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 Click Image to Enlarge New Jersey CountiesNew Jersey has 21 counties. New Jersey was governed by two separate groups of proprietors as two distinct provinces, East Jersey and West Jersey, for the 28 years between 1674 and 1702. New Jersey's first counties were created as administrative districts within each province, with East Jersey split in 1675 into Bergen, Essex, Middlesex and Monmouth counties, while West Jersey's initial counties of Burlington and Salem date to 1681. The most recent county created in New Jersey was Union County, created in 1857 and named after the union of the United States |
Burlington County, New JerseyBurlington County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameBurlington is named for a corruption of Bridlington, England. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryBurlington County's historic Court House in Mount Holly was built in 1796 and considered one of the finest examples
of early American architecture in the country, is truly indicative of the historic lore that surrounds it. Although
officially incorporated on May 17, 1694, the rudiments of county government were established with Burlington County on
March 25, 1681 and were in effect before William Penn laid out the city of Philadelphia. The Lenni-Lenape Indians were
the aboriginal owners of the county. In October, 1677 a group of English debarked from the ship Kent and founded the
town of Burlington. The American Indians sold more and more of their lands to the new settlers until finally, in 1801,
there remained less than 100 adult American Indians on the Indian Mills reservation, which was the first American Indian
reservation in the United States and the American Indian's last dwelling place in Burlington County. GeographyBurlington County is the largest county in New Jersey covering 827 square miles. According to the Population Estimates Program, Population Division of the US Bureau of the Census, the estimated population of Burlington County is 450,743 as of 2005. The land ranges 524,160 acres bordered by Mercer County from the north, Monmouth County from the northeast, Ocean County from the east, Atlantic County from the southwest, and Camden County to the west. The land extends from the Delaware River and the Great Bay on the Atlantic Ocean. The total area is 529,351 acres including 5,191 acres of water. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history. Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally." |
