New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered on the northeast by New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware. New Jersey lies largely within the sprawling metropolitan areas of New York and Philadelphia. It is the most densely populated state in the United States.

Points of Interest

 * Pine Barrens: The Pine Barrens is a large forest and coastal region that runs through Atlantic County and Burlington County, New Jersey. It is considered an International Biosphere Preserve, and is home to a large and diverse spectrum of plant life. Legend has it, that the cryptid known as the Jersey Devil is said to prowl the woodlands of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The Devil itself, was allegedly born in 1735 to Deborah Leeds in a small section in Atlantic County called Leeds Point. On "The Jersey Devil" episode of The X-Files, Fox Mulder visited the New Jersey Pine Barrens investigating an attack on a homeless man caused by a mysterious neanderthal creature.

Films that take place in

 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

People who were born in

 * Adam Armus
 * Andy Kubert
 * Anthony Jochim
 * Bill Jemas
 * Brian Pulido
 * D.C. Fontana
 * Dave Power
 * Deanna Russo
 * Ian Ziering
 * Howard Chaykin
 * J. Michael Straczynski
 * James Urbaniak


 * Jess Harnell
 * Joel Silver
 * Mark Bright
 * Nancy Hower
 * Peter Dinklage
 * Richard Anderson
 * Robert Leeshock
 * Roy Scheider
 * Stanley Kamel
 * Wendy Neuss
 * Zoë Saldaña

People who died in

 * Joe Kubert