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  2. History of New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    New Jersey is named after the English Channel island of Jersey The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys, 1777 map by William Faden From the colony of New Netherland, the Dutch interfered with Britain's transatlantic trade with its North American colonies.

  3. New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    New Jersey is a state in both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. ... In addition, Fort Dix (1917) (originally called "Camp Dix"), ...

  4. Province of New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys, 1777 map by William Faden. The Provincial Congress of New Jersey was a transitional governing body of the Province of New Jersey in the early part of the American Revolution. It first met in 1775 with representatives from all New Jersey's thirteen counties, to ...

  5. Colonial history of New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    C. A. Nothnagle Log House, built by Finnish or Swedish settlers in the New Sweden colony in modern-day Swedesboro, New Jersey between 1638 and 1643, is one of the oldest still standing log houses in the United States. European colonization of New Jersey started soon after the 1609 exploration of its coast and bays by Henry Hudson.

  6. New Jersey has East, West and South Orange, but why is there ...

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    East, West and South Orange all followed many years later in 1863 in more land separations done through New Jersey State Legislature. The historian said these areas became their own separate ...

  7. Tri-state area - Wikipedia

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    The Minisink Valley tri-state area, which includes parts of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. New York, Vermont and Massachusetts [11] Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine; The Berkshires, a region usually considered to include only western Massachusetts and northwestern Connecticut; when the Taconic portion of New York is included, the area ...

  8. Why AP called Rep. Rob Menendez the winner in New Jersey U.S ...

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    The Associated Press declared U.S. Rep. Rob Menendez the winner of the Democratic primary for New Jersey's 8th Congressional District based on the incumbent's lead throughout the district in ...

  9. List of U.S. state and territory nicknames - Wikipedia

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    New Jersey: Garbage State (pejorative) [80] [81] Garden State (used on license plates) The Crossroads of the Revolution (previously used on license plates) The Cornerstone State (used colloquially, especially with reference to Pennsylvania when it is called the Keystone State). The Suburban State New Mexico: Land of Enchantment [82] (used on ...