Custom Search

New Jersey State...

New Jersey Landscape

New Jersey

New Jersey Counties

Click Image to Enlarge

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

Gloucester County, New Jersey

Gloucester County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Woodbury
Year Organized: 1686
Square Miles: 325

Court House:

1 North Broad Street
County Courthouse
Woodbury, NJ 08096-4602

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Gloucester is named for Gloucester, England.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Insert History Here

Neighboring Counties:

Insert Counties Here

Cities and Towns:

- Clayton	borough	Incorporated Area
- Deptford	township
- East Greenwich	township
- Elk	township
- Glassboro	borough	Incorporated Area
- Logan	township
- Mantua	township
- Monroe	township
- National Park	borough	Incorporated Area
- Newfield	borough	Incorporated Area
- Paulsboro	borough	Incorporated Area
- Pitman	borough	Incorporated Area
- South Harrison	township
- Swedesboro	borough	Incorporated Area
- Wenonah	borough	Incorporated Area
- West Deptford	township
- Westville	borough	Incorporated Area
- Woodbury (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Woodbury Heights	borough	Incorporated Area
- Woolwich	township

County Resources:

Enter County Resources and Information Here

County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

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."

Custom Search