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Beachwood Information:
Beachwood is in Ocean county. Area zipcodes, with demographic data: 08722
Beachwood area code: 732
Beachwood latitude and longitude: 39.9278, 74.202
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Italian Giovanni da Verrazano, in 1524, was the first European to
explore the area we know today as New Jersey. One of the original 13
states (it joined the Union in 1787), it was named after the island of
Jersey in the English Channel. New Jersey is referred to as the
"Garden State" because of its fertile farmland. General George
Washington won a key Revolutionary War battle at Trenton when he
crossed the Delaware River from Pennsylvania and surprised the Hessian
soldiers stationed there. Trenton is the state capital, and the flower
is the purple violet. Atlantic City, a resort town and home to the
Miss America pageant, attracts visitors from around the world.
Copyright: Library of Congress and CIA Fact Book.
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