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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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Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Hunterdon County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Flemington
Year Organized: 1714
Square Miles: 430
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Court House: 1 East Main Street, Victorian Plaza
County Administration Building
Flemington, NJ 08822-1207
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Hunterdon is named for Robert Hunter, the colonial Governor of New Jersey from 1710 to 1719.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Hunterdon County was established on March 22, 1714.
The First 275 Years of Hunterdon County -
1714 to 1989 (Downloadable book published by the Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission) - The book was
published in 1989 in commemoration of the 275th Anniversary of the founding of Hunterdon County.
Prior to 1714 the land that is now Hunterdon County laid entirely in Burlington County and included what is now Sussex,
Warren and Morris Counties and a portion of Mercer County.
The Lenni Lenape Indians or “Original People” lived in Hunterdon County.
Two of the tribes, the Minsi and Unami, were thought to live here.
A survey taken between 1912 and 1915 discovered 462 camps, villages, burial sites and rock shelters within Hunterdon
County .
Hunterdon County is named for Governor Robert Hunter for the name of his old world home, Hunterston rather than merely
his surname.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Alexandria |
township |
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- Bethlehem |
township |
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- Bloomsbury |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Califon |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Clinton |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- East Amwell |
township |
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- Flemington
(County
Seat) |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Frenchtown |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Glen Gardner |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hampton |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- High Bridge |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Holland |
township |
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- Kingwood |
township |
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- Lambertville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lebanon |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Milford |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Readington |
township |
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- Stockton |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Tewksbury |
township |
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- West Amwell |
township |
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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