# Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey

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

## 19th century

* 1802 - Population of Paulus Hook: 13.
* 1804
** Land bought from Cornelius Van Vorst by the Associates of the Jersey Company.
** Streets of the Hook laid out.
* 1812 - Steam ferry begins operating.
* 1820 - "City of Jersey" incorporated in Bergen Township.
* 1824 - Jersey Glass Company established.
* 1825 - Jersey Porcelain and Earthenware Company incorporated.
* 1833 - American Pottery Manufacturing Company in business.
* 1834
** New Jersey Railroad terminal and Paterson and Hudson River Railroad terminal established.
** Newark-Jersey City horsecar begins operating.
* 1835 - Jersey City Gazette newspaper begins publication.
* 1836 - Morris Canal in operation.
* 1838 - City renamed "Jersey City."
* 1840 - City becomes part of Hudson County.
* 1847
** Jersey City Telegraph newspaper begins publication.
** Dixon Mills and Colgate & Company soap factory built.
* 1850 - Population: 6,856.
* 1851 - Van Vorst Township becomes part of city.
* 1853 - Grace Church Van Vorst built.
* 1856 - Taylor's Hotel in business.
* 1860 - Population: 29,227.
* 1862 - Breusing florists in business.
* 1867
** Lincoln Association founded.
** Evening Journal newspaper begins publication.
* 1868
** Hudson County Volksblatt German-language newspaper begins publication (approximate date).
** Hudson City Savings Bank established.
* 1869 - Bruckner's Variety Store in business.

### 1870s-1890s

* 1870
** Hudson City and Bergen City become part of Jersey City.
** St. John's Episcopal Church built.
** Population: 82,546.
** Lorillard Tobacco Company relocates to Jersey City.
* 1872 - Law Library Association founded.
* 1872- Saint Peter's College founded
* 1873 - Greenville becomes part of Jersey City.
* 1874
** Abattoir and stockyards in operation.
** Jersey City Drug and Spice Mills in business.
* 1876
** Aesthetic Society formed.
** Centennial of American independence.
* 1887 - Pavonia Terminal opens.
* 1889
** Free Public Library established.
** Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal built.
* 1890 - Population: 163,003.
* 1893
** Svoboda Ukrainian-language newspaper begins publication.
** Hasbrouck Institute opens.
* 1900
** Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Warehouse built.
** Population: 206,433.

## 20th century

* 1901
** Little Russian Greek Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul built.
** American Type Founders headquartered in city.
* 1904 - People's Palace established.
* 1905 - West Side Park opens.
* 1906 - Colgate Clock installed.
* 1907 - Block Drug Company established.
* 1908 - Głos Narodu Polish-language newspaper in publication (approximate date).
* 1909 - Hudson Tubes begin operating to Manhattan.
* 1910 - Population: 267,779.
* 1912 - Lincoln High School established.
* 1922 - Hudson Jewish News begins publication.
* 1925
** Journal Square laid out.
** Mary Teresa Norton becomes U.S. representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district.
* 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.
* 1974 - Hudson County Community College established.
* 1980
** Novyĭ Amerikanets Russian-language newspaper begins publication.
** Population: 223,532.
* 1986 - Manila Times East newspaper begins publication.
* 1988 - Sister city relationship established with Cusco, Peru.
* 1990 - Population: 228,537.
* 1991 - Govinda Sanskar Kendra Center active (approximate date).
* 1993 - Liberty Science Center opens.
* 1994 - Sister city relationships established with Ahmedabad, India and Nantong, China.
* 1995 - Sister city relationship established with Ozamiz, Philippines.
* 1997
** Shiva Mandir shrine opens.
** Bret Schundler becomes mayor.
** October: E-ZPass activated for the Holland Tunnel Boyle Plaza.
** Sister city relationships established with Jerusalem, Israel and Vitória, Brazil.
* 1998
** Parts of Ellis Island deemed part of Jersey City per New Jersey v. New York 532 U.S. 767 (1998).
** City website online.
** Sister city relationship established with Oviedo, Spain.
* 1999
** Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy established.
** Sister city relationship established with Sant'Arsenio, Italy.
* 2000 - Population: 240,055.

## 21st century

* 2001
** Jersey City Museum opens.
** Sister city relationship established with Kolkata, India.
* 2002 - Sister city relationship established with Saint John's, Antigua.
* 2004
** November: Jerramiah T. Healy elected mayor.
** Sister city relationship established with San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Spain.
* 2005 - New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir Humanitarian Mission headquartered in city.
* 2008 - Sister city relationship established with Rosario, Argentina.
* 2010 - Population: 247,597.
* 2011 - Golden Door Film Festival begins.
* 2013 - Steven Fulop becomes mayor.
* 2023 - The Museum of Jersey City History opens at The Apple Tree House - 298 Academy Street, Jersey City