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Jackson Hill is a neighborhood in the Bergen-Lafayette and Greenville sections of Jersey City, New Jersey.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Jackson Green Townhomes )〕 It is part of the city's Ward F. The neighborhood is situated on Bergen Hill (the lower end of the Hudson Palisades) which also lends its name to the Bergen Hill Historic District just north of Communipaw Avenue.〔(Bergen Hill Historic District map )〕 The district has long been the heart of the African American community in Jersey City. Its name is in part inspired by Thomas and John Vreeland Jackson, brothers born in 1800 and 1803, who were freed slaves who bought land in current day Greenville in 1831 and in 1857 laid out Jackson Lane between their houses. During the Civil War the Jackson property became a safe house and critical link of the Underground Railroad. Martin Luther King Drive was once called Jackson Avenue.〔 with a short block not included in a street realignment still bearing the name. In 1976 it was renamed in honor of the slain civil right leader Martin Luther King, Jr., who had twice spoken in the city.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Martin Luther King, Jr. speeches in Jersey City )〕 At the time of the renaming there was discussion whether the street had originally been named for the Jackson brothers or for US President Andrew Jackson. A 1924 ''Jersey Journal'' newspaper article ascribes it to Jeremiah Jackson, a local landowner in the mid-19th century. Historically, the avenue was one of the city's major shopping districts. but went into decline.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=JC Shoppring Districts )〕 In 2011, the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency created Jackson Hill Main Street special improvement district along the commercial corridors of MLK Drive and its northern continuation, Monticello Avenue. Among the notable sites in the Jackson Hill are two listed on National Register of Historic Places, St. Patrick's Parish and Buildings and Ficken's Warehouse, both on Grand Street.〔 ==Claremont== The name Claremont appears in mid-19th century maps of Greenville Township, neighbouring Bergen City, and Jersey City, which were consolidated by 1872. The area was laid out on Bergen Hill west of Bergen Point Plank Road, now Garfield Avenue. Today's Claremont Avenue created the border of what has become known as the Greenville and Bergen-Lafayette sections of the city. The Central Railroad of New Jersey maintained a station by the name south of the junction of its main and Newark branch line until service was discontinued in 1967. Claremont Bank, which later become part of the Trust Company of New Jersey, began in the area. The Claremont Branch Library opened in 1954, and was renamed the Cunningham Branch in 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.jclibrary.org/branches/glenn-d-cunningham-branch )〕 Claremont Terminal east of the neighbourhood is a maritime facility created from tidal flats in the Upper New York Bay opened in 1923. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jackson Hill, Jersey City」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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