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New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; on the southwest by Delaware Bay and the state of Delaware. At 7,354 square miles (19,050 km²), New Jersey is the fifth-smallest state based on land area, but with close to 9.3 million residents, is the 11th-most populous and the most densely populated. New Jersey's state capital is Trenton, while the state's most populous city is Newark. With the sole exception of Warren County, all counties in the state lie within the combined statistical areas of New York City or Philadelphia; consequently, the state's largest metropolitan area falls within Greater New York.

New Jersey was first inhabited by Native Americans for at least 2,800 years, with the Lenape being the dominant group when Europeans arrived in the early 17th century. Dutch and the Swedish colonists founded the first European settlements in the state. The English later seized control of the region and established the Province of New Jersey, after the largest of the Channel Islands, Jersey. The colony's fertile lands and relative religious tolerance drew a large and diverse population. New Jersey was among the Thirteen Colonies that opposed Great Britain, hosting numerous pivotal battles and military commands in the American Revolutionary War. The state remained in the Union during the U.S. Civil War, and thereafter became a major center of manufacturing and immigration; it helped drive the nation's Industrial Revolution, and became the site of numerous technological and commercial innovations into the mid 20th century. (Full article...)

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The Riverton–Belvidere Bridge is a bridge crossing the Delaware River. It connects Belvidere, New Jersey with Riverton, Pennsylvania. There is no toll for crossing on either side, after tolls were abolished by the Joint Commission for the Elimination of Toll Bridges in 1929. The bridge is 653 feet (199 m) long, holding a load of 8 short tons (16,000 lb) of traffic from Warren County Route 620 (Water Street) in Belvidere to former Pennsylvania Route 709 on the Riverton side. The bridge was first constructed in 1836, replacing the local ferry across the river. The board of freeholders in Warren County supported the replacement of the ferry with a bridge for safety of passengers. In 1832, the state created the Belvidere Delaware Bridge Company, which was funded with the job of building a bridge from Riverton to Belvidere. The new covered bridge was built by Solon Chapin, a contractor from Easton, Pennsylvania. The bridge survived two large storms in 1836 and 1841, although sustained major damage both times. In 1903, the floods that destroyed bridges along the Delaware River Valley, including taking out the entire covered structure at Riverton and Belvidere. They rebuilt the structure in 1904, using steel instead of wood, and the new span has remained since, with rehabilitations at certain points.

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Atlantic City is a coastal city in Atlantic County, known for its legalized gambling, and for inspiring the game Monopoly.

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Kirsten Caroline Dunst (/ˈkɪərstən/; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress and model. She gained recognition for her role as child vampire Claudia in the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She also had roles in her youth in Little Women (1994) and the fantasy films Jumanji (1995) and Small Soldiers (1998).

In the late 1990s, Dunst transitioned to leading roles in a number of teen films, including the political satire Dick and the Sofia Coppola-directed drama The Virgin Suicides (both 1999). In 2000, she starred in the lead role in the cheerleading film Bring It On, which has become a cult classic. She gained further wide attention for her role as Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002) and its sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007). Her career progressed with a supporting role in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), followed by a lead role in Cameron Crowe's tragicomedy Elizabethtown (2005), and as the title character in Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006). (Full article...)

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Image 1Two Hudson-Bergen Light Rail trains in Jersey City (from New Jersey)
Image 2Beth Medrash Govoha (Hebrew:בית מדרש גבוה), in Lakewood Township, Ocean County, is the world's largest yeshiva outside the State of Israel. Orthodox Jews represent one of the fastest-growing segments of New Jersey's population. (from New Jersey)
Image 3Red Bull Arena in Harrison, home of the MLS's New York Red Bulls (from New Jersey)
Image 4Part of the Palisades Interstate Park, the cliffs of the New Jersey Palisades in Bergen (seen here) and Hudson counties overlook the Hudson River. (from New Jersey)
Image 5A map of the 107-mile long Morris Canal across northern New Jersey (from New Jersey)
Image 6Metropolitan statistical areas and divisions of New Jersey. The New York City Metropolitan Area includes the counties shaded in blue hues, as well as Mercer and Warren counties, the latter representing part of the Lehigh Valley. Counties shaded in green hues, as well as Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland counties, belong to the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. (from New Jersey)
Image 7George B. McClellan (from History of New Jersey)
Image 8Cranberry harvest (from New Jersey)
Image 9Federal Courthouse in Camden, which is connected to Philadelphia via the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in the background (from New Jersey)
Image 10The Raritan River is the longest river entirely within New Jersey, flowing from the Raritan Valley near Clinton, Hunterdon County (above), eastward to the Raritan Bay. (from New Jersey)
Image 11The Cape May–Lewes Ferry connects New Jersey and Delaware across Delaware Bay. (from New Jersey)
Image 12New Jersey population density map (2010) (from New Jersey)
Image 13Military map by William Faden with troop movements during the Ten Crucial Days (from History of New Jersey)
Image 14A 1950s-style diner in Orange, Essex County (from New Jersey)
Image 15High-rise residential complexes in the borough of Fort Lee (from New Jersey)
Image 16The Hindenburg just moments after catching fire. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 17Lyndon Johnson meets Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro (from History of New Jersey)
Image 18A NJ Transit train heads down the Northeast Corridor through Rahway, New Jersey (from New Jersey)
Image 19A fleet of naval forces being constructed in the Camden shipyards (from History of New Jersey)
Image 20Atlantic City is an oceanfront resort and the nexus of New Jersey's gambling industry. (from New Jersey)
Image 21The Prudential Center in Newark, home of the NHL's New Jersey Devils (from New Jersey)
Image 22A heat map showing median income distribution by county in New Jersey (from New Jersey)
Image 23Molly Pitcher taking over her husband's position at a cannon (from History of New Jersey)
Image 24India Square, in Bombay, Jersey City, home to the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere. Immigrants from India constituted the largest foreign-born nationality in New Jersey in 2013. (from New Jersey)
Image 25The relative location of the New Netherland and New Sweden settlements in eastern North America (from New Jersey)
Image 26A letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle containing anthrax powder caused the deaths of two postal workers. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 27The New Jersey State House in Trenton (from New Jersey)
Image 28Skyscrapers in Jersey City, one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world (from New Jersey)
Image 29The New Jersey State Quarter (from New Jersey)
Image 30Atlantic City Boardwalk view from Caesars Atlantic City. Opened in 1870, it was the first boardwalk built in the United States. At 5+1⁄2 miles (9 km) long, it is also the longest in the world.
Image 31The Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson, Passaic County, dedicated as a U.S. National Historical Park in November 2011, incorporates one of the largest waterfalls in the eastern United States. (from New Jersey)
Image 32Old Queens at Rutgers University, the flagship of public higher education in New Jersey (from New Jersey)
Image 33MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford is home to the NFL's New York Giants and New York Jets, and the most expensive stadium ever built. (from New Jersey)
Image 34The George Washington Bridge, connecting Fort Lee (foreground) in Bergen County across the Hudson River to New York City, is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge. (from New Jersey)
Image 35Map of New Jersey showing major transportation networks and cities (from New Jersey)
Image 36Downtown New Brunswick, an educational and cultural district undergoing gentrification (from New Jersey)
Image 37Race and ethnicity (2015) (from New Jersey)
Image 38The original provinces of West and East New Jersey are shown in yellow and green respectively. The Keith Line is shown in red, and the Coxe and Barclay Line is shown in orange. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 39The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys,
1777 map by William Faden (from History of New Jersey)
Image 40Paterson, known as the "Silk City", has become a prime destination for an internationally diverse pool of immigrants, with at least 52 distinct ethnic groups. (from New Jersey)
Image 41Bergen County (버건 군), New Jersey, across the George Washington Bridge from New York City (뉴욕), is a growing hub and home to all of the nation's top ten municipalities by percentage of Korean population, led (above) by Palisades Park (벼랑 공원), the municipality with the highest density of ethnic Koreans in the Western Hemisphere. Displaying ubiquitous Hangul (한글) signage and known as the Korean village, Palisades Park uniquely comprises a Korean majority (52% in 2010) of its population, with both the highest Korean-American density and percentage of any municipality in the United States. (from New Jersey)
Image 42New Jersey, seen here in Warrren County, shares the Delaware Water Gap with neighboring Pennsylvania. (from New Jersey)
Image 43George Washington rallying his troops at the Battle of Princeton (from New Jersey)
Image 44A modern map which approximates the relative size and location of the settled areas of New Netherland and New Sweden, which was never officially recognized by the Dutch Republic (from History of New Jersey)
Image 45View of Wildwood in Cape May County, from the Mariner's Landing Ferris wheel at night (from New Jersey)
Image 46Michael Schleisser and the "Jersey man-eater" as seen in the Bronx Home News (from History of New Jersey)
Image 47New Jersey's area codes (from New Jersey)
Image 48Nassau Hall at Princeton University, one of the world's most prominent research universities (from New Jersey)
Image 49The Great Falls of the Passaic River (from History of New Jersey)
Image 50Washington Crossing the Delaware in the winter of 1777, during the New York and New Jersey campaign (painting by Emanuel Leutze, 1851) (from New Jersey)