On May 29, 1937, portions of the township were taken to form the borough of Jersey Homesteads ( now Roosevelt ).

The borough was established as Jersey Homesteads by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 29, 1937, from portions of Millstone Township.

Jersey Homesteads, late 1930s

Roosevelt was originally called Jersey Homesteads, and was created during the Great Depression as part of President Roosevelt's New Deal.

The three panels show the history of the Jersey Homesteads, starting with the eastern European origins of its Jewish residents, their passage through Ellis Island and making plans for the community in Roosevelt.

The Jersey Homesteads cooperative didn't last through World War II.

* Electronic New Jersey, with historical material on Homesteads

* Notes on the History of Jersey Homesteads Historic District and the Jersey Homesteads Historic District Advisory Council, by Arthur Shapiro, Ed. D.

* Notes for an Intellectual History of Jersey Homesteads ( Roosevelt, New Jersey ) -- a Successful Experiment in Democracy and Creation of Community, by Pearl Seligman

* Bibliographic References Cited In Nomination Form for National Register of Historic Places Inventory, Jersey Homesteads National and State Historic District

Shahn ’ s fresco mural for the community center of Jersey Homesteads is among his most famous works, but the government also hired Shahn to execute the Bronx Central Annex Post Office and Social Security murals.

The Farm Security Administration commissioned Ben Shahn to paint a mural for the community center of Jersey Homesteads ( later renamed Roosevelt ), a New Jersey town initially planned to be a community for Jewish garment workers.

In the last panel, the unions and the New Deal unite to create the blueprint for the town of the Jersey Homesteads.

* Jersey Homesteads Mural, 1937-38, Community Center of the Federal Housing Development, Roosevelt, New Jersey

* Jersey Homesteads ( begun by the Division of Subsistence Homesteads )

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey

* Francis Hopkinson House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Burlington County, New Jersey

Nonetheless, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the Wildwoods Shore motel district in New Jersey in its 2006 list of America's Most Endangered Historic Places and included the Historic Route 66 Motels from Illinois to California on its 2007 list.

In West Orange, New Jersey, the 13. 5 acre ( 5. 5 ha ) Glenmont estate is maintained and operated by the National Park Service as the Edison National Historic Site.

Cape May is a National Historic landmark city at the Southernmost tip of New Jersey with an unparalleled collection of Victorian era homes.

* Butler Farm, Swedesboro, New Jersey, on the National Register of Historic Places

** Mount Pleasant Historic District ( Mount Pleasant, New Jersey ), listed on the NRHP in Hunterdon County, New Jersey

" Its core is the Main Street Historic District, which was listed in the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places in 1972, one of the first registered historic districts in New Jersey.

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Warren County, New Jersey

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, New Jersey

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Salem County, New Jersey

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Passaic County, New Jersey

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Ocean County, New Jersey

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey

* The Taylor Steelworkers Historic Greenway in High Bridge, New Jersey

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester County, New Jersey

In February 1990, Downey filed for bankruptcy in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.

** Walt Whitman registers the title Leaves of Grass with the clerk of the United States District Court, Southern District of New Jersey, and receives its copyright.

For two centuries New Netherland Dutch culture characterized the region ( today's Capital District around Albany, the Hudson Valley, western Long Island, northeastern New Jersey, and New York City ).

As of June 2012, 41 states and the District of Columbia have recognized Juneteenth as either a state holiday or state holiday observance ; these are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

New York suburbs in Connecticut and New Jersey are covered by the District of Connecticut and District of New Jersey respectively.

* Between 1801 and 1802, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey was divided into the United States District Courts for the Districts of East Jersey and West Jersey.

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* Ralph J. Marra, Jr. ( born c. 1953 ), former Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

* Jersey Shore Area School District ( also in Clinton County ) Jersey Shore Bulldogs