Kentucky) – thoroughbred owner; winner of 1998 Kentucky Derby, 1998 Preakness Stakes winner Real Quiet and 2010 Preakness Stakes winner Lookin At Lucky John S. Poland, U.S. Army brigadier general William Prince (born in Ireland) – politician, town's namesake. Orville Redenbacher (born in Brazil, Indiana) – popcorn icon Jamie Rowe (rock- heavy metal vocalist) Dave Thomas (born in Atlantic City, New Jersey) – founder of Wendy's Mack V. Wright – actor and film director Brandon Hatten – author Taylor Caniff – Internet personality Jackie Young – American basketball player, chosen first for the 2019 WNBA Las Vegas Aces team Highways U.S. Route 41 Evansville – Terre Haute State Road 64 Known as Broadway Avenue for its entire length in Princeton. Mount Carmel – . State Road 65 Known as Broadway Avenue for first two thirds of its length up to the Courthouse Square, then turns onto Main Street for the remaining third. Heads for Petersburg or Owensville via Indiana 64. Major roads Broadway Avenue State Road 64 for east half, State Road 64/65 for west half where it becomes a four-lane road. Because Broadway Avenue does not have an overpass, it is often blocked as over 80 trains pass through town on a daily basis, sometimes with two trains passing each other over the intersection. Brumfield Avenue Runs parallel to Broadway one to four blocks north, depending on location. Site of one of the two railroad overpasses over the CSX/Norfolk Southern junction running through Princeton. Embree Street Though obscure at its beginning at Broadway, Embree Street is one of the major thoroughfares used in reaching Princeton Community High School, now known as Princeton Community Middle School. At the junction of Embree and Brumfield there is a roundabout, completed in 2009 to ease flow through the intersection as trains pass through town. Embree is also frequently used to bypass the railroad to get to the Brumfield Ave. Overpass from the square. The Gibson County Fairgrounds are also located along Embree Street immediately before the high school/middle school complex. Main Street Signed as State Road 65 north of the Gibson County Courthouse Square, Main Street is the main north-south thoroughfare in Princeton. Main Street was also once signed as U.S. Route 41 for nearly all of its length through Princeton. A two-year widening and rehabilitation project was completed in 2008, making what was once one of the most unpleasant-looking streets in Princeton