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1911 establishments in New Jersey

Alpha School District

The Alpha School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Alpha, in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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The American Community Survey (ACS) is an annual demographics survey program conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Area code 908

Area code 908 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) in the northern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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At-large

At large (before a noun: at-large) is a description for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent a whole membership or population (notably a city, county, state, province, nation, club or association), rather than a subset.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

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Barbara Buono

Barbara A. Buono (born July 28, 1953) is an American politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 2002 to 2014, where she represented the 18th Legislative District.

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Battle of Chosin Reservoir

The Battle of Chosin Reservoir, also known as the Chosin Reservoir Campaign or the Battle of Lake Changjin, was an important battle in the Korean War.

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Blairstown, New Jersey

Blairstown is a township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Bloomsbury, New Jersey

Bloomsbury is a borough in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Alpha, New Jersey and Bloomsbury, New Jersey are borough form of New Jersey government and boroughs in New Jersey.

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Borough (New Jersey)

A borough (also spelled boro), in the context of local government in the U.S. state of New Jersey, refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government (in addition to those established under a special charter). Alpha, New Jersey and borough (New Jersey) are boroughs in New Jersey.

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Chris Christie

Christopher James Christie (born September 6, 1962) is an American politician and former federal prosecutor who served as the 55th governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018.

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Chris Daggett

Christopher Jarvis Daggett (born March 7, 1950) is an American businessman who is the president and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, one of the largest foundations in New Jersey.

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County Route 519 (New Jersey)

County Route 519 (CR 519) is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) is a bistate, public agency that maintains and operates river crossings connecting the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Dinitia Smith

Dinitia Smith (born December 26, 1945) is an American author and filmmaker.

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Direct election

Direct election is a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the persons or political party that they wanted to see elected.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.

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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy of Rutgers University (The Bloustein School) serves as a center for the theory and practice of urban planning, public policy and public health/health administration scholarship.

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Eighth grade

Eighth grade (also 8th Grade or Grade 8) is the eighth year of formal or compulsory education in the United States of America.

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Elections in New Jersey

Elections in New Jersey are authorized under Article II of the New Jersey State Constitution, which establishes elections for the governor, the lieutenant governor, and members of the New Jersey Legislature.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.

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Full-time equivalent

Full-time equivalent (FTE), or whole time equivalent (WTE), is a unit of measurement that indicates the workload of an employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable across various contexts.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Great Blizzard of 1888

The Great Blizzard of 1888, also known as the Great Blizzard of '88 or the Great White Hurricane (March 11–14, 1888), was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in American history.

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Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey

Greenwich Township is a township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Hector A. Cafferata Jr.

Hector Albert Cafferata Jr., USMCR (November 4, 1929 – April 12, 2016) was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War.

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Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Independent politician

An independent, non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association.

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Interstate 78 in New Jersey

Interstate 78 (I-78) is an east–west route stretching from Union Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, to New York City.

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Jack Orchulli

Jack Orchulli (born 1946 in Pennsylvania) is an American former founder and CEO of Michael Kors and former political candidate from Connecticut.

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Jennie Somogyi

Jennie Renee Somogyi (pronounced sa-mo-JEE or sum-O-gee; born) is an American former ballet dancer.

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Joe Buzas

Joseph John Buzas (October 2, 1918 – March 19, 2003), The Salt Lake Tribune (21 March 2003) Legacy.com was an American professional baseball player, manager, executive and entrepreneur.

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John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the administration of Barack Obama.

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John McCain

John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018.

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Jon Corzine

Jonathan Stevens "Jon" Corzine (born January 1, 1947) is an American financial executive and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from New Jersey from 2001 to 2006, and the 54th governor of New Jersey from 2006 to 2010.

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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League of Women Voters

The League of Women Voters (LWV) is an American nonprofit, nonpartisan political organization.

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Lehigh Line (Norfolk Southern)

The Lehigh Line is a railroad line in Central New Jersey, Northeastern Pennsylvania, and the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.

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Lehigh Valley Railroad

The Lehigh Valley Railroad was a railroad in the Northeastern United States built predominantly to haul anthracite coal from the Coal Region in Northeastern Pennsylvania to major consumer markets in Philadelphia, New York City, and elsewhere.

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List of counties in New Jersey

There are 21 counties in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Lopatcong Township, New Jersey

Lopatcong Township is a rapidly growing township in Warren County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Mayor–council government

A mayor–council government is a system of local government in which a mayor who is directly elected by the voters acts as chief executive, while a separately elected city council constitutes the legislative body.

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Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor.

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The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount.

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Mitt Romney

Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American politician, businessman, and lawyer, and the junior United States senator from Utah since 2019.

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Municipal clerk

A clerk (pronounced "clark" /klɑːk/ in British and Australian English) is a senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world.

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Municipal corporation

Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

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National Center for Education Statistics

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey Department of Education

The New Jersey Department of Education (NJ DOE) administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey Department of Transportation

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is the agency responsible for transportation issues and policy in New Jersey, including maintaining and operating the state's highway and public road system, planning and developing transportation policy, and assisting with rail, freight, and intermodal transportation issues.

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New Jersey Legislature

The New Jersey Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey Redistricting Commission

The New Jersey Redistricting Commission is a constitutional body of the government of New Jersey tasked with redrawing the state's Congressional election districts after each decade's census.

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New Jersey Republican Party

The New Jersey Republican Party (NJGOP) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in New Jersey.

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New Jersey Route 122

Route 122 is a short, state highway in Warren County, New Jersey.

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New Jersey State League of Municipalities

The New Jersey State League of Municipalities is a voluntary association created by a New Jersey statute in 1915 to serve municipalities and local officials in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein.

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New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx.

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Ninth grade

Ninth grade (also 9th grade or grade 9) is the ninth or tenth year of formal or compulsory education in some countries.

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NJ.com

NJ.com is a digital news content provider and website in New Jersey owned by Advance Publications.

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Norfolk Southern Railway

The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States.

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Oxford Township, New Jersey

Oxford Township is a township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Phillipsburg High School (New Jersey)

Phillipsburg High School is a comprehensive, four-year public high school located in Phillipsburg, in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Phillipsburg School District

The Phillipsburg School District is a comprehensive public school district in Phillipsburg, in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Phillipsburg, New Jersey

Phillipsburg is a town located along the Delaware River that is the most populous municipality in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Pohatcong Township, New Jersey

Pohatcong Township is a township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Pre-kindergarten

Pre-kindergarten (also called Pre-K or PK) is a voluntary classroom-based preschool program for children below the age of five in the United States, Canada, Turkey and Greece (when kindergarten starts).

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Real and nominal value

In economics, nominal value refers to value measured in terms of absolute money amounts, whereas real value is considered and measured against the actual goods or services for which it can be exchanged at a given time.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Rutgers University

Rutgers University, officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey.

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Secretary of State of New Jersey

The secretary of state of New Jersey oversees the Department of State, which is one of the original state offices.

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Sending/receiving relationship

A sending/receiving relationship is one in which a public school district sends some or all of its students to attend the schools of another district.

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Society for American Baseball Research

The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is a membership organization dedicated to fostering the research and dissemination of the history and record of baseball, primarily through the use of statistics.

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Student–teacher ratio

Student–teacher ratio or student–faculty ratio is the number of students who attend a school or university divided by the number of teachers in the institution.

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The Express-Times

The Express-Times is a daily newspaper based in Easton, Pennsylvania.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Star-Ledger

The Star-Ledger is the largest circulation newspaper in New Jersey.

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Tram

A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.

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Twelfth grade

Twelfth grade (also known as 12th grade, grade 12, senior year, or class 12) is the twelfth year of formal or compulsory education.

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U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey

U.S. Route 22 (US 22) is a United States Numbered Highway stretching from Cincinnati, Ohio, in the west to Newark, New Jersey, in the east.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas, and its associated states.

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Veto

A veto is a legal power to unilaterally stop an official action.

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Warren County Special Services School District

The Warren County Special Services School District is a special education public school district based in Oxford Township, serving the educational needs of classified students ages 3 to 21 from Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Warren County Technical School

Warren County Technical School (WCTS) is a technical and vocational public high school located in Washington, which serves students in ninth through twelfth grades as well as adult learners from across Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, as part of the Warren County Technical School District.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha,_New_Jersey

Also known as Alpha Borough, New Jersey, Alpha Borough, Warren County, New Jersey, Alpha, NJ.

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