Form 485BPOS VANGUARD NEW JERSEY TAX-

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 33-17351) UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Post-Effective Amendment No. 46

and

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY

ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 48

VANGUARD NEW JERSEY TAX-FREE FUNDS

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Declaration of Trust)

P.O. Box 2600, Valley Forge, PA 19482

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Registrant’s Telephone Number (610) 669-1000

Heidi Stam, Esquire

P.O. Box 876

Valley Forge, PA 19482

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant hereby certifies that it meets all requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Valley Forge and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 13th day of April, 2016.

VANGUARD NEW JERSEY TAX-FREE FUNDS

BY: /s/ F. William McNabb III*_____________

F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

Heidi Stam, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on April 22, 2014, see File Number 2-17620, Incorporated by Reference.