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  1. Paterson (/ ˈ p æ t ər s ə n / PAT-ər-sən) is the largest city in and the county seat of Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city was the state's third-most-populous municipality, with a population of 159,732.

  2. The official website of City of Paterson, New Jersey. Mission Statement: The Paterson Environmental Commission seeks to protect and improve the quality of our natural resources by addressing the City Council, the planning board, and the Mayor on actions and policies of sustainability.

  3. The community was named for New Jersey Governor William Paterson; an ardent supporter of Hamilton's plans, he signed the S.U.M.'s charter in November of 1791. With this, Paterson became the first planned industrial city in the nation - an experiment to test if business, industry, and innovation would allow the nation to thrive and survive both ...

  4. Apr 21, 2024 · Paterson, city, seat (1837) of Passaic county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., situated on the Passaic River, 11 miles (18 km) northwest of New York City.It was founded after the American Revolution by advocates of American industrial independence from Europe (including the statesman Alexander Hamilton) who saw the Great Falls of the Passaic, which drop 70 feet (21 metres), as the best ...

  5. Apr 15, 2024 · All were manufactured in the same place - Paterson, NJ. In 1792, Paterson was established as America's first planned industrial city, centered around the Great Falls of the Passaic River. From humble mills rose industries that changed the face of the nation.

  6. Reading 1 was adapted from John A. Herbst and Catherine Keene, Life and Times in Silk City (Haledon, NJ: The American Labor Museum, 1984); Philip Scranton, ed., Silk City, Studies on the Paterson Silk Industry, 1860-1940 (Newark: New Jersey Historical Society, 1985); U.S. Senate, Report on Condition of Woman and Child Wage-Earners in the United ...

  7. Paterson is the largest city in and the county seat of Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city was the state's third-most-populous municipality, with a population of 159,732.

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