Bergen Square In Jersey City
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2011-02-20
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Located just south of Journal Square Bergen Square was established in 1660 as the village of Bergen on land long-utilized by Lenni Lenape Native American people. It was the first urban square established in the colonies and is the oldest continuously-inhabited European settlement in New Jersey.
Bergen Square, at the intersection of Academy Street and Bergen Avenue, was established in November of 1660 by Dutch settlers led by Director-General Peter Stuyvesant. Today, it sits within the boundaries of Journal Square, lost in the chaos of the neighborhood and not very well known.
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Bergen Square, Bergen Avenue, Martin Luther King Jr. School, First Dutch Settlement in New Jersey, Jersey City, Hudson County, Gateway, The Gateway Region, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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