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Paterson

city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States
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Paterson

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 (1,905 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Paterson is located in Passaic County[3].
  • Paterson is in the country of United States[4].
  • Paterson's head of government is recorded as Andre Sayegh[5].
  • Paterson's instance of is recorded as city in New Jersey[6].
  • Paterson's instance of is recorded as county seat[7].
  • Paterson's shares border with is recorded as Woodland Park[8].
  • Paterson's shares border with is recorded as Totowa[9].
  • Paterson's shares border with is recorded as Elmwood Park[10].
  • Paterson's shares border with is recorded as Fair Lawn[11].
  • Paterson's shares border with is recorded as Haledon[12].
  • Paterson's shares border with is recorded as Prospect Park[13].
  • Paterson's shares border with is recorded as Hawthorne[14].
  • Paterson's shares border with is recorded as Clifton[15].
  • William Paterson is named after Paterson[16].
  • Paterson's twinned administrative body is recorded as Eskişehir[17].
  • Paterson's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lyon[18].
  • Paterson's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ramallah[19].
  • Paterson's postal code is recorded as 07501[20].
  • Paterson's postal code is recorded as 07502[21].
  • Paterson's postal code is recorded as 07503[22].
  • Paterson's postal code is recorded as 07504[23].
  • Paterson's postal code is recorded as 07505[24].
  • Paterson's postal code is recorded as 07509[25].
  • Paterson's postal code is recorded as 07510[26].
  • Paterson's postal code is recorded as 07513[27].

Body

Founding

1792 marks the founding of Paterson[28].

Identity

Paterson's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Paterson'}[29].

Why It Matters

Paterson ranks in the top 8% of city_in_new_jersey entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,905 views/month).[2] Paterson has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Paterson is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . patersonnj.gov. Retrieved . patersonnj.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ramallah.ps. ramallah.ps. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → William Paterson
    Named after → —
    Capital of → Passaic County
    Different from → Paterson
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P463]]: [[Q138812596]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
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