Portal:New Jersey

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New 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 U.S. state by 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 most densely populated U.S. state, and is the only U.S. state in which every county is deemed urban by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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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Interstate 295 (abbreviated I-295) in New Jersey and Delaware is an auxiliary Interstate Highway, designated as a bypass around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The route begins at a junction with Interstate 95 south of Wilmington, Delaware, and runs to another junction with I-95 north of Trenton, New Jersey. The route heads east from I-95 and crosses the Delaware River from Delaware to New Jersey on the Delaware Memorial Bridge concurrent with U.S. Route 40. Upon entering New Jersey, the two routes split and I-295 runs parallel to the New Jersey Turnpike for most of its course in New Jersey. After a concurrency with U.S. Route 130 in Gloucester County, I-295 interchanges with Interstate 76 and Route 42 in Camden County. The route continues northeast toward Trenton, where it intersects Interstate 195 and Route 29 before bypassing the city to the east and ending at an interchange with U.S. Route 1 in Lawrence Township, where the route becomes I-95 southbound.

Two portions of I-295 predate the Interstate Highway System, the Delaware Memorial Bridge, built in 1951, and the portion concurrent with US 130, built in two sections that opened in 1948 and 1954. The route was designated on these sections in 1958. The portion of I-295 connecting to I-95 in Delaware opened in 1963 while most of the route in New Jersey was finished by the 1980s. The last portion of I-295 to be completed, near the interchange with I-195 and Route 29, was completed in 1994. Interstate 95 was originally supposed to continue northeast from the routes' junction near Trenton on the proposed Somerset Freeway, but this plan was canceled, limiting I-295's capability as a true bypass between Baltimore and New York City. Today, traffic on Interstate 295 is directed to take Interstate 195 (or surface street connections further south) to the New Jersey Turnpike to reach New York City. The same route is prescribed for traffic on I-95 in Pennsylvania and near Trenton to bridge the gap with I-95 further north. I-295 previously extended a few miles past the US 1 interchange to where it would have met the Somerset Freeway; in 1993, the portion past US 1 became part of I-95. As a result of the Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, I-295 was originally planned to continue past its northern terminus along I-95, crossing into Pennsylvania and heading south to the interchange. Instead, it was decided that I-195 would be extended into Pennsylvania, moving the northern terminus of I-295 to the I-195 interchange south of Trenton.

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The **Newark Light Rail** is a light rail system operated by NJ Transit serving Newark. The service is made up of two segments, the *Newark City Subway* and the *Broad Street Extension*.

New Jersey news

August 30, 2026 –: Eleven people are shot, two fatally, during a mass shooting at a gathering in Trenton, New Jersey, United States (NBC News)
July 19, 2026 – 2026 FIFA World Cup: In association football, Spain win their second FIFA World Cup title after defeating the defending champions Argentina 1–0 after extra time in the final held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. Spain's captain Rodri is awarded the Golden Ball. (France 24) (Yahoo! Sports)

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Hathaway in 2026

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Her films have grossed over $6.8 billion worldwide.

Hathaway graduated from Millburn High School in New Jersey, where she acted in several plays, including Once Upon a Mattress. As a teenager, she was cast in the television series Get Real (1999–2000), and made her breakthrough as the protagonist in her debut film, the Disney comedy The Princess Diaries (2001). Hathaway made a transition to adult roles with the 2005 dramas Havoc and Brokeback Mountain. The comedy film The Devil Wears Prada (2006), in which she played an assistant to a fashion magazine editor, was her biggest commercial success to that point. She played a recovering alcoholic in the drama Rachel Getting Married (2008), which garnered her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She followed this with roles in the commercially successful romantic films Bride Wars (2009), Valentine's Day (2010) and Love & Other Drugs (2010). (Full article...)

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... that of the thirty-two Nobel laureates affiliated with Princeton University, seventeen have won the Nobel Prize in Physics?
... that Vince Naimoli, founding owner of the Tampa Bay Rays, contributed US$1 million in 2007 for the construction of a baseball complex at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey?
... that the $1 million spent by Sean F. Dalton and the other candidates in the 1993 General Assembly race for New Jersey's 4th Legislative District was the most for any district in the state that year?

General images

The following are images from various New Jersey-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Cleveland 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 2Largest alone or in any combination ethnic origin by county in New Jersey, per the 2020 census (from New Jersey)

Map 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 4Two Hudson–Bergen Light Rail trains in Jersey City (from New Jersey)
Image 5The 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 6Atop 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 7Largest ethnicity by municipality based on 2020 census (from New Jersey)
Image 8The Adventure Aquarium in Camden is the largest aquarium in New Jersey. It is home to two female hippopotamuses. (from New Jersey)
Image 9Old Queens at Rutgers University, the largest state university system in New Jersey (from New Jersey)
Image 10The 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 11Michael Schleisser and the "Jersey man-eater" as seen in the Bronx Home News (1916) (from History of New Jersey)
Image 12Sunset on the beach at Atlantic City, an oceanfront resort and the nexus of New Jersey's gambling industry (from New Jersey)
Image 13The Hindenburg just moments after catching fire in 1937 (from History of New Jersey)
Image 14Washington 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 15New 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 16Modern 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 17The 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 18Delaware Water Gap is shared between Warren County and neighboring Pennsylvania. (from New Jersey)
Image 19Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson was designated a U.S. National Historical Park in 2009. (from New Jersey)
Image 20The 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 21Ubiquitous gardens exemplified by landscaping at Rutgers University-Camden lend New Jersey its eponymous nickname as the Garden State. (from New Jersey)
Image 22At 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 23Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth (from History of New Jersey)
Image 24A mil military map by William Faden indicating troop movements during the Ten Crucial Days (from History of New Jersey)
Image 25Results of the 1910 gubernatorial election in New Jersey; Wilson won the counties in blue. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 26New Jersey is named after the English Channel island of Jersey. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 27MetLife 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 28The 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 29Former U.S. president Lyndon Johnson meeting Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro in 1967 (from History of New Jersey)
Image 30New Jersey's telephone area codes (from New Jersey)
Image 31Map of New Jersey's major transportation networks and cities (from New Jersey)
Image 32Cranberry harvest (from New Jersey)
Image 33A 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 34Map of the 107-mile-long (172 km) Morris Canal, which crosses the state (from New Jersey)
Image 35A 1950s-style diner in Orange (from New Jersey)
Image 36A NJ Transit train on the Northeast Corridor in Rahway (from New Jersey)
Image 37Governor Woodrow Wilson in 1911 (from History of New Jersey)
Image 382024 U.S. presidential election results by county in New Jersey
Democratic
Republican
(from New Jersey)
Image 39The 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 40Ethnic origins in New Jersey (from New Jersey)
Image 41A fleet of naval forces being constructed in the Camden shipyards in 1919 (from History of New Jersey)
Image 42Prudential Center in Newark, home of the NHL's New Jersey Devils (from New Jersey)
Image 43The 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 44Washington 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 45Metropolitan 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 46Cape May–Lewes Ferry connects New Jersey and Delaware across Delaware Bay. (from New Jersey)
Image 47The Great Falls of the Passaic River (from History of New Jersey)
Image 48New 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 49George 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 50A map of New Netherland and New Sweden in present-day New Jersey during the colonial era (from New Jersey)