded in 1905 along a now-abandoned branch line of the Northern Pacific Railway extending from Carrington to Turtle Lake. ...

, a city * Mercer, Ohio, an unincorporated community *

Mercer, Pennsylvania Mercer is a borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The population was 1,982 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Hermitage micropolitan area. The community was named after Brigadier General Hugh Mercer. ...

, a borough *

Mercer, Tennessee Mercer is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. It is located along State Route 138 halfway between Interstate 40 and Toone, just east of the Hatchie River. Mercer has a post office; its zip code is 38392. D ...

, an unincorporated community *

Mercer, Wisconsin Mercer is a town in southern Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,649 at the 2020 census. The census-designated place of Mercer and the unincorporated communities of Carter and Manitowish are located within the town. M ...

, a town *

Mercer (CDP), Wisconsin Mercer is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the town of Mercer, Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. Mercer is located on US Highway 51 (US 51) south-southeast of Hurley. Mercer has a post office with ZIP code 54547. As ...

, an unincorporated census-designated place *

Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens Mercer Botanic Gardens (180 acres) is a public botanical gardens that includes landscaped garden beds and natural areas located at 22306 Aldine Westfield Road in northern Harris County, Texas, United States. The gardens are managed by Harris ...

, Harris County, Texas *

Mercer Caverns Mercer Caverns is a show cave located one mile north of Murphys in Calaveras County California. It is named after the gold prospector Walter J. Mercer who discovered the caves around 1885 and filed a claim. The caverns have a large number of s ...

, Murphys, California *

Mercer County (disambiguation) Mercer County is the name of several counties in the United States: * Mercer County, New Jersey, the most populous U.S. county named Mercer and home to New Jersey's capital city, Trenton * Mercer County, Illinois * Mercer County, Kentucky * Merc ...

Mercer Island, Washington Mercer Island is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located on an island of the same name in the southern portion of Lake Washington. Mercer Island is in the Seattle metropolitan area, with Seattle to its west and Bellevue to ...

Mercer Lake Mercer Lake, also known as Lake Mercer, is a man-made lake within Mercer County Park in West Windsor Township, New Jersey, West Windsor, Mercer County, New Jersey, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. History The lake came into being with ...

, West Windsor, New Jersey *

Mercer Township (disambiguation) Mercer Township may refer to: * Mercer Township, Mercer County, Illinois * Mercer Township, Adams County, Iowa * Mercer Township, McLean County, North Dakota, in McLean County, North Dakota * Mercer Township, Pennsylvania {{geodis Township n ...

Antarctica

Mount Mercer (Antarctica) Athos Range () is the northernmost range in the Prince Charles Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. The range consists of many individual mountains and nunataks that trend east–west for along the north side of Scylla Glacier. The ...

Mercer Ice Stream Mercer Ice Stream (), formerly Ice Stream A, flows west to Gould Coast to the south of Whillans Ice Stream, Antarctica. It is the southernmost of several major ice streams draining from Marie Byrd Land into the Ross Ice Shelf. The ice streams we ...

, Marie Byrd Land *

Mercer Ridge The Ohio Range () is a range in the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. It is about long and wide, extending west-southwest – east-northeast from Eldridge Peak to Mirsky Ledge. The range forms the northeast end of the Horlick Mountains ...

, Marie Byrd Land *

Mercer Lake (Antarctica) Mercer Subglacial Lake is a subglacial lake in Antarctica covered by a sheet of ice thick; the water below is hydraulically active, with water replacement times on the order of a decade from the Ross Sea. Studies suggest that Mercer Subglacial L ...

, West Antarctica

Elsewhere

Mercer, New Zealand Mercer is a village in the Waikato District Council area of the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is 70 km north of Hamilton and 58 km south of Auckland, on the east bank of the Waikato River, 2 km south of it ...

, a village *

Te Unuhanga-a-Rangitoto / Mercer Bay Te Unuhanga-a-Rangitoto / Mercer Bay is a bay on the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located south of Piha and north of Karekare. The bay is surrounded by -high cliffs, which are the tallest in the Auckland Region. Descr ...

, in West Auckland, New Zealand * Mercer Bay, a small bay on the southeast coast of Cumberland West Bay on South Georgia Island * Mercer 3, a globular cluster of the Milky Way galaxy

Other uses

* Mercer Arena, Seattle, Washington, a performing arts venue * Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, England, also known as "The Mercer" *

Mercer House (Savannah, Georgia) Mercer House (now the Mercer Williams House Museum) is located at 429 Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia. Completed in 1868, it occupies the southwestern civic block of Monterey Square. The house was the scene of the 1981 killing of Danny Hans ...

* Mercer House (Natchez, Mississippi) * Mercer Museum, a National Historic Landmark in Doylestown, Pennsylvania * Mercer Oak, a large white oak tree that stood in Princeton Battlefield State Park in Princeton *

Mercer University Mercer University is a Private university, private Research university, research university in Macon, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1833 as Mercer Institute and gaining university status in 1837, it is the oldest private university in the s ...

, a private university with its main campus in Macon, Georgia, US * USS ''Mercer'', two ships