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Ivy Place - named for Hedera helix; Johnston Avenue/CR-614 - named after John T. Johnston, who was the president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey; Merseles Street- named after Jacob M. Merseles who founded the Bergen Plank Road company.
Jim McGreevey (born 1957), 52nd Governor of New Jersey (B) [182] John Gerald Milton (1881–1977), represented New Jersey in the United States Senate in 1938 (B) [183] A. Harry Moore (1877–1952), 39th Governor of New Jersey who was elected to serve three separate non-consecutive terms and also served in the U.S. Senate (B) [184]
Camden, 4 places in Maine, New Jersey, New York, and North Carolina – Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden [100] [99] Cameron, 3 places in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia – Simon Cameron [99] Cameron, Missouri – Malinda Cameron (maiden name of wife of Samuel McCorkle, who platted the town of Somerville, Missouri)
New Jersey and Jersey City (after the Bailliage de Jersey, the largest of the Anglo-Norman Channel Islands near the coast of northwest France) Audubon (named for John James Audubon, naturalist of French descent) Bayonne (according to tradition, from Bayonne, France) Belleplain; Belleville ("Beautiful town")
Ship builder and Mayor of New York City: Wittpenn Bridge: JC, Kearny H. Otto Wittpenn: 28th Mayor of Jersey City: Wright Street JC Edwin R. V. Wright: Congressman New Jersey's 5th congressional district and Mayor of Hudson City: Audrey Zapp Drive: JC Audrey Zapp Environmentalist influential in the development Liberty State Park
New Brunswick – Health Care City, [38] Hub City [39] Newark – Brick City, [40] Gateway City, [41] Renaissance Newark [41] North Arlington – Where Bergen County Begins [6] Ocean City – America's Greatest Family Resort, [42] A Moral Seaside Resort (historic slogan from the 19th century) [42] Paterson – Silk City [43] Perth Amboy ...
The Square was named for the Jersey Journal. The Labor Bank Building at 26 Journal Square was the city's first skyscraper.. Prior to its development as a commercial district Journal Square was the site of many farmhouses and manors belonging to descendants of the original settlers of Bergen, the first chartered municipality in the state settled in 1660 and located just south at Bergen Square.
The largest municipality by population in New Jersey is Newark, with 311,549 residents, whereas the smallest is Walpack Township, with seven residents. [3] New Jersey is the most populous U.S. state with no cities ranked in the top 50 most populous United States cities, with the next most populous being South Carolina.