Paterson
city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States
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Summary
Paterson is a city in New Jersey[1]. Paterson ranks in the top 8% of city in new jersey entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,466 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Passaic County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Andre Sayegh[5]
- Instance of: county seat[6]
- Shares border with: Woodland Park[7], Totowa[8], Elmwood Park[9], Fair Lawn[10], Haledon[11], Prospect Park[12], Hawthorne[13], Clifton[14]
- Named after: William Paterson[15]
- Twinned administrative body: Eskişehir[16], Lyon[17], Ramallah[18]
- Postal code: 07501[19], 07502[20], 07503[21], 07504[22], 07505[23], 07509[24], 07510[25], 07513[26], 07514[27], 07522[28], 07524[29], 07533[30], 07543[31], 07544[32]
- Commons category: Paterson, New Jersey[33]
- Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[34], UTC−05:00[35], UTC−04:00[36]
- Local dialing code: 973[37], 201[38]
- Inception: 1792[39]
- Official website: https://www.patersonnj.gov/[40]
- Topic's main category: Category:Paterson, New Jersey[41]
- Population: 146,199[42], 78,347[43], 105,171[44], 11,334[45], 33,579[46], 125,600[47], 19,586[48], 7596[49], 51,031[50], 159,732[51]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey[52]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[53], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[54], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[55], Meyer’s Universum, Fünfzehnter Band[56]
- Capital of: Passaic County[57]
- Official name: Paterson[58]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Paterson, New Jersey[59]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Paterson, New Jersey[60]
- Number of households: 45,627[61]
Why It Matters
Paterson has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] Paterson is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]