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New Jersey Counties
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New Jersey Counties
New 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 |
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Cape May County, New Jersey
Cape May County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Cape May Court House
Year Organized: 1692
Square Miles: 255
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Court House: 4 Moore Road
County Administration Building
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210-1654
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Cape May is named for Cape May, Capt. Cornelius Jacobsen Mey.
Demographics:
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History
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Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Avalon |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cape May |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cape May Court House
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Seat) |
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- Cape May Point |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Corbin City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Dennis |
township |
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- Lower |
township |
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- Middle |
township |
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- North Wildwood |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ocean City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sea Isle City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stone Harbor |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Upper |
township |
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- West Cape May |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- West Wildwood |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wildwood |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wildwood Crest |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Woodbine |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our 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." |
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