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Perth Amboy features a historic waterfront, which has gone through significant revitalization. [1] Perth Amboy's waterfront is where the city was first settled and one of the few places left in New Jersey that has a historic and marina culture surrounded by water. Local attractions include two small museums, an art gallery, a yacht club, and a ...
Perth Amboy was New Jersey's primary inbound port for African slaves. [43] The Kearny Cottage is a remaining example of 18th-century vernacular architecture. Operated as a historic house museum and operated by the Kearny Cottage Historical Society. Built in 1781 on High Street, the house was moved to Sadowski Parkway in the 1920s, and was later ...
Keasbey (pronounced "KAYS-bee" [5]) is a census-designated place [6] (CDP) and unincorporated community in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. [7] It is located in the western outskirts of adjacent Perth Amboy. As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 3,027. [2]
When the city was incorporated in 1683, settlers began to call the land "Ambo" or "Amboy Point", and finally "Amboy." The name means "place resembling a bowl." [1] In 1686, when the settlement became the capital of East Jersey, Perth was added to the name in honor of one of the Proprietors under the Royal grant, the James Drummond, 1st Duke of ...
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New Brunswick: Designed and built by architect Nicholas Wyckoff, former home (1830–1963) of Rutgers Preparatory School, the oldest independent school in New Jersey, established 1766. Building now known as Alexander Johnston Hall, Rutgers University. 64
Numbering plan areas and area codes of New Jersey. The area codes in the U.S. State of New Jersey are a component of the North American Numbering Plan. 201: Northeastern New Jersey, primarily Bergen County and Hudson County. 551: Overlays area code 201.
Maurer is residential neighbourhood and industrial district of Perth Amboy in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its name is derived from the "company town" built there in 1876. Its name is derived from the "company town" built there in 1876.