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Science In Your Backyard: New Jersey

New Jersey

  • New Jersey Water Science Center
    dc_nj@usgs.gov
    810 Bear Tavern Rd., Suite 206
    West Trenton, NJ 08628
    Phone: (609) 771-3900
    Fax: (609) 771-3915
    Office hours: 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time

  • National Spatial Data Infrastructure Partnership Office (Liason for: DC, DE, MD, NJ, Chesapeake Bay)
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Eastern Region Geography, MS 559
    12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
    Reston, VA 20192
    Phone: (703) 648-5189


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New Jersey State Facts

Image of New Jersey with a star pinpointing the location of the capital.
Locations on image are approximate


Capital: Trenton(Star shaped icon located on map pinpointing capital.)
Land Area: 7,417 sq. miles
(source: 2003 Census)
Population: 8,638,396
(source: 2003 Census estimate)
Counties: 21
(source: National Association of Counties)
Highest Point:
High Point at 1,803 feet, located in the county/subdivision of Sussex
(source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Lowest Point:
Atlantic Ocean at Sea Level
(source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Geographic Center:
Located in Mercer County approx. 5 miles southeast of Trenton
(source: U.S. Geological Survey)

 

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