Perth Amboy

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city county seat municipality

Perth Amboy is a historic port city in central New Jersey that served as one of the colonial capitals of the Province of New Jersey.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Perth Amboy, New Jersey 4
Perth Amboy Historic Waterfront District 1
Perth Amboy approach 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 732 ⓘ
848 ⓘ
borderedBy Sayreville, New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: Sayreville

South Amboy, New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: South Amboy

Staten Island across Arthur Kill ⓘ
Woodbridge Township, New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: Woodbridge Township
connectedByBridge Outerbridge Crossing ⓘ
Victory Bridge ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Middlesex County ⓘ
etymology Lenape ⓘ
surface form: "Amboy" derived from Lenape word "Ompoge" meaning "level ground"
FIPSCode 34-58860 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0885350 ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Perth Amboy Public Schools ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Perth Amboy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Perth Amboy Historic Waterfront District
hasHospital Raritan Bay Medical Center – Perth Amboy ⓘ
hasLandmark City Hall of Perth Amboy ⓘ
Perth Amboy Ferry Slip ⓘ
Proprietary House ⓘ
hasNickname The City by the Bay ⓘ
hasPort Perth Amboy Ferry Slip ⓘ
surface form: Port of Perth Amboy
hasRailStation Perth Amboy station ⓘ
historicalEra Colonial America ⓘ
historicalRole colonial capital of the Province of New Jersey ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1718 ⓘ
locatedIn Central New Jersey ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Staten Island ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Arthur Kill ⓘ
Raritan Bay ⓘ
majorHighway Route 35 ⓘ
Route 440 ⓘ
U.S. Route 9 ⓘ
namedAfter James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea New York metropolitan area ⓘ
partOfRegion Woodbridge Township, New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: Raritan Bayshore area
postalCode 08861 ⓘ
08862 ⓘ
reincorporated 1784 ⓘ
1844 ⓘ
1871 ⓘ
servedAs capital of East Jersey ⓘ
meeting place of the New Jersey colonial legislature ⓘ
servedByRailLine North Jersey Coast Line ⓘ
state New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East Jersey → capital → Perth Amboy ⓘ
Province of New Jersey → capital → Perth Amboy ⓘ
Central New Jersey → contains → Perth Amboy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perth Amboy, New Jersey
this entity surface form: Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Outerbridge Crossing → hasApproach → Perth Amboy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perth Amboy approach
Perth Amboy → hasHistoricDistrict → Perth Amboy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perth Amboy Historic Waterfront District
this entity surface form: Perth Amboy, Province of New Jersey
East Jersey → majorPort → Perth Amboy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perth Amboy, New Jersey
East Jersey → notableCity → Perth Amboy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perth Amboy, New Jersey