Elizabeth, New Jersey Elizabeth, New Jersey Official seal of Elizabeth, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Elizabeth, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Elizabeth, New Jersey State New Jersey Elizabeth is both the biggest city and the governmental center of county of Union County, in New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town/city had a total populace of 124,969, retaining its ranking as New Jersey's fourth biggest city (by population). The populace increased by 4,401 (3.7%) from the 120,568 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 10,566 (+9.6%) from the 110,002 counted in the 1990 Census. For 2015, the Enumeration Bureau's Population Estimates Program figured a populace of 129,007, an increase of 3.2% from the 2010 enumeration, ranking the town/city the 210th biggest in the nation. In 2008, Elizabeth was titled one of "America's 50 Greenest Cities" by Popular Science magazine, the only town/city in New Jersey chose. The town was not titled for Queen Elizabeth I as many citizens may assume, but rather for Elizabeth, wife of Sir George Carteret, one of the two initial Proprietors of the colony of New Jersey. She was the daughter of Philippe de Carteret II, 3rd Seigneur de Sark and Anne Dowse.

The town served as the first capital of New Jersey. During the American Revolutionary War, Elizabethtown was continually attacked by British forces based on Manhattan and Staten Island, culminating in the Battle of Springfield which decisively defeated British attempts to gain New Jersey.

On March 13, 1855, the City of Elizabeth was created by an act of the New Jersey Legislature, combining and replacing both Elizabeth Borough (which dated back to 1740) and Elizabeth Township (which had been formed in 1693), subject to the results of a popular vote held on March 27, 1855.

The Electric Boat Company got its start building submarines for the United States Navy in Elizabeth, New Jersey, beginning with the launch of USS Holland (SS-1) in 1897.

These pioneering naval craft [known as A-Class] were advanced at Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard in Elizabeth between the years 1896 1903. Elizabeth interval in alongside to its sister town/city of Newark for many years, but has been more prosperous in retaining a middle-class existence and was mostly spared riots in the 1960s. Police were initially unsure if this event was related to bombs in Seaside Park, New Jersey and Manhattan that had exploded the previous day. On September 19, police arrested Ahmad Khan Rahami, a 28-year-old Afghan-born naturalized U.S.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city had a total region of 13.464 square miles (34.873 km2), including 12.319 square miles (31.907 km2) of territory and 1.145 square miles (2.966 km2) of water (8.51%). To the east the town/city is athwart the Newark Bay from Bayonne in Hudson County and the Arthur Kill from Staten Island, New York. The borders of Elizabeth, Bayonne, and Staten Island meet at one point on Shooters Island, of which 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) of the island is owned by Elizabeth, though the island is managed by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. A small section of the neighborhood was isolated with both the culmination of the Goethals Bridge in 1928 and the assembly of the New Jersey Turnpike in the 1950s.

It is a compilation of old world Elizabeth, new America, and a mix of colonial-style homes and apartment buildings that stretch east of 7th Street to its shores.

New townhomes on the waterfront have been developed, and new two-family homes are presently under construction.

A several of the city's most luxurious high-rise building complexes, affording views of the New York skyline, dot the edge of this neighborhood and are convenient to the Midtown NJ Transit Train Station.

The North End has easy access to New York and Newark via its own NJ Transit train station, Routes 1&9 and the NJ Turnpike.

North Elizabeth also features many well-kept apartment homes and condominium units on and around North Avenue that are home to professionals who work in New York or the area.

The only Benedictine women's improve in New Jersey is positioned at Saint Walburga Monastery on North Broad Street.

The former Elizabeth General Hospital site is presently being completed and awaiting a new development.

Hispanic or Latino of any race were 59.50% (74,353) of the population. The city's Hispanic populace was the tenth-highest percentage among municipalities in New Jersey as of the 2010 Census. The country where the highest number of foreign-born inhabitants of Elizabeth were born was Colombia, which was the place of birth of 8,731 Elizabeth inhabitants as of the 2000 Census.

Industrial "backyard" east of Elizabeth, New Jersey Since World War II, Elizabeth has seen its transit facilities grow; the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal is one of the busiest ports in the world, as is Newark Liberty International Airport, parts of which are actually in Elizabeth.

Elizabeth also features Little Jimmy's Italian Ices (since 1932), the prominent Jersey Gardens supply mall, Loews Theater, and the Elizabeth Center, which generate millions of dollars in revenue.

Companies based in Elizabeth include New England Motor Freight.

Together with Linden, Elizabeth is home to the Bayway Refinery, a Phillips 66 refining facility that supplies petroleum-based products to the New York/New Jersey area, producing approximately 230,000 barrels (37,000 m3) per day.

Portions of the town/city are veiled by the Urban Enterprise Zone, which cuts the revenue tax rate to 3 % (half of the 7% charged statewide) and offers other incentives to businesses inside the district. The Elizabeth UEZ has the highest company participation rate in the state, with approximately 1,000 businesses participating in and benefiting from the program.

The town/city government of Elizabeth is made up of a Mayor and a City Council.

The Elizabeth City Council is made up of nine members, who are propel to serve four-year terms of office on a staggered basis with elections held in even years.

The three Council members propel at-large and mayor come up for election together in leap years and two years later the six members who are propel from each of Elizabeth's six wards are all up for election. As of 2017, the city's Mayor is Democrat Chris Bollwage, a lifelong resident of Elizabeth who is serving his seventh term as Mayor, serving a term of office that ends December 31, 2020. City Council members are Council President Nelson Gonzalez (Second Ward; D, 2018), Carlos Cedeno (Fourth Ward; D, 2018), Frank Cuesta (at-large; D, 2016), William Gallman Jr.

Elizabeth is positioned in the 8th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 20th state legislative district. Prior to the 2010 Census, Elizabeth had been split between the 10th Congressional District and the 13th Congressional District, a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections. New Jersey's Eighth Congressional District is represented by Albio Sires (D, West New York). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019).

Estrada (D, Elizabeth, 2014), Sergio Granados (D, Elizabeth, 2016) Bette Jane Kowalski (D, Cranford, 2016), Alexander Mirabella (D, Fanwood, 2015) and Vernell Wright (D, Union, 2014). Constitutional officers propel on a countywide basis are County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi (D, Union, 2015), Sheriff Ralph Froehlich (D, Union, 2016) and Surrogate James S.

State New Jersey The Elizabeth Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the town/city of Elizabeth. The Elizabeth Fire Department was established as a volunteer organization in 1837 when Engine Company # 1 was organized.

The city's enhance schools are directed by Elizabeth Public Schools, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.

The precinct is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide, which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the oversight of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority. With 5,300 students, Elizabeth High School was the biggest high school in the state of New Jersey and one of the biggest in the United States, and underwent a split that created five new academies and a lesser Elizabeth High School under a transformation program that began in the 2009 10 school year. The school was the 294th-ranked enhance high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 302nd in 2008 out of 316 schools. Before the 2008 09 school year, all of the district's schools (except high schools) became K 8 schools, replacing the middle schools and elementary schools.

School - Digger.com ranked Elizabeth 449th of 558 districts evaluated in New Jersey. Data reported by the state Department of Education showed that a majority of students in a majority of the Elizabeth enhance schools floundered basic skills tests. 21 was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.

Halloran Alternative School #22 was one of four schools in New Jersey recognized with the Blue Ribbon Award. William F.

Following the closure of Saint Patrick High School by the Newark Archdiocese in June 2012 in the face of increasing costs and declining enrollment, administrators and parents affiliated with the defunct school opened an autonomous non-denominational school positioned on Morris Avenue in Elizabeth called "The Patrick School" in September 2012. Princeton University was established in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey. Elizabeth is a core of a several major roadways including the New Jersey Turnpike / Interstate 95, Interstate 278 (including the Goethals Bridge, which carries Interstate 278 over the Arthur Kill between Elizabeth and Howland Hook, Staten Island), U.S.

As of May 2010, the town/city had a total of 153.78 miles (247.48 km) of roadways, of which 123.75 miles (199.16 km) were maintained by the municipality, 12.27 miles (19.75 km) by Union County and 11.80 miles (18.99 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 5.96 miles (9.59 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. The South Front Street Bridge (also over the Elizabeth River), assembled in 1922, has been left in the open position since March 2011. A study is underway to determine if the bridge can be rehabilitated. The bridge is notable in that it is the only remaining movable road bridge in Union County (movable barns bridges still exist).

Elizabeth station, also called Broad Street Elizabeth or Midtown Station, is the southern station in Midtown Elizabeth. The other train station in Elizabeth is North Elizabeth station. The UCLR was prepared to connect Midtown Station with Newark Liberty International Airport and have seven or eight other stations in between inside Elizabeth town/city limits. A possible extension of this future line to Plainfield would link the town/city of Elizabeth with the Raritan Valley Line.

NJ Transit provides bus service on the 111, 112, 113 and 115 routes to and from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, on the 24, 40, 48, 59 and 62 routes to Newark, New Jersey, with small-town service available on the 26, 52, 56, 57 and 58 routes. Kennedy Airport to Union City and Elizabeth for passengers on Avianca flights departing from and arriving to JFK. News 12 New Jersey offers weather and news channels with coverage of the city.

The town/city is the focal point of Elizabeth native Judy Blume's 2015 novel In The Unlikely Event, the backdrop for which was the crash of three commercial airliners in Elizabeth inside a reconstructionof two months in 1951 52. See also: Category:People from Elizabeth, New Jersey.

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