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Parent topics
United States of America: a large nation in middle North America with a republic of fifty semi-independent states, a nation since 1776. [e]
Colonial America: The eastern United States and parts of Canada from the time of European settlement to the time of the American Revolution. [e]
Governors
- Phil Murphy, 2018-?, Democrat
- Chris Christie, 2010-2018, Republican
- Jon Corzine, 2006-2010, Democrat
- Richard Codey, 2004–2006, Democrat
- James E. McGreevey, 2002–2004, Democrat
- Donald DiFrancesco, 2001–2002, Republican
- Christine Todd Whitman, 1994–2001, Republican
- James Florio, 1990–1994, Democrat
- Thomas Kean, 1982–1990, Republican
- Brendan Byrne, 1974–1982, Democrat
Towns and cities
Princeton, New Jersey: Town of ~30,000 people in the central part of New Jersey, home to Princeton University, and situated halfway between Philadelphia and New York City and an hour's drive from either city. [e]- Roosevelt, New Jersey: A rural town in central NJ with a population of less than 1000 people, that grew from an experimental immigrant community in the 1930’s to a present-day artist colony. [e]
- Trenton, New Jersey: Capital of the U.S. state of New Jersey. [e]
Geography
- Delaware River: At 282 miles, the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the eastern U.S., with Pennsylvania/Delaware on its western shore and New York/New Jersey on its eastern shore. [e]
- Hudson River: The most important river in New York State. [e]
- Atlantic Ocean: Second largest ocean in the world; separates the Americas from Europe and Africa. [e]
Other
- Grounds for Sculpture: Museum of sculpture and landscape art in Hamilton, New Jersey founded in 1992. [e]
- Superfund: a perennially underfunded United States federal trust fund for cleanup of toxic waste dumps that has existed since 1980. [e]