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Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey

History of New Jersey
Colonial period
American Revolution
Nineteenth century
Twentieth century
Twenty-first century
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• 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
  • New Jersey Railroad terminal and Paterson and Hudson River Railroad terminal established.^[3]
  • Newark-Jersey City horsecar begins operating.^[3]
• 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]

• 1870
  • Hudson City and Bergen City become part of Jersey City.^[1]
  • St. John's Episcopal Church built.
  • Population: 82,546.^[1]
  • Lorillard Tobacco Company relocates to Jersey City.^[4]
• 1872 - Law Library Association founded.^[11]
• 1872- Saint Peter's College founded
• 1873 - Greenville becomes part of Jersey City.^[5]
• 1874
  • Abattoir and stockyards in operation.^[1]
  • Jersey City Drug and Spice Mills in business.^[8]
• 1876
  • Aesthetic Society formed.^[12]
  • Centennial of American independence.^[13]
• 1887 - Pavonia Terminal opens.
• 1889
  • Free Public Library established.^[14]
  • Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal built.
• 1890 - Population: 163,003.^[5]
• 1893
  • Svoboda Ukrainian-language newspaper begins publication.^[7]
  • Hasbrouck Institute opens.^[4]
• 1900
  • Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Warehouse built.
  • Population: 206,433.^[5]

• 1901
  • Little Russian Greek Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul built.^[15]
  • American Type Founders headquartered in city.
• 1904 - People's Palace established.^[5]
• 1905 - West Side Park opens.
• 1906 - Colgate Clock installed.
• 1907 - Block Drug Company established.^[6]
• 1908 - Głos Narodu Polish-language newspaper in publication (approximate date).^[7]
• 1909 - Hudson Tubes begin operating to Manhattan.
• 1910 - Population: 267,779.^[5]
• 1912 - Lincoln High School established.
• 1922 - Hudson Jewish News begins publication.^[7]
• 1925
  • Journal Square laid out.^[3]
  • Mary Teresa Norton becomes U.S. representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district.^[16]
• 1927 - Holland Tunnel opens to Lower Manhattan.
• 1929 - New Jersey State Normal School at Jersey City and Loew's Jersey Theatre opens.
• 1930 - Population: 316,715.
• 1937 - Jersey City Giants baseball team formed.
• 1951 - Carpathian Star newspaper begins publication.^[7]
• 1974 - Hudson County Community College established.
• 1980
  • Novyĭ Amerikanets Russian-language newspaper begins publication.^[7]
  • Population: 223,532.
• 1986 - Manila Times East newspaper begins publication.^[7]
• 1988 - Sister city relationship established with Cusco, Peru.^[17]
• 1990 - Population: 228,537.^[18]
• 1991 - Govinda Sanskar Kendra Center active (approximate date).^[19]
• 1993 - Liberty Science Center opens.^{[20][circular reference]}
• 1994 - Sister city relationships established with Ahmedabad, India and Nantong, China.^[17]
• 1995 - Sister city relationship established with Ozamiz, Philippines.^[17]
• 1997
  • Shiva Mandir shrine opens.^[19]
  • Bret Schundler becomes mayor.^[21]
  • October: E-ZPass activated for the Holland Tunnel Boyle Plaza.
  • Sister city relationships established with Jerusalem, Israel and Vitória, Brazil.^[17]
• 1998
  • Parts of Ellis Island deemed part of Jersey City per New Jersey v. New York 532 U.S. 767 (1998).
  • City website online.^[22][23]
  • Sister city relationship established with Oviedo, Spain.^[17]
• 1999
  • Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy established.^[24]
  • Sister city relationship established with Sant'Arsenio, Italy.^[17]
• 2000 - Population: 240,055.

• 2001
  • Jersey City Museum opens.
  • Sister city relationship established with Kolkata, India.^[17]
• 2002 - Sister city relationship established with Saint John's, Antigua.^[17]
• 2004
  • November: Jerramiah T. Healy elected mayor.^[25]
  • Sister city relationship established with San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Spain.^[17]
• 2005 - New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir Humanitarian Mission headquartered in city.^[19][26]
• 2008 - Sister city relationship established with Rosario, Argentina.^[17]
• 2010 - Population: 247,597.
• 2011 - Golden Door Film Festival begins.
• 2013 - Steven Fulop becomes mayor.^[27]
• 2023 - The Museum of Jersey City History opens at The Apple Tree House - 298 Academy Street, Jersey City

• Jersey City history
• Bergen Township, New Jersey (1661–1862)
• Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey-area railroads
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey
• List of mayors of Jersey City

• 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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