Roselle, New Jersey

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Roselle, New Jersey is a small suburban borough in Union County known as one of the first communities in the world to be powered by an overhead electric lighting system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf borough
municipality
areaCode 908
borderedBy Cranford, New Jersey NERFINISHED
Elizabeth, New Jersey NERFINISHED
Linden, New Jersey NERFINISHED
Roselle Park, New Jersey NERFINISHED
Union Township, Union County, New Jersey NERFINISHED
classification suburban community
climate humid subtropical climate
continent North America
country United States of America
countrySubdivision Union County, New Jersey NERFINISHED
county Union County, New Jersey NERFINISHED
electrificationPioneer first community to be lighted by an overhead alternating current electrical system designed by Thomas Edison
FIPSCode 34-65320
GNISFeatureID 0885380
governmentType borough form of New Jersey municipal government
hasFormOfGovernment Mayor–council government
hasHighSchool Abraham Clark High School NERFINISHED
hasHistoricEvent installation of an overhead electric lighting system in the 1880s
hasHistoricSignificance early adoption of overhead electric street lighting
hasMajorRoad County Route 619 NERFINISHED
County Route 623 NERFINISHED
New Jersey Route 27 NERFINISHED
hasPark Warinanco Park NERFINISHED
hasPublicTransit NJ Transit bus service NERFINISHED
hasRailServiceNearby NJ Transit rail stations in neighboring communities
hasSchoolDistrict Roselle Public Schools NERFINISHED
incorporatedAs borough
isSuburbOf New York City
Newark, New Jersey NERFINISHED
knownFor being one of the first communities in the world powered by an overhead electric lighting system
locatedIn New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey

Northeastern United States NERFINISHED
Union County, New Jersey NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
namedAfter Roselle, a daughter of Charles Stone
partOf New York metropolitan area
postalCode 07203
state New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

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Union County, New Jersey contains Roselle, New Jersey
Diane Arbus notableWork Roselle, New Jersey
this entity surface form: Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967