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'''New Jersey''' is one of the thirteen original colonies that formed the [[United States]]. It was the third state to enter into the Union.  Its population has the highest overall density of any State, featuring many  thousands of towns.<ref>http://www.nj.gov/nj/govinfo/county/localgov.html (list of municipalities, which links to each one).</ref>
 
'''New Jersey''' is one of the thirteen original colonies that formed the [[United States]]. It was the third state to enter into the Union.  Its population has the highest overall density of any State, featuring many  thousands of towns.<ref>http://www.nj.gov/nj/govinfo/county/localgov.html (list of municipalities, which links to each one).</ref>
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It is nicknamed "the Garden State." It has 127 miles of coastline, including resort areas such as [[Atlantic City]], Asbury Park, and Cape May, some with beautiful and historic [[Victorian]] [[architecture]].  Its capital city is [[Trenton]].
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New Jersey is nicknamed "the Garden State." It has 127 miles of coastline, including resort areas such as [[Atlantic City]], Asbury Park, and Cape May, some with beautiful and historic [[Victorian]] [[architecture]].  Its capital city is [[Trenton]].
    
It is home to two famous old universities: [[Princeton University|Princeton]] and [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]]. They are both ''colonial colleges,'' the nine colleges chartered in the colonies before the [[American Revolution]]. Princeton traditionally claims 1740 as its year of founding<!--have to put in this qualification because of a longstanding dispute between Princeton and Penn-->, making it the fourth oldest university in the United States; Rutgers, founded in 1766, is the eighth oldest. Princeton is a member of the [[Ivy League]].
 
It is home to two famous old universities: [[Princeton University|Princeton]] and [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]]. They are both ''colonial colleges,'' the nine colleges chartered in the colonies before the [[American Revolution]]. Princeton traditionally claims 1740 as its year of founding<!--have to put in this qualification because of a longstanding dispute between Princeton and Penn-->, making it the fourth oldest university in the United States; Rutgers, founded in 1766, is the eighth oldest. Princeton is a member of the [[Ivy League]].
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