Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey

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

Prior to 19th century

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

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century
  • Thomas Francis Gordon (1834), "Jersey City", Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey, Trenton: Daniel Fenton, OCLC 4366560
  • Isaac Costa, ed. (1866). Gopsill's Jersey City and Hoboken Directory. James Gopsill.
  • "Jersey City", Goulding's Business Directory of New York, Brooklyn, Newark, Paterson, Jersey City, and Hoboken, Lawrence G. Gulding, 1875
  • George H. Farrier, ed. (1879), Memorial of the centennial celebration of the Battle of Paulus Hook, August 19, 1879; with a history of the early settlement and present condition of Jersey City, N.J., Jersey City, OCLC 1742471, OL 24332553M{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • "Jersey City" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (9th ed.). 1879.
  • George Ripley; Charles A. Dana, eds. (1879). "Jersey City". The American Cyclopaedia (2nd ed.). New York: D. Appleton and Company.
  • Richard Edwards (1882), "Jersey City", Industries of New Jersey, vol. 6: Hudson, Passaic and Bergen Counties, New York: Historical Publishing Company, OCLC 21190682
  • William H. Shaw (1884), "Jersey City (etc.)", History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Philadelphia: Everts & Peck
  • F. Killenberger (1887), "Jersey City", F. Killenberger's Pocket Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey, New Brunswick: New Jersey Pub. Co.
  • "Jersey City". Quarter-Century's Progress of New Jersey's Leading Manufacturing Centres. NY: International Publishing Company. 1887.
  • Jersey City Street Railway Guide, Jersey City: Stephen & Hansen, printers, 1890, OL 17940894M
  • Charles Winfield (1891). Monograph on the Founding of Jersey City. New York: Caxton Press.
  • Herbert Foster Gunnison (1896), "Jersey City", Visitor's Guide to the Greater New York, Jersey City and Suburbs, Brooklyn, N.Y.: Eagle Press
  • Harriet Phillips Eaton (1899), Jersey City and its Historic Sites, Jersey City: The Woman's Club, OL 17939320M
Published in the 20th century
  • "Jersey City" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 331.
  • Walter Gregory Muirheid (1910), Jersey City of To-Day: its history, people, trades, commerce, institutions & industries, OL 17940833M
  • Arthur Fremont Rider (1916), "Jersey City", Rider's New York City and Vicinity, including Newark, Yonkers and Jersey City, New York: H. Holt and Company
  • "Jersey City, Hudson County". Industrial Directory of New Jersey. Paterson NJ. 1918.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Board of City Commissioners of Jersey City (1920). Jersey City Development Plan.
  • Federal Writers' Project (1946). "Jersey City". New Jersey: a Guide to its Present and Past. American Guide Series. NY: Hastings House. hdl:2027/mdp.39015010421512.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
  • Kevin Lynch (1960), "Three Cities: Jersey City", Image of the City, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, p. 25+, OL 5795447M
  • Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Jersey City", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
Published in the 21st century
  • Patrick Shalhoub; Carmela A. Karnoutsos, eds. (2003). "Jersey City Past and Present". New Jersey City University. + Chronology

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