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- Abraham Browning of Camden, who owned the Cherry Hill Farm, first called New Jersey the Garden State in 1876. The nickname stuck. A law passed in 1954, over 75 years later, required the then unofficial slogan to be printed on New Jersey licence plates.
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Abraham Browning of Camden is given credit for giving New Jersey the nickname the Garden State. According to Alfred Heston's 1926 two-volume book Jersey Waggon Jaunts, Browning called New Jersey the Garden State while speaking at the Philadelphia Centennial exhibition on New Jersey Day (August 24, 1876).
“Why do we call our state the Garden State?” he asked. And he’s not the only one wondering. A survey from Fairleigh Dickinson University and the New Jersey Farm Bureau found that two out of five New Jerseyans don’t know why our home state earned its moniker.
New Jersey’s nickname, the Garden State, dates back to the late 1800s. According to a book by Alfred Heston in 1926, Abraham Browning of Camden called New Jersey the Garden State while speaking at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition on New Jersey Day. He called “our Garden State” an immense barrel, filled with good things to eat and ...
- The Garden State
- The Clam State
- The Camden & Amboy State
- The Pathway of Revolution
- The Switzerland of America
- The Mosquito State
- New Spain
- The Foreigner State
This nickname seems to have originated at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia on Jersey Day, August 24, 1876. Alfred M. Heston states in his 1926 work, Jersey Waggon Jaunts, that "The Garden State" was used by Abraham Browning, of Camden. "In his address Mr. Browning compared New Jersey to an immense barrel, filled with good things to eat and...
This nickname refers to the clams taken off the coast and in the Delaware Bay. New Jersey is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the east.
or "The State of Camden and Amboy" is a reference to the old Camden and Amboy railroad and highlights the powerful influence of this railroad in the state.
Another nickname recalling the Revolutionary War period, "The Pathway of Revolution" is a reference to the battles fought on New Jersey soil during the war.
New Jersey, like other states with mountainous areas, has been referred to as "The Switzerland of America." This reference, made by early settlers, was to the western part of the state and the Kittatinny range and to the Watchung, Sourland and Pickle mountains in the southeast. Perhaps the most famous are the Palisades along the Hudson River.
New Jersey has sometimes been referred to as "The Mosquito State" obviously in reference to the irritating, bloodthirsty little insects. New Jersey really does not have more of these insects than other states, and it is not clear how this appellation originated.
or "The State of Spain" came about when Joseph Bonaparte, the King of Spain, fled to New Jersey around 1812. He bought about 1,400 acres of land in the state and built a "palatial mansion" where he entertained foreign dignitaries until 1822. It's rumored that Philadelphians were jealous of New Jersey's good fortune to have such an illustrious resid...
In the same vein as "New Spain," this nickname evolved from the humorous gibe to New Jersey, that it was a foreign land filled with foreigners under the social influence of the previous King of Spain. New Jersey was sometimes referred to as "The Foreign State."
Aug 11, 2017 · by Tommy Rowan. Published Aug. 11, 2017, 10:31 a.m. ET. New Jersey's "Garden State" nickname sprouted, it seems, from a bed of deception. Former state Attorney General Abraham Browning, so the legend goes, coined the moniker during a speech at the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia.
- Tommy Rowan
Before signing the bill into law, Governor Robert Meyner investigated the origins of the nickname and found “no official recognition of the slogan Garden State as an identification of the state of New Jersey.”
Feb 13, 2024 · The state website credits Abraham Browning of Camden for making New Jersey the "Garden State." A 2017 bill designating that as the official New Jersey state slogan said Browning made the phrase...
