Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey facts for kids

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

Prior to 19th century

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19th century

Map of Jersey City, New Jersey, 1848

• 1802 - Population of Paulus Hook: 13.
• 1804
  • Land bought from Cornelius Van Vorst by the Associates of the Jersey Company.
  • Streets of the Hook laid out.
• 1812 - Steam ferry begins operating.
• 1820 - "City of Jersey" incorporated in Bergen Township.
• 1824 - Jersey Glass Company established.
• 1825 - Jersey Porcelain and Earthenware Company incorporated.
• 1833 - American Pottery Manufacturing Company in business.
• 1834
  • New Jersey Railroad terminal and Paterson and Hudson River Railroad terminal established.
  • Newark-Jersey City horsecar begins operating.
• 1835 - Jersey City Gazette newspaper begins publication.
• 1836 - Morris Canal in operation.
• 1838 - City renamed "Jersey City."
• 1840 - City becomes part of Hudson County.
• 1847
  • Jersey City Telegraph newspaper begins publication.
  • Dixon Mills and Colgate & Company soap factory built.
• 1850 - Population: 6,856.
• 1851 - Van Vorst Township becomes part of city.
• 1853 - Grace Church Van Vorst built.
• 1856 - Taylor's Hotel in business.
• 1860 - Population: 29,227.
• 1862 - Breusing florists in business.
• 1867
  • Lincoln Association founded.
  • Evening Journal newspaper begins publication.
• 1868
  • Hudson County Volksblatt German-language newspaper begins publication (approximate date).
  • Hudson City Savings Bank established.
• 1869 - Bruckner's Variety Store in business.

1870s-1890s

• 1870
  • Hudson City and Bergen City become part of Jersey City.
  • St. John's Episcopal Church built.
  • Population: 82,546.
  • Lorillard Tobacco Company relocates to Jersey City.
• 1872 - Law Library Association founded.
• 1873 - Greenville becomes part of Jersey City.
• 1874
  • Abbatoir and stockyards in operation.
  • Jersey City Drug and Spice Mills in business.
• 1876
  • Aesthetic Society formed.
  • Centennial of American independence.
• 1887 - Pavonia Terminal opens.
• 1889
  • Free Public Library established.
  • Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal built.
• 1890 - Population: 163,003.
• 1893
  • Svoboda Ukrainian-language newspaper begins publication.
  • Hasbrouck Institute opens.

20th century

• 1900
  • Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Warehouse built.
  • Population: 206,433.
• 1901
  • Little Russian Greek Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul built.
  • American Type Founders headquartered in city.
• 1904 - People's Palace established.
• 1905 - West Side Park opens.
• 1906 - Colgate Clock installed.
• 1907 - Block Drug Company established.
• 1908 - Głos Narodu Polish-language newspaper in publication (approximate date).
• 1909 - Hudson Tubes begin operating to Manhattan.
• 1910 - Population: 267,779.
• 1912 - Lincoln High School established.
• 1922 - Hudson Jewish News begins publication.
• 1925
  • Journal Square laid out.
  • Mary Teresa Norton becomes U.S. representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district.
• 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.
• 1974 - Hudson County Community College established.
• 1980
  • Novyĭ Amerikanets Russian-language newspaper begins publication.
  • Population: 223,532.
• 1986 - Manila Times East newspaper begins publication.
• 1988 - Sister city relationship established with Cusco, Peru.
• 1990 - Population: 228,537.
• 1991 - Govinda Sanskar Kendra Center active (approximate date).
• 1994 - Sister city relationships established with Ahmedabad, India and Nantong, China.
• 1995 - Sister city relationship established with Ozamiz, Philippines.
• 1997
  • Shiva Mandir shrine opens.
  • Bret Schundler becomes mayor.
  • October: E-ZPass activated for the Holland Tunnel Boyle Plaza.
  • Sister city relationships established with Jerusalem, Israel and Vitória, Brazil.
• 1998
  • Parts of Ellis Island deemed part of Jersey City per New Jersey v. New York 532 U.S. 767 (1998).
  • City website online.
  • Sister city relationship established with Oviedo, Spain.
• 1999
  • Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy established.
  • Sister city relationship established with Sant'Arsenio, Italy.

21st century

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