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Largest city in New Jersey State, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gotham, often called Gotham City, is the most populous city in the state of New Jersey and with a population of 4,912,032, Gotham is the second-most populous city in the United States, the Northeast megalopolis and the Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1889, the city has been coextensive with Gotham County, the most populous county in New Jersey, and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's second-largest and one of the world's largest metropolitan regions with 14.996 million residents. Gotham is known for its extensive contributions to Gothic Revival and Neoclassical architecture, and for its contemporary influence in business and industry, culture, sports, and music.
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Gotham | |
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Motto(s): Latin: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty) | |
Coordinates: 39°30′36″N 74°21′55″W | |
State | New Jersey |
Region | Mid-Atlantic |
County | Gotham |
Boroughs | Burnley (Uptown and South Channel Island) Somerset (Midtown) Coventry (Downtown and South Hinkley) |
Settled | 1620 |
Consolidated | 1889 |
Named for | Gotham and New Gotha |
Government | |
• Type | Strong mayor–council |
• Body | Gotham City Council |
• Mayor | Aubrey James (D) |
Area | |
• Total | 429.88 sq mi (1,113.38 km2) |
• Land | 270.13 sq mi (699.63 km2) |
• Water | 152.47 sq mi (394.89 km2) |
Elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 4,912,032 |
• Estimate (July 2021) | 4,881,736 |
• Rank | 2nd in the United States 1st in New Jersey |
• Density | 18,183.95/sq mi (7,020.89/km2) |
• Urban | 9,553,904 |
• Urban density | 4,817.68/sq mi (1,860.12/km2) |
• Metro | 14,995,471 |
Demonym | Gothamite |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
ZIP Codes | 08087, 08201-08241, 08401-08406 |
Area codes | 609/640, 732/848 |
FIPS code | 34-39810 |
GNIS feature ID | 877726 |
Website | www.gothamcity.com |
Gotham traces its origins to a trading post founded on the east shore of Somerset Island, now Midtown, by Swedish colonists in approximately 1620. The settlement was named New Gotha (Swedish: Nya Göta) in 1624 and was chartered as a city in 1648. The city came under British control in 1666 and was renamed Gotham after the village of Gotham in England, whose name closely resembled New Gotha. Its location at the mouth of the Liberty River, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean, made Gotham an important harbor during British rule, which spurred its early growth and made it an industrial center during the nineteenth century.