Statehood:
December 18, 1787 (3rd State)
State bird: eastern goldfinch (1935)
State tree: red oak (1950)
State flower: purple violet (1913)
State Insect: honeybee (1974);
State Animal: horse (1977);
State Colors: buff and blue (1965);
State Folk dance: square dance;
State Dinosaur: hadrosaurus foulkii;
State Fish: brook trout;
State Shell: knobbed whelk;
State Nickname:
Garden State
State Motto: "Liberty
and Prosperity"
Highest Point: The highest point in
New Jersey
is aptly named
High Point
at 1,803 feet above sea level.
Lowest Point: The lowest point in
New Jersey
is at the
Atlantic
Ocean
; sea level.
Largest cities: Newark, 280,666; Jersey City, 239,614; Paterson,
149,843; Elizabeth, 125,809; Trenton, 84,639; Camden, 80,010; Clifton, 79,922; Passaic,
68,338; East Orange, 68,190; Union City, 65,128
Famous New Jerseyans: Bud Abbott
comedian, Asbury Park
Charles Addams cartoonist, Westfield
Edwin Aldrin astronaut, Montclair
William Count Basie band leader, Red Bank
Joan Bennett actress, Palisades
Judy Blume author, Elizabeth
Jon Bon Jovi musician, Sayreville
William J. Brennan jurist, Newark
Aaron Burr political leader, Newark
Lloyd H. Conover inventor, Orange
James Fenimore Cooper author, Burlington
David Copperfield magician, Metuche
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