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The history of what is now New Jersey begins at the end of the Younger Dryas, about 15,000 years ago. Native Americans moved into New town reversal of the Younger Dryas; before then an ice sheet hundreds of feet thick had made the area of northern New Jersey uninhabitable. European contact began with the exploration of the Jersey Shore by ...
Feltville Historic District. / 40.68139°N 74.38694°W / 40.68139; -74.38694. The Feltville Historic District, located in the Watchung Reservation in Berkeley Heights, Union County, New Jersey, United States, is a historic area which contains several buildings dating to the 18th century. It is known locally as "Deserted Village."
1900. 1,883,669. 30.4%. Population growth was steady across the state, and especially grew rapidly after 1840s when the cities began building up. furthermore after the 1840s, a steady flow of immigration from Europe, especially Germany, Ireland and Britain, gave a more cosmopolitan aura to urban areas. Rural areas prospered by the nearby ...
Union County is a county in the northern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the county was the state's seventh-most-populous county [8] with a population of 575,345, [5] [6] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 38,846 (+7.2%) from the 2010 census count of 536,499. [9]
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey. Contents: Counties and communities in New Jersey. Atlantic – Bergen ( Closter, Franklin Lakes, Ridgewood, Saddle River, Wyckoff) – Burlington – Camden – Cape May – Cumberland – Essex – Gloucester – Hudson – Hunterdon – Mercer – Middlesex ...
Events. March 4 – Andrew Jackson is sworn in as the seventh president of the United States, [1] and John C. Calhoun is sworn in for his second term as the seventh vice president. June 1 – The Philadelphia Inquirer is founded as The Pennsylvania Inquirer. July 23 – William Austin Burt obtains the first patent for a typographer (typewriter).
Union Township is a township in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.In the 18th century, the area that is now Union was then called Connecticut Farms.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 59,728, an increase of 3,086 (+5.4%) from the 2010 census count of 56,642, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,237 (+4.1%) from the 54,405 counted in the 2000 census.
Springfield Township is a township in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is located on a ridge in northern - central New Jersey, within the Raritan Valley and Rahway Valley regions in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 17,178, the highest recorded at any ...