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| A Absecon Allamuchy Allendale Allenhurst Allentown Allenwood Alloway Alpine Andover Annandale Asbury Park Atlantic City Atlantic Highlands Audubon Avalon Avenel Avon By The Sea B Barnegat Light Barnegat Barrington Bayonne Beach Haven Beachwood Belford Belleville Bellmawr Belmar Belvidere Bergenfield Berkeley Heights Berlin Bernardsville Beverly Blackwood Bloomfield Bloomingdale Bloomsbury Bogota Boonton Bordentown Bound Brook Bradley Beach Branchville Bridgeton Brielle Brigantine Browns Mills Budd Lake Buena Burlington Butler C Caldwell Califon Camden Cape May Court House Cape May Point Cape May Carlstadt Carteret Cedar Grove Cedarville Chatham Cherry Hill Chester Clark Clayton Clementon Cliffside Park Cliffwood Clifton Clinton Closter Collingswood Colonia Cranbury Cranford Cresskill | D Dayton Deal Demarest Dover Dumont Dunellen E East Brunswick East Orange East Rutherford Eatontown Edgewater Edison Egg Harbor City Elizabeth Elmer Elmwood Park Elwood Emerson Englewood Cliffs Englewood Englishtown Essex Fells Estell Manor F Fair Haven Fair Lawn Fairfield Fairton Fairview Fanwood Far Hills Farmingdale Flemington Florence Florham Park Fords Forked River Fort Lee Franklin Lakes Franklin Freehold Frenchtown G Garfield Garwood Gibbsboro Gibbstown Glassboro Glen Gardner Glen Ridge Glen Rock Glendora Gloucester City Great Meadows Hackensack H Hackettstown Haddon Heights Haddonfield Haledon Hamburg Hammonton Hampton Harrington Park Harrison Hasbrouck Heights Haworth Hawthorne Helmetta High Bridge Highland Lakes Highland Park Highlands Hightstown Hillsdale Hillside Ho Ho Kus Hoboken Hopewell Hopatcong | I Irvington Iselin Island Heights J Jersey City K Keansburg Kearny Kendall Park Kenilworth Keyport Kingston L Lakehurst Lakewood Lambertville Lavallette Lebanon Leonardo Leonia Lincoln Park Lincroft Linden Linwood Little Falls Little Ferry Little Silver Livingston Lodi Long Branch Long Valley Longport Lyndhurst M Madison Magnolia Manahawkin Manasquan Mantoloking Manville Maplewood Margate City Marlton Matawan Mays Landing Maywood Medford Mendham Merchantville Metuchen Middlesex Midland Park Milford Millburn Milltown Millville Monmouth Beach Monmouth Junction Montclair Montvale Moonachie Moorestown Morganville Morris Plains Morristown Mount Arlington Mount Ephraim Mountain Lakes Mountainside Mullica Hill  | N National Park Navesink Neptune Netcong New Brunswick New Egypt New Milford New Providence Newark Newfield Newton North Arlington North Brunswick Northfield Northvale Norwood Nutley O Oakhurst Oakland Oaklyn Ocean City Ocean Gate Ocean Grove Oceanport Ogdensburg Old Bridge Oradell Orange Oxford P Palisades Park Palmyra Paramus Park Ridge Passaic Paterson Paulsboro Peapack Pemberton Pennington Penns Grove Pennsauken Pennsville Perth Amboy Phillipsburg Pine Beach Pitman Plainfield Plainsboro Pleasantville Point Pleasant Beach Pomona Pompton Lakes Port Monmouth Port Norris Port Reading Port Republic Princeton Junction Princeton R Rahway Ramsey Raritan Red Bank Ridgefield Park Ridgefield Ridgewood Ringwood Rio Grande River Edge Riverdale Riverton Rochelle Park Rockaway Rocky Hill Roosevelt Roseland Roselle Park Roselle Rosenhayn Rumson Runnemede Rutherford | S Saddle Brook Saddle River Salem Sayreville Scotch Plains Sea Girt Sea Isle City Seaside Heights Seaside Park Secaucus Sewaren Shiloh Shrewsbury Somerdale Somers Point Somerset Somerville South Amboy South Bound Brook South Orange South Plainfield South River Spotswood Spring Lake Springfield Stanhope Stockton Stone Harbor Stratford Strathmere Succasunna Summit Sussex Swedesboro T Teaneck Tenafly Toms River Totowa Trenton Tuckerton U Union City Union V Ventnor City Vernon Verona Villas Vineland W Waldwick Wallington Wanaque Waretown Washington Watchung Wayne Wenonah West Long Branch West Milford West New York West Orange Westfield Westville Westwood Wharton Whitehouse Station Whitesboro Wildwood Williamstown Wood Ridge Woodbine Woodbridge Woodbury Heights Woodbury Woodcliff Lake Woodstown Wrightstown Wyckoff | ||||||
Interesting Facts ~ New Jersey is the 11th most populous and the 47th most extensive of the 50 states ~ ~The state attained statehood on December 18, 1787, becoming the 3rd state to join the union ~ ~ State flag features the coat of arms with two goddesses, a horse’s head, and the year 1776 ~ ~ Sandy Hook hosts historic lighthouse and forms barrier spit that shelters Raritan Bay ~ ~ Near complete dinosaur skeleton, Hadrosaurus foulkii, unearthed in Haddonfield in 1858 ~ ~ Hindenburg disaster occurred at Lakehurst on May 6, 1937 ~ ~ Abolished the death penalty in 2007 and replaced it with life imprisonment ~ ~ Many towns ask beachgoers to buy seasonal badges for access during summer months ~ ~ People from New Jersey are commonly called New Jerseyans ~ ~ NJ is official two-letter postal abbreviation for New Jersey ~ ~ Has about 130 mi210 km (210 km) of Atlantic Ocean coastline known as the Jersey Shore ~ ~ Pinelands National Reserve protects roughly 1.1 million acres of forests, bogs, and wetlands ~ ~ First state to ratify the U.S. Bill of Rights on November 20, 1789 ~ ~ Phrase “down the Shore” is a local way of saying “to the beach.” ~ ~ Holds statewide elections in odd-numbered years for governor and legislature ~ ~ Has the highest population density of any U.S. state ~ ~ Has 21 counties and 564 municipalities ~ ~ State nickname is the Garden State ~ ~ State motto is “Liberty and Prosperity,” adopted in 1777 ~ ~ High Point near the New York border is the state’s highest elevation at 1,803 ft (550 m) ~ ~ Lowest Point is the Jersey Shore along the Atlantic Ocean at sea level ~ ~ First recorded organized baseball game was played in Hoboken on June 19, 1846 ~ ~ Nation’s first intercollegiate football game took place in New Brunswick on November 6, 1869 ~ ~ State population is about 9 million people, with diverse communities from around the world ~ ~ Many residents commute to jobs in New York City or Philadelphia due to the state’s location ~ ~ Drivers can‘t pump their own gas, because full service fueling is required by law ~ ~ Newark Liberty International Airport is among the nation’s earliest major airports ~ ~ Glassmaking has been a tradition in South Jersey since the 1700s ~ ~ Barnegat Bay is a shallow lagoon system separated from the ocean by long barrier islands ~ ~ Thomas Edison ran one of the world’s first industrial research labs in Menlo Park ~ ~ Atlantic City opened its first legal casino in 1978 ~ ~ First drive-in movie theater opened in Camden County on June 6, 1933 ~ ~~~~~~~~ |
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