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New Jersey is a state located in both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States, at the geographic hub of the heavily urbanized Northeast megalopolis. New Jersey is bordered to the northwest, north, and northeast by New York State; on its east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on its west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on its southwest by Delaware Bay and Delaware. At 7,354 square miles (19,050 km²), New Jersey is the fifth-smallest state in land area, but with over 9.5 million residents as of 2024 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, its highest population ever, the state ranks 11th in population. The state capital is Trenton, and the state's most populous city is Newark. New Jersey is the only U.S. state in which every county is deemed urban by the U.S. Census Bureau, and is the most densely populated U.S. state.

New Jersey was first inhabited by Paleo-Indians as early as 13,000 B.C.E. The Lenape were the dominant Indigenous group when Europeans arrived in the early 17th century, and they were subdivived into dialectal groups such as the Munsee, in the north, and the Unami and the Unalachtigo, elsewhere. Dutch and Swedish colonists founded the first European settlements in the state, with the British later seizing control of the region and establishing the Province of New Jersey, named after Jersey. The colony's fertile lands and relative religious tolerance drew a large and diverse population. New Jersey was among the Thirteen Colonies that supported the American Revolution, hosting several pivotal battles and military commands in the American Revolutionary War. New Jersey remained in the Union during the American Civil War and provided troops, resources, and military leaders in support of the Union Army. After the war, the state emerged as a major manufacturing center and a leading destination for immigrants, helping drive the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. New Jersey was the site of many industrial, technological, and commercial innovations. Many prominent Americans associated with New Jersey have proven influential nationally and globally, including in academia, advocacy, business, entertainment, government, military, non-profit leadership, and other fields. (Full article...)

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Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works was a 19th-century manufacturer of railroad steam locomotives based in Paterson, in Passaic County, New Jersey, in the United States. It built more than six thousand steam locomotives for railroads around the world. Most railroads in 19th-century United States rostered at least one Rogers-built locomotive. The company's most famous product was a locomotive named The General, built in December 1855, which was one of the principals of the Great Locomotive Chase of the American Civil War. Rogers was the second-most popular American locomotive manufacturer of the 19th century behind the Baldwin Locomotive Works amongst almost a hundred manufacturers.

The company was founded by Thomas Rogers in an 1832 partnership with Morris Ketchum and Jasper Grosvenor as Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor. Rogers remained president until his death in 1856 when his son, Jacob S. Rogers, took the position and reorganized the company as Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works. The younger Rogers led the company until he retired in 1893. Robert S. Hughes then became president and reorganized the company as Rogers Locomotive Company, which he led until his death in 1900.

Rogers avoided the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) merger in 1901 through closing and reopening as Rogers Locomotive Works. The company remained independent until 1905, when ALCO purchased it; ALCO continued building new steam locomotives at the Rogers plant until 1913. ALCO used the Rogers facilities through the 1920s as a parts storage facility and warehouse, but eventually sold the property to private investors. Today, several Rogers-built locomotives exist in railroad museums around the world, and the plant's erecting shop is preserved as the Thomas Rogers Building; it is the current location of the Paterson Museum, whose mission is to preserve and display Paterson's industrial history.

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Garret Augustus Hobart (June 3, 1844 – November 21, 1899) was the 24th vice president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his death in 1899, under President William McKinley. A member of the Republican Party, Hobart was an influential New Jersey businessman, politician, and political operative prior to his vice presidency.

Hobart was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, on the Jersey Shore, and grew up in nearby Marlboro. He attended Rutgers College in New Brunswick, and read law under Paterson-based attorney Socrates Tuttle. He both studied with Tuttle and married his daughter, Jennie. Although he rarely set foot in a courtroom, Hobart became wealthy as a corporate lawyer. Hobart served in local governmental positions, and then successfully ran for office as a Republican, serving in both the New Jersey General Assembly, where he was elected Speaker in 1874, and the New Jersey Senate, where he became its president in 1881. (Full article...)

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... that college football player Bob Ward is the only player to have been selected by the Associated Press as a first-team All-American in both an offensive and defensive position?
... that when railroad tracks to Passaic, New Jersey were severed by the Erie Lackawanna Railway, they left the bridge swung open and kept short service to the Carlton Hill station in Rutherford, New Jersey?
... that only 0.32-mile (0.51 km) long, New Jersey Route 64 is a state highway that consists primarily of a bridge over Amtrak-maintained railroad tracks?

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Image 1Metropolitan statistical areas and divisions of New Jersey; those shaded in blue are part of the New York City Metropolitan Area, including Mercer and Warren counties. Counties shaded in green, including Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland counties, belong to the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. (from New Jersey)
Image 2Cape May–Lewes Ferry connects New Jersey and Delaware across Delaware Bay. (from New Jersey)
Image 3Michael Schleisser and the "Jersey man-eater" as seen in the Bronx Home News (1916) (from History of New Jersey)
Image 4Governor Woodrow Wilson (1911) (from History of New Jersey)
Image 5Ethnic origins in New Jersey (from New Jersey)
Image 6New Jersey is named after the English Channel island of Jersey (from History of New Jersey)
Image 7The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys,
1777 map by William Faden (from History of New Jersey)
Image 8The Jersey Shore extends inland from the Atlantic Ocean into its many inlets, including Manasquan Inlet, looking westward at sunset from the jetty at Manasquan (from New Jersey)
Image 9Two Hudson–Bergen Light Rail trains in Jersey City (from New Jersey)
Image 102024 U.S. presidential election results by county in New Jersey
Democratic
Republican
(from New Jersey)
Image 11High-rise residential complexes in the borough of Fort Lee (from New Jersey)
Image 12A 1950s-style diner in Orange (from New Jersey)
Image 13Map of counties in New Jersey by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
Legend
- Non-Hispanic White
    30–40%
  
    40–50%
  
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
  
  Black or African American
    40–50%
  
  Hispanic or Latino
    40–50%
(from New Jersey)
Image 14George B. McClellan, was an American soldier, Civil War Union general, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 15MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, one of only two NFL stadiums shared by two teams, is home to the New York Giants and New York Jets. (from New Jersey)
Image 16New Jersey's telephone area codes (from New Jersey)
Image 17Former U.S. president Lyndon Johnson meets Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro (1967) (from History of New Jersey)
Image 18Nassau Hall at Princeton University, an Ivy League university and one of the world's most prominent research institutions, served briefly as the U.S. Capitol in the 18th century. (from New Jersey)
Image 19A NJ Transit train on the Northeast Corridor in Rahway (from New Jersey)
Image 20Washington Crossing the Delaware, an 1851 portrait by Emanuel Leutze depicting Washington's covert crossing the Delaware River from Bucks County, Pennsylvania to Mercer County on December 25, 1776, prior to the Battle of Trenton (from New Jersey)
Image 21Modern map which approximates the relative size and location of the settled areas of New Netherland and New Sweden. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 22Map of New Jersey's major transportation networks and cities (from New Jersey)
Image 23A letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle containing anthrax powder caused the deaths of two postal workers. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 24The Hindenburg just moments after catching fire (1937) (from History of New Jersey)
Image 25Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth (from History of New Jersey)
Image 26Atop the Hudson Palisades in Englewood Cliffs, Bergen County, overlooking the Hudson River, the George Washington Bridge, and the skyscrapers of Midtown Manhattan, New York City (from New Jersey)
Image 27Federal Courthouse in Camden, which is connected to Philadelphia via the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in the background (from New Jersey)
Image 28The design of the golden-domed New Jersey State House in Trenton differs from most other U.S. state houses in not resembling the U.S. Capitol. (from New Jersey)
Image 29Map of the 107-mile-long (172 km) Morris Canal, which crosses the state (from New Jersey)
Image 30A map of New Netherland and New Sweden in present-day New Jersey during the colonial era (from New Jersey)
Image 31Old Queens at Rutgers University, the largest state university system in New Jersey (from New Jersey)
Image 32New Jersey population density as of 2020 (from New Jersey)
Image 33Delaware Water Gap is shared between Warren County and neighboring Pennsylvania. (from New Jersey)
Image 34A fleet of naval forces being constructed in the Camden shipyards (1919) (from History of New Jersey)
Image 35Military map by William Faden with troop movements during the Ten Crucial Days (from History of New Jersey)
Image 36Sunset on the beach at Atlantic City, an oceanfront resort and the nexus of New Jersey's gambling industry (from New Jersey)
Image 37The Great Falls of the Passaic River (from History of New Jersey)
Image 38Results of the 1910 gubernatorial election in New Jersey. Wilson won the counties in blue. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 39Washington Rallying the Americans at the Battle of Princeton, a portrait by William Ranney depicting George Washington rallying Continental Army troops at the Battle of Princeton in January 1777 (from New Jersey)
Image 40The Atlantic City boardwalk seen from Caesars Atlantic City, which opened in 1870 as the world's first boardwalk At 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) long, it is also the world's longest and busiest boardwalk. New Jersey is home to the world's highest concentration of boardwalks.
Image 41Paterson, sometimes known as Silk City, has become a prime destination for an internationally diverse pool of immigrants, with at least 52 distinct ethnic groups. (from New Jersey)
Image 42At 69.6 mi (112.0 km) in length, Raritan River is the longest river entirely within New Jersey, flowing from Raritan Valley near Clinton (above), eastward to Raritan Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. (from New Jersey)
Image 43Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson was designated a U.S. National Historical Park in 2009. (from New Jersey)
Image 44A heat map showing median income distribution in New Jersey by county (from New Jersey)
Image 45Cranberry harvest (from New Jersey)
Image 46The George Washington Bridge, connecting Fort Lee (foreground) in Bergen County across the Hudson River to New York City (background), is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge. (from New Jersey)
Image 47New Brunswick, nicknamed the Hub city and the Healthcare City, is a focus city for academia, healthcare, and culture in New Jersey. (from New Jersey)
Image 48The original provinces of West and East New Jersey are shown in yellow and green respectively. The Keith Line is shown in red, and the Coxe and Barclay Line is shown in orange. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 49Skyscrapers in Jersey City, one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world (from New Jersey)
Image 50India Square in the Marion Section of Jersey City is home to the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere. (from New Jersey)
Image 51Prudential Center in Newark, home of the NHL's New Jersey Devils (from New Jersey)
Image 52Koreatown, Bergen County, across the George Washington Bridge from New York City (from New Jersey)