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New Jersey (sometimes colloquially shortened Jersey) is a state located in both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the heavily urbanized Northeast megalopolis, it 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. According to a 2025 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, it is the 11th-most populous state, with over 9.5 million residents, its highest estimated count ever. 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. It is the most densely populated U.S. state.

New Jersey was first inhabited by Paleo-Indians as early as 13,000 BC. The Lenape were the dominant Indigenous group when Europeans arrived in the early 17th century, and they were subdivided 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 the Channel Island of 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 earning the title "Crossroads of the American Revolution". 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, social advocacy, business, entertainment, government, military, non-profit leadership, and other fields. (Full article...)

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The Battle of Short Hills (also known as the Battle of Metuchen Meetinghouse and other names) was a conflict between a Continental Army force commanded by Brigadier General William Alexander ("Lord Stirling"), and an opposing British force commanded by Lieutenant General William Howe. The battle took place on June 26, 1777, at Scotch Plains and Edison, New Jersey, during the American Revolutionary War. Despite the name, no fighting occurred in modern day Short Hills, a section of Millburn.

In mid-June General Howe marched most of his army into central New Jersey in an attempt to lure George Washington's Continental Army to a place where it might be better attacked than its defensive position in the Watchung Mountains. When Washington refused to abandon his position Howe returned to Amboy on June 22. Washington's forward divisions, including that of Lord Stirling, shadowed this British movement, and Washington moved his main army out of the hills. Howe seized this opportunity, and on June 26 marched two columns of troops out in an attempt to cut Washington off from the high ground. These troops skirmished with Lord Stirling's troops, and eventually engaged in a pitched battle in Scotch Plains. Stirling's outnumbered force retreated, but Washington, alerted to the British movement, had by then retreated back into the hills.

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Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. Renowned for his defensive and rebounding abilities, his biography on the official NBA website states that he is "arguably the best rebounding forward in NBA history". Nicknamed "the Worm", he played for the Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, and Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Rodman played at the small forward position in his early years before becoming a power forward.

He earned NBA All-Defensive First Team honors seven times and won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award twice. He also led the NBA in rebounds per game for a record seven consecutive years and won five NBA championships. On April 1, 2011, the Pistons retired Rodman's No. 10 jersey, and he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame later that year. In October 2021, Rodman was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all-time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. (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 1Map of the 107-mile-long (172 km) Morris Canal, which crosses the state (from New Jersey)
Image 2The 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 3A NJ Transit train on the Northeast Corridor in Rahway (from New Jersey)
Image 42024 U.S. presidential election results by county in New Jersey
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Republican
(from New Jersey)
Image 5A fleet of naval forces being constructed in the Camden shipyards in 1919 (from History of New Jersey)
Image 6New Jersey suburbia in Monroe Township, Middlesex County. Despite being the most densely populated U.S. state, New Jersey is mostly suburban. (from New Jersey)
Image 7Atop 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 8Map of New Jersey counties (from New Jersey)
Image 9Cape May–Lewes Ferry connects New Jersey and Delaware across Delaware Bay. (from New Jersey)
Image 10Old Queens at Rutgers University, the largest state university system in New Jersey (from New Jersey)
Image 11A map of New Netherland and New Sweden in present-day New Jersey during the colonial era (from New Jersey)
Image 12The 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 13A mil military map by William Faden indicating troop movements during the Ten Crucial Days (from History of New Jersey)
Image 14The Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal was the world's first container seaport and remains one of the world's largest and busiest. (from New Jersey)
Image 15Map of New Jersey's major transportation networks and cities (from New Jersey)
Image 16New Jersey's telephone area codes (from New Jersey)
Image 17Ethnic origins in New Jersey (from New Jersey)
Image 18A 1950s-style diner in Orange (from New Jersey)
Image 19Largest alone or in any combination ethnic origin by county in New Jersey, per the 2020 census (from New Jersey)
Image 20Modern map which approximates the relative size and location of the settled colonial-era areas of New Netherland and New Sweden (from History of New Jersey)
Image 21Cranberry harvest (from New Jersey)
Image 22Results of the 1910 gubernatorial election in New Jersey; Wilson won the counties in blue. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 23George B. McClellan, a Union army soldier during the Civil War, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey (from History of New Jersey)
Image 24Washington 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 25A heat map showing median income distribution in New Jersey by county (from New Jersey)
Image 26Washington 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 27Former U.S. president Lyndon Johnson meeting Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro in 1967 (from History of New Jersey)
Image 28Map of counties in New Jersey by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
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- 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 29Cleveland Tower 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 30Delaware Water Gap is shared between Warren County and neighboring Pennsylvania. (from New Jersey)
Image 31New Brunswick, nicknamed the Hub city and the Healthcare City, is a focus city for academia, healthcare, and culture in New Jersey, and has many high-rise buildings. (from New Jersey)
Image 32The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys, a 1777 map by William Faden (from History of New Jersey)
Image 33Metropolitan 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 34MetLife 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 35A letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle containing anthrax powder, which caused the deaths of two postal workers. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 36Two Hudson–Bergen Light Rail trains in Jersey City (from New Jersey)
Image 37The 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 38Governor Woodrow Wilson in 1911 (from History of New Jersey)
Image 39Sunset on the beach at Atlantic City, an oceanfront resort and the nexus of New Jersey's gambling industry (from New Jersey)
Image 40The Great Falls of the Passaic River (from History of New Jersey)
Image 41Largest ethnicity by municipality based on 2020 census (from New Jersey)
Image 42New Jersey is named after the English Channel island of Jersey. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 43The 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 44Michael Schleisser and the "Jersey man-eater" as seen in the Bronx Home News (1916) (from History of New Jersey)
Image 45Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth (from History of New Jersey)
Image 46Ubiquitous gardens exemplified by landscaping at Rutgers University-Camden lend New Jersey its eponymous nickname as the Garden State. (from New Jersey)
Image 47At 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 48The original provinces of West and East New Jersey 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 49Prudential Center in Newark, home of the NHL's New Jersey Devils (from New Jersey)
Image 50Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson was designated a U.S. National Historical Park in 2009. (from New Jersey)
Image 51The Hindenburg just moments after catching fire in 1937 (from History of New Jersey)