New Jersey was the 3rd state in
the USA; it became a state on December 18, 1787.
State Abbreviation - NJ
State Capital - Trenton
Largest City - Newark
Area - 8,722 square miles [New Jersey is the 47th biggest state
in the USA]
Population - 8,414,350 (as of 2000) [New Jersey is the ninth
most populous state in the USA]
Major Industries - farming (potatoes, tomatoes, peaches), chemicals,
pharmaceuticals, petroleum-based products, insurance, tourism
Presidential Birthplace - Grover Cleveland
was born in Caldwell on March 18, 1837 (he was the 22nd and
24th US President, from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897).
Major Rivers - Delaware River, Hudson
River
Highest Point - High Point - 1,803 feet (550 m) above sea
level (located in the northernmost part of New Jersey)
Bordering States - New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Bordering Body of Water - Atlantic Ocean
Origin of the Name New Jersey
- New Jersey was named by James, Duke of York (the brother
of King Charles II of England), who was given New Jersey by
his brother. James later gave New Jersey to Lord John Berkeley
and Sir George Carteret. James named the colony New Jersey
to honor Carteret, who had been the Governor of Jersey, a
British island in the English Channel.
State Nickname - Garden State
State Motto - "Liberty and Prosperity"
State Song - none
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