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Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey

Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey

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The following is a timeline of the history of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.

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Prior to 19th century

Main article: Bergen, New Netherland

19th century

Map of Jersey City, New Jersey, 1848
  • 1802 - Population of Paulus Hook: 13.[1]
  • 1804
    • Land bought from Cornelius Van Vorst by the Associates of the Jersey Company.[2]
    • Streets of the Hook laid out.[1][3][4]
  • 1812 - Steam ferry begins operating.[3]
  • 1820 - "City of Jersey" incorporated in Bergen Township.[5]
  • 1824 - Jersey Glass Company established.
  • 1825 - Jersey Porcelain and Earthenware Company incorporated.
  • 1833 - American Pottery Manufacturing Company in business.[6]
  • 1834
  • 1835 - Jersey City Gazette newspaper begins publication.[7]
  • 1836 - Morris Canal in operation.[3]
  • 1838 - City renamed "Jersey City."
  • 1840 - City becomes part of Hudson County.
  • 1847
  • 1850 - Population: 6,856.[1]
  • 1851 - Van Vorst Township becomes part of city.[1]
  • 1853 - Grace Church Van Vorst built.
  • 1856 - Taylor's Hotel in business.[9]
  • 1860 - Population: 29,227.[1]
  • 1862 - Breusing florists in business.[9]
  • 1867
    • Lincoln Association founded.[10]
    • Evening Journal newspaper begins publication.[8]
  • 1868
    • Hudson County Volksblatt German-language newspaper begins publication (approximate date).[7]
    • Hudson City Savings Bank established.[9]
  • 1869 - Bruckner's Variety Store in business.[9]

1870s-1890s

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Ripley 1879.
  2. [2]
    Gordon 1834.
  3. [3]
    Federal Writers' Project 1946: "Jersey City"
  4. [4]
    Shalhoub 2003.
  5. [5]
    Britannica 1910.
  6. [6]
    Maxine N. Lurie; Marc Mappen, eds. (2004). Encyclopedia of New Jersey. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0813536510.
  7. [7]
    "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  8. [8]
    Farrier 1879.
  9. [9]
    International Publishing Company 1887.
  10. [10]
    William H. Richardson (1919), The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City, Jersey City: Jersey City Printing Co., OCLC 10592674, OL 13490301M
  11. [11]
    Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  12. [12]
    Echoes of the Aesthetic Society of Jersey City, New York: Thompson and Moreau, 1882, OL 7210761M
  13. [13]
    Programme for celebrating the centennial anniversary of American independence on the third and fourth of July, 1876. W.R. Mason & Co. 1876.
  14. [14]
    Annual Report of the Free Public Library of Jersey City, NJ, vol. 1, 1892
  15. [15]
    Rider 1916.
  16. [16]
    "New Jersey". Official Congressional Directory: 69th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1926. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081797379.
  17. [17]
    "Sister Cities". Destination Jersey City. Jersey City Economic Development Corporation. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  18. [18]
    Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
  19. [19]
    Pluralism Project. "Jersey City, New Jersey". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  20. [20]
    Liberty Science Center
  21. [21]
    "Mayor of Jersey City". City of Jersey City. Archived from the original on January 12, 1998.
  22. [22]
    "City of Jersey City". Archived from the original on 1998-01-12 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  23. [23]
    "Official City of Jersey City Web Site". Archived from the original on 1998-12-02.
  24. [24]
    "About JC Landmarks". Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  25. [25]
    "Biography of the Mayor". City of Jersey City. Archived from the original on December 5, 2007.
  26. [26]
    "New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir, Inc". Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  27. [27]
    "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

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