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HISTORY |
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In
1730,
the
City
of
New
Brunswick
was
so
named
in
honor
of
the
English
royal
house
of
Brunswick
and
became
a
colonial
center
for
trade
and
commerce.
Rutgers
University,
founded
in
New
Brunswick
in
1766,
was
the
eighth
college
to
be
founded
in
the
colonies
and
the
only
state
university
to
have
existed
before
the
Revolutionary
War.
New
Brunswick
figures
prominently
into
the
history
of
the
American
Revolution
and
early
United
States.
With the
turn of
the
century
and the
Industrial
Revolution,
the city
again
grew to
become a
center
of
industry
and
commerce,
utilizing
the
Raritan
River,
the
Delaware
&
Raritan
Canal,
and
the
rail
lines.
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The city
grew
industrially
and its
preeminence
as a
pharmaceutical
town
dates to
1885
when the
Johnson
brothers
moved
their
adhesive
tape and
gauze
business
to an
old mill
in New
Brunswick.
Johnson
and
Johnson
is now
the
world's
largest
health
care
products
manufacturer
and
retains
its
world
headquarters
in
downtown
New
Brunswick.
The
manufacturing
industry
needed a
workforce
and to
meet
this
need,
many new
Americans
settled
in New
Brunswick.
Because
of this,
the city
today
has a
diverse
population
which
can
trace
its
origins
to
countries
in
Europe,
Africa,
South
American,
Central
America
and
Asia. As
these
immigrants
and
their
families
settled
in the
city,
New
Brunswick's
spirit
of
community
was
born.
This
spirit
is
evidenced
throughout
the city
in our
churches,
schools,
theaters,
restaurants,
social
clubs,
and
business.
The rich
heritage
of the
people
helps to
make New
Brunswick
a great
place to
live,
work and
visit.
New
Brunswick
is rich
in
historic
sites of
local
and
national
significance.
For more
information
about
points
of
interest
in and
around
New
Brunswick,
please
contact
the
Middlesex
County
Cultural
&
Heritage
Commission
at
732-745-4489.
Portions
of the
material
below
have
been
reprinted
from
"Historic
Stroll
Through
New
Brunswick",
with
permission
from the
Middlesex
County
Cultural
&
Heritage
Commission.
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