Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey

Last updated May 29, 2025

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

Prior to 19th century

19th century

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]

1870s-1890s

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]

20th century

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.

21st century

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]
2020 - Population: 292,449.^[28]^[29]
2023 - The Museum of Jersey City History opens at The Apple Tree House - 298 Academy Street, Jersey City

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ripley 1879.
↑ Gordon 1834.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Federal Writers' Project 1946: "Jersey City"
1 2 3 Shalhoub 2003.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Britannica 1910.
1 2 Maxine N. Lurie; Marc Mappen, eds. (2004). Encyclopedia of New Jersey. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0813536510.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America . Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
1 2 3 Farrier 1879.
1 2 3 4 International Publishing Company 1887.
↑ William H. Richardson (1919), The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City, Jersey City: Jersey City Printing Co., OCLC 10592674, OL 13490301M
↑ Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
↑ Echoes of the Aesthetic Society of Jersey City, New York: Thompson and Moreau, 1882, OL 7210761M
↑ Programme for celebrating the centennial anniversary of American independence on the third and fourth of July, 1876. W.R. Mason & Co. 1876.
↑ Annual Report of the Free Public Library of Jersey City, NJ, vol. 1, 1892
↑ Rider 1916.
↑ "New Jersey". Official Congressional Directory: 69th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1926. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081797379.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Sister Cities". Destination Jersey City. Jersey City Economic Development Corporation. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
↑ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
1 2 3 Pluralism Project. "Jersey City, New Jersey". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
↑ Liberty Science Center
↑ "Mayor of Jersey City". City of Jersey City. Archived from the original on January 12, 1998.
↑ "City of Jersey City". Archived from the original on January 12, 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
↑ "Official City of Jersey City Web Site". Archived from the original on December 2, 1998.
↑ "About JC Landmarks". Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
↑ "Biography of the Mayor". City of Jersey City. Archived from the original on December 5, 2007.
↑ "New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir, Inc" . Retrieved August 4, 2013.
↑ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
↑ QuickFacts Jersey City city, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 22, 2022.
↑ Total Population: Census 2010 - Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed December 1, 2022.

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

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

External links

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[FOOTNOTERipley1879-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ripley 1879.

[FOOTNOTEGordon1834-2] Gordon 1834.

[FOOTNOTEFederal_Writers'_Project1946-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Federal Writers' Project 1946: "Jersey City"

[FOOTNOTEShalhoub2003-4] 1 2 3 Shalhoub 2003.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Britannica 1910.

[Lurie2004-6] 1 2 Maxine N. Lurie; Marc Mappen, eds. (2004). Encyclopedia of New Jersey. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0813536510.

[LOC-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America . Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

[FOOTNOTEFarrier1879-8] 1 2 3 Farrier 1879.

[FOOTNOTEInternational_Publishing_Company1887-9] 1 2 3 4 International Publishing Company 1887.

[10] William H. Richardson (1919), The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City, Jersey City: Jersey City Printing Co., OCLC 10592674, OL 13490301M

[davies-11] Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

[12] Echoes of the Aesthetic Society of Jersey City, New York: Thompson and Moreau, 1882, OL 7210761M

[13] Programme for celebrating the centennial anniversary of American independence on the third and fourth of July, 1876. W.R. Mason & Co. 1876.

[14] Annual Report of the Free Public Library of Jersey City, NJ, vol. 1, 1892

[FOOTNOTERider1916-15] Rider 1916.

[16] "New Jersey". Official Congressional Directory: 69th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1926. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081797379.

[sister-17] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Sister Cities". Destination Jersey City. Jersey City Economic Development Corporation. Retrieved December 30, 2014.

[census1998-18] Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998

[pluralism-19] 1 2 3 Pluralism Project. "Jersey City, New Jersey". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

[20] Liberty Science Center

[21] "Mayor of Jersey City". City of Jersey City. Archived from the original on January 12, 1998.

[22] "City of Jersey City". Archived from the original on January 12, 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.

[23] "Official City of Jersey City Web Site". Archived from the original on December 2, 1998.

[24] "About JC Landmarks". Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

[25] "Biography of the Mayor". City of Jersey City. Archived from the original on December 5, 2007.

[26] "New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir, Inc" . Retrieved August 4, 2013.

[27] "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

[Census2020-28] QuickFacts Jersey City city, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 22, 2022.

[LWD2020-29] Total Population: Census 2010 - Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed December 1, 2022.

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