Paterson, New Jersey

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Paterson, New Jersey is a historic industrial city in northern New Jersey known for its diverse immigrant communities, including a significant Dutch American presence.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
areaCode 201
551
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States of America
county Passaic County, New Jersey
demographicsCharacteristic high population density
large foreign-born population
ethnicCommunity African Americans
Arab Americans
Dominican Americans
Dutch Americans
Hispanic and Latino Americans
Italian Americans
Puerto Ricans
Turkish Americans
foundedAs planned industrial city
founder Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures
governmentType mayor–council
hasHistoricDistrict Great Falls Historic District
hasHistoricSite Hinchliffe Stadium
Lambert Castle
hasLandmark Great Falls of the Passaic River
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
hasPublicUniversityCampus Passaic County Community College
hasRailService NJ Transit Main Line
hasSportsVenue Hinchliffe Stadium, a former Negro league baseball park
inception 1791
isCountySeatOf Passaic County, New Jersey
knownFor historic industrial development
silk production
textile manufacturing
leaderTitle Mayor
locatedIn Northern New Jersey
locatedOnWaterway Passaic River
namedAfter William Paterson
William Paterson, 2nd Governor of New Jersey
William Paterson, signer of the U.S. Constitution
nickname Silk City
partOf New York metropolitan area
North Jersey
partOfCongressionalDistrict New Jersey's 9th congressional district
postalCodeType ZIP Code
state New Jersey
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
timeZoneDST Eastern Daylight Time
transportHubFor New Jersey Transit bus routes

Referenced by (12)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Patrick Warburton ("Paterson, New Jersey, United States")
William E. Simon ("Paterson, New Jersey, United States")
William Graham Sumner
placeOfBirth
William Graham Sumner ("Paterson, New Jersey, United States")
birthPlace
Gateway Region of New Jersey
contains
New York metropolitan area ("Paterson")
containsCity
Adam Driver ("Paterson")
knownFor
New Jersey ("Paterson")
majorCity
Bangladeshi American
majorSettlementArea
William Paterson
namesakeOf
Dutch Americans
notableCommunity
Adam Driver ("Paterson")
notableWork

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