Blogs from New Jersey, United States, North America - page 62

Feb 1, 1993 *City official name :Trenton *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Trenton is the capital of New Jersey, a state of the United States of America. As of the United States 2000 Census, the City of Trenton had a population of 85,403. Trenton is also the county seat of Mercer County. Trenton is the home of the Trenton Thunder Eastern League AA minor league baseball team, which is affiliated with the New York Yankees and plays in Mercer County Waterfront Park, and the Trenton Titans (an ECHL minor league hockey affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers) which plays in the Sovereign Bank Arena. The New Jersey State Prison, which has two maximum security units an... read more

May 10, 1991 *City official name :Nutley *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Nutley is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 27,362. ... read more

May 06, 1991 *City official name :Wayne *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Wayne is a township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 54,069. Map of Wayne Township in Passaic CountyWayne is one of America's top communities, according to Money magazine, which announced its 2006 "best places" list. The township made the magazine's top-100 list — ranked at No. 32 — among towns in the nation with populations greater than 50,000. Wayne is home to Willowbrook Mall, Wayne Hills Mall and Wayne Towne Center. In 1694, Arent Schuyler, a young surveyor, miner and land speculator, was... read more

March 06, 1991 *City official name :Verona *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Verona and several neighboring towns were all originally one town known as "Horseneck". In the early 1700s, a group of settlers left Newark and purchased a large tract of land northwest of their home city for the equivalent of a few hundred dollars from the Lenni Lenape Native Americans. This piece of land extended west and north to the Passaic River, south to the town center of what would become Livingston, and east to the First Watchung Mountain, and was called Horseneck by the natives because it resembled the neck and head of a horse. What was then known as Horseneck contained mos... read more

August 07, 1990 *City official name :Roseland *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Roseland is a borough in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 5,298. ... read more