New Jersey - Political   Capital Trenton Largest City Newark Major Cities Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, Camden, Atlantic City, Asbury Park Nicknames Garden State Area 7,836 sq. miles Population 8,414,350

 

New Jersey - Physical features   Regions Pine Barrens, Meadowlands Mountain Ranges Kittatinny Mountains, Palisades Bodies of Water Delaware Bay, Cape May Capes Sandy Hook, Cape May Gorges Delaware Water Gap Rivers Delaware, Hudson Highest Point High Point Islands Ellis Island (shared with New York) Bordering States New York (north, northeast), Pennsylvania (west), Delaware (southwest) National Parks None Key Products Chemicals, Pharmeceuticals, Nursery Plants, Tomatoes Natural Resources Metals, Oil

 

New Jersey - History   1618 Dutch settlement established near present-day Jersey City 1664 Dutch surrendered to England, who renamed the state New Jersey after the isle of Jersey in the English Channel 1787 Third state admitted to the Union Present Day Gambling opportunities and white ocean shoreline have turned Atlantic City into a major tourist destination.

 

New Jersey - Facts   Although New Jersey is the fifth smallest state by area, it is the most densely populated state in the nation, owing to its geographic location as a transportation corridor between New York City and Philadelphia The Delaware River Basin Compact was started in 1961 by New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York in order to provide for the utilization and development of the water resources of the Delaware River basin White sand beaches are common along the state’s Atlantic coastline, which stretches from Sandy Hook in the north to Cape May in the south. This stretch of barrier islands, capes, promontories, and long, sparkling beaches is widely known as the "Jersey Shore". The sandy Pine Barrens, the largest tract of protected land in Boswash, lie above a vast deposit of water trapped into rocks, the Cohansey Aquifer The first dinosaur skeleton discovered in North America was excavated at Haddonfield in 1858