State of New Jersey

New Jersey(NJ ) Origin of State Name The Duke of York, 1664, gave a patent to John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret to be called Nove Caesaria, or New Jersey, after England's Isle of Jersey. State Insect Honey Bee The honey bee, Apis mellifera, is the state insect, having been so designated by Chapter 42 of the Laws of 1974. The Legislature enacted the bill, A-671, and Governor Brendan T. Byrne signed it on June 20, 1974. Go back to the US map

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