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Little Known Fact: How Jersey City Got Its Name
Jersey City was a first destination for immigrants entering the United States at nearby Ellis Island from 1892 to 1954.
JERSEY CITY, NJ —It is a question that perhaps a lot of people have asked, but few know the answer to: How did Jersey City get its name?
For this first installment of Patch's new "Little Known Fact" series, we look at exactly how Jersey City's name came about.
The first successful settlements in New Jersey was when Michael Pauw of Amsterdam purchased what is now Jersey City on July 12, 1630.
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Jersey City was incorporated in 1820 from parts of Bergen Township when the area was still a part of Bergen County. Additional settlements were annexed to Jersey City throughout the 1800s. It was reincorporated in 1829 and 1838.
"Bergen" was the name of New Jersey's first permanently settled village, at 800 square feet, at what is now Bergen Square in Jersey City.
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