<Tr> <Th> Designated </Th> <Td> September 14, 1976 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Location in Port of New York and New Jersey Liberty Island (New York) Liberty Island (Hudson County, New Jersey) Liberty Island (the US) Show map of New York City Show map of New York Show map of Hudson County, New Jersey Show map of the US Show all </Td> </Tr> <P> Liberty Island is a federally owned island in Upper New York Bay in the United States, best known as the location of the Statue of Liberty . The island is an exclave of the New York City borough of Manhattan, surrounded by the waters of Jersey City, New Jersey . Long known as Bedloe's Island, it was renamed by an act of the United States Congress in 1956 . In 1937, by Presidential Proclamation 2250 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, it became part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and in 1966, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island . </P> <P> According to the United States Census Bureau, the island has a land area of 59,558 square meters, or 14.717 acres, which is the property of the federal government . Liberty Island is located in the Upper New York Bay within the waters of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey . It is one of the islands that are part of the borough of Manhattan in New York . The historical developments which led to this construction created the rare situation of an exclave of one state, New York, being situated in another, New Jersey . </P>

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