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New Jersey History, Geography, Population, State Facts

New Jersey State Aquarium - Camden Battleship New Jersey Naval Museum Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum Cape May Whale Watcher

The Garden State

Great Seal of the State of New Jersey

Adoptedin 1928.

The Great Seal of the State of New Jersey was adopted in 1928.

New Jersey's state seal was designed by Pierre Eugene du Simitiere and presented in May, 1777, to the Legislature, which was then meeting in the Indian King Tavern in Haddonfield.

Red Mill in Clinton New Jersey - Summer

Red Mill Clinton New Jersey - Winter

Clinton New Jersey is a Town in Hunterdon County, New Jersey on the South Branch of the Raritan River. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 2,632. When the Clinton post office was established in 1829 the town was named for DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York and the primary impetus behind the then-newly completed Erie Canal

New Jersey's early colonial history was involved with that of New York (New Netherlands), of which it was a part. One year after the Dutch surrender to England in 1664, New Jersey was organized as an English colony under Gov. Philip Carteret

In 1676 the colony was divided between Carteret and a company of English Quakers who had obtained the rights belonging to John, Lord Berkeley. New Jersey became a united crown colony in 1702, administered by the royal governor of New York. Finally, in 1738, New Jersey was separated from New York under its own royal governor, Lewis Morris. Because of its key location between New York City and Philadelphia, New Jersey saw much fighting during the American Revolution.

Capital City: Trenton

Capitol Tour

New Jersey: State of New Jersey Official Web Site

Admission to Statehood: Click for Date & List

Airports: Airports Map • Airport Links

Amtrak: Northeast

Area: 8722 sq.mi, 47th Land 7419 sq. mi., 46th Water 1303 sq.mi., 27th Coastline 130 mi.13th Shoreline 1,792 mi., 14th

Area Codes: New Jersey

Biographies: Famous People from New Jersey

Bird: American Goldfinch

Border States: Regional List • Delaware • New York • Pennsylvania

Cam World: Live Web Cams

Cities & towns: New Jersey

Climate: New Jersey

Community Pages: New Jersey Cities, Towns, Communities List

Constitution: 3rd State

County Profile: County Map 21 Counties

Courts: Judicial System

Current Events: New Jersey News Headlines

Department of: Education • Licensure | New Jersey Commission on Higher Education New Jersey Colleges, Universities, and Schools | Rutgers
The State University of New Jersey.| New Jersey State Library | Princeton University Princeton University, Princeton, founded in 1746.

Driving: DMV

Economy: Agriculture: Nursery stock, horses, vegetables, fruits and nuts, seafood, dairy products.• Industry: Chemical products, food processing, electric equipment, printing and publishing, tourism.

Flag: New Jersey (NJ)

Flower: Violet Viola sororia

Cyndi's List Historical Societies

Geographic Center: Mercer, 5 miles southeast of Trenton

Geology Maps: New Jersey

Ghost Towns: Ghost Towns

Governor: Office of Governor

Highest Point: High Point; 1,803 feet, 40th

Highways: New Jersey Highways

History: History Timeline • Historical

Hotels, Motels & Inns:

Kids Corner: State of New Jersey Kids Site

Library: New Jersey

License Plates: New Jersey

Lighthouses: Barnegat • Cape May • Hereford Inlet • Navesink • Sandy Hook • Sea Girt

Lottery: New Jersey

Lowest Point: Atlantic coast; sea level, 3rd

Maps:

Media: Radio • TV

Motto: Liberty and Prosperity

Museums: The Virtual Library

Name: New Jersey: A distinguished citizen of Camden, Hon. Abraham Browning , stirred the pride of Jerseymen by telling them, at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, on New Jersey Day, August 24, 1876, that our “Garden State” is like a huge barrel, with both ends open, one of which is plucked by New York and the other by Pennsylvania.

Population: Quick facts 8,414,350; 9th, 12/00

Presidential Birthplace: Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889 {22nd} & 1893-1897 {24th}

Real Estate: Every New Jersey City, Town & Community

Representatives: New Jersey House: Members • New Jersey Senate: Members • US House: 110th Congress • US Senate: 110th Congress

Road Side America: New Jersey

School Directory: New Jersey

Soil: New Jersey - Downer

Song: New Jersey •

Sports: New Jersey Teams

State Parks: New Jersey New Jersey offers: 39 parks, 11 forests, 3 recreation areas and more than 50 historic sites and districts.

Symbols: Facts & Symbols

Tourism: www.state.nj.us/travel