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Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Perth Amboy is a city in eastern New Jersey. It is part of the New York City metropolitan area. At the 2010 census, 50,814 people lived in the city.[15]

City
City of Perth Amboy
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Location of Perth Amboy in Middlesex County (click image to enlarge; also see: state map)
Location of Perth Amboy in Middlesex County
(click image to enlarge; also see: state map)
Census Bureau map of Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°31′13″N 74°16′17″W / 40.52016°N 74.271331°W / 40.52016; -74.271331Coordinates: 40°31′13″N 74°16′17″W / 40.52016°N 74.271331°W / 40.52016; -74.271331[1][2]
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyMiddlesex
Settled1683
Royal charterAugust 4, 1718
IncorporatedDecember 21, 1784
ReincorporatedApril 8, 1844 (included Township)
Named forJames Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth
Government
 • TypeFaulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
 • BodyCity Council
 • MayorWilda Diaz (term ends December 31, 2020)[3]
 • AdministratorAdam E. Cruz[4]
 • Municipal clerkElaine M. Jasko
Area
[1]
 • Total5.957 sq mi (15.429 km2)
 • Land4.702 sq mi (12.178 km2)
 • Water1.255 sq mi (3.251 km2)  21.07%
 • Rank258th of 566 in state
13th of 25 in county[1]
Elevation
[5]
62 ft (19 m)
Population
 (2010 Census)[6][7]
 • Total50,814
 • Estimate 
(2016)
52,499
 • Rank33rd of 566 in state
6th of 25 in county[8]
 • Density10,806.8/sq mi (4,172.5/km2)
  • Rank29th of 566 in state
1st of 25 in county[8]
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP codes
08861-08863[9][10]
FIPS code3402358200[1][12][13]
GNIS feature ID0885349[1][14]
Websitewww.ci.perthamboy.nj.us

Perth Amboy was chartered in 1718. The city was incorporated on December 21, 1784.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Perth Amboy include:

Perth Amboy, New Jersey Media

  • Original Govenor's House in Perth Amboy, NJ

  • Three kilns at the Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Company

  • Typical Victorians on High Street

  • Arthur Kill along waterfront walkway just south of Ferry Slip

  • The Perth Amboy National Bank Building at the Five Corners

  • Looking across Arthur Kill to Harbortown (center)

  • The Victory Bridge as seen from the Edison Bridge.

  • View south along Route 440, the largest and busiest highway in Perth Amboy

  • Main entrance of Perth Amboy Station

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2010 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions, United States Census Bureau. Accessed May 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ 2017 New Jersey Mayors Directory, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Accessed May 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ Business Administration Office Archived 2011-12-06 at the Wayback Machine, City of Perth Amboy. Accessed July 13, 2016.
  5. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: City of Perth Amboy, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 11, 2013.
  6. ↑ DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Perth Amboy city, Middlesex County, New Jersey Archived 2020-02-12 at Archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 3, 2012.
  7. ↑ Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Perth Amboy city Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed July 3, 2012.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 GCT-PH1 Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey Archived 2020-02-12 at Archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed August 7, 2013.
  9. ↑ Look Up a ZIP Code for Perth Amboy, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed November 28, 2011.
  10. ↑ Zip Codes, State of New Jersey. Accessed August 18, 2013.
  11. ↑ Amboy&frmCounty=Middlesex Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Pequannock, NJ, Area-Codes.com. Accessed April 9, 2015.
  12. ↑ American FactFinder Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
  13. ↑ A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey Archived 2012-05-27 at Archive.today, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed July 3, 2012.
  14. ↑ US Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Perth Amboy Population" (PDF). The New Jersey Department of Labor. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  16. ↑ New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame - Pioneer Inductees: Solomon Andrews (1806-1872) Archived 2006-09-01 at the Wayback Machine, accessed December 13, 2006.
  17. ↑ Campbell, Mary via Associated Press. "Bon Jovi jets to rock success" Archived 2015-02-23 at the Wayback Machine, The Palm Beach Post, February 13, 1987. Accessed July 6, 2010.
  18. ↑ Haddock, Addy. Alan Cheuse Archived 2014-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, Middle Tennessee State University. Accessed August 4, 2013. "NPR commentator and critic Alan Cheuse was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, on January 23, 1940. His early years were spent at Perth Amboy High School in 1957, and he graduated from Rutgers University in 1961."
  19. ↑ Stanley Norman Cohen (1935-), DNA From the Beginning. Accessed August 8, 2014. "Stan Cohen was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey."
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 City History Archived 2007-06-17 at the Wayback Machine, City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Accessed June 4, 2007.
  21. ↑ "Proprietary House - Perth Amboy, New Jersey History". Archived from the original on 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  22. ↑ Grimké, Sarah; and Grimké, Angelina, Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Women's History. Accessed June 4, 2007. "hey assisted in Weld's school in Belleville and later Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in 1848–62."
  23. ↑ "Vida Guerra: libre e independiente en Playboy", El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa), June 8, 2006. Accessed October 23, 2007. "Nacida en Bauta, pueblo cercano a La Habana, en marzo de 1980, Vida fue traída por sus padres an Estados Unidos cuando contaba apenas seis años, pero no ha perdido ni el idioma ni sus costumbres latinas, ya que se ha mantenido oscilando entre las dos culturas desde su hogar en Perth Amboy, Nueva Jersey."
  24. ↑ Perth Amboy Tottenville Ferry Slip HS, Raritan-Millstone Heritage Alliance, backed up by the Internet Archive as of November 21, 2008. Accessed April 9, 2015.
  25. ↑ The History of Perth Amboy Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, City of Perth Amboy. Accessed April 9, 2015.
  26. ↑ New Jersey Governor Morgan Foster Larson Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, National Governors Association. Accessed August 8, 2014. "Morgan F. Larson, the fifty-third governor of New Jersey, was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on June 15, 1882."
  27. ↑ Staff. "Verbal assault" Archived 2012-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, Home News Tribune, July 15, 2005. Accessed March 7, 2012. "We had Miilkbone from Perth Amboy, we had Naughty by Nature out, we had Queen Latifah and her whole group out, we had Redman - which is my favorite..."
  28. ↑ Staff. "Review: ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’", Variety (magazine), December 31, 1946. Accessed April 9, 2015. "Thurber’s whole conception of Mitty was an inconsequential fellow from Perth Amboy, NJ, to whom nothing – but nothing – ever happened and who, as a result, lived a ‘secret life’ via his excursions into daydreaming."
  29. ↑ Goldstein, Richard. "Steve Mizerak, National Pool Champion, Is Dead at 61", The New York Times, June 2, 2006. Accessed January 1, 2008.
  30. ↑ Steve "the Miz" Mizerak, The Palm Beach Post, accessed May 16, 2007.
  31. ↑ Spacewatch Minor Planets Joe Has Named, Accessed May 31, 2006.
  32. ↑ Home page Archived 2019-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, John A. Nagy. Accessed February 5, 2014. "John was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey and he now resides in Mount Laurel, New Jersey."
  33. ↑ Rispoli, Michael. "Former Perth Amboy Mayor George J. Otlowski dies", The Star-Ledger, March 16, 2009. Accessed July 6, 2010.
  34. ↑ Ginzburg, Ralph. "Perth Amboy church is 302 and counting", The New York Times, February 15, 1987. Accessed January 24, 2012. "The first black man to vote in America, Thomas Mundy Peterson, was a member of St. Peter's and is buried in its graveyard. He voted in the Perth Amboy mayoral election of March 31, 1870, one day after adoption of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution."
  35. ↑ Fact Sheet of the 4th Armored Division Archived 2009-08-07 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed November 7, 2007.
  36. ↑ Dzielak, Kathy. "Sambora helps teen diagnosed with brain tumor" Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine, Asbury Park Press, November 5, 2009. Accessed January 30, 2011. ""Born in Perth Amboy, Sambora, now 50, cut his musical teeth as a teenager playing Central Jersey clubs such as the now-defunct Charley's Uncle in East Brunswick."
  37. ↑ Staff. "OBITUARY.; MARCUS SPRING. JOHN HARPER, OF KENTUCKY.", The New York Times, August 22, 1874. Accessed August 7, 2013.
  38. ↑ Jensen, Merrill; DenBoer, Gordon. The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788-1790, p. 188. University of Wisconsin Press, 1987. ISBN 9780299106508. Accessed February 16, 2014. "Stevens, John, Jr. (1749-1838), Candidate for Representative - Born in New York City and raised in Perth Amboy, Stevens was the son of John Stevens, a prominent New Jersey politician and landowner."
  39. ↑ Winters, Debra. "Book details life lessons from New York in the 70s", Wayne Today, June 1, 2011. Accessed January 24, 2012. "Having grown up in Perth Amboy, Stritch has vivid memories as a child of taking day trips not down the shore but to New York City with her parents."
  40. ↑ via Associated Press. Bruce Taylor Selected for Lowe Award", The Day (New London), December 1, 1969. Accessed January 30, 2011. "The 5-foot-11, 185-pound senior from Perth Amboy, N.J., became the third player to win the Lowe award in its 31-year history..."
  41. ↑ Staff. "Michelle Visage brings some 'Jersey' to 'RuPaul's Drag Race'!", OutInJersey.net, January 27, 2011. Accessed November 25, 2012. "Q. Michelle, thanks so much for taking the time to talk to me! You're a 'Jersey Girl' correct? A. Sure am Cookie! Jersey is where it all started for me. I was born in Perth Amboy, and moved to South Plainfield."
  42. ↑ Dunlap, William. A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Design in the United States. C.E. Goodspeed & Co: Boston, 1918.
  43. ↑ Biography of David T. Wilentz, NJ Attorney General, 1934-1944. Accessed August 28, 2009.

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