Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City is a city located in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 240,055, making it New Jersey's second-largest city. It is the county seat of Hudson County{{GR|6}}.

Facts

• The Statue of Liberty's address is 1 Communipaw Avenue, in Jersey City, though the statue is maintained by New York City. Likewise, Ellis Island is inside Jersey City's borders, but is managed jointly by the states of New Jersey and New York.
• The Colgate Clock, which is advertised by Colgate as the largest in the world, sits in Jersey City and faces Lower New York Bay and Lower Manhattan. The clock, which is 50 feet in diameter with a minute hand weighing 2,200 pounds, was erected in 1924 to replace a smaller one.
• The tallest building in New Jersey is Jersey City's Goldman Sachs Tower, which was completed in 2004. Other notable buildings in Jersey City include 101 Hudson Street, the Newport Tower, and the Exchange Place Centre.
• In 1916, German agents set off a series of explosions in present-day Liberty State Park in what came to be known as the Black Tom Explosion.
• Home to the original White Mana