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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

Hunterdon County, New Jersey

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

County Seat: Flemington
Year Organized: 1714
Square Miles: 430

Court House:

1 East Main Street, Victorian Plaza
County Administration Building
Flemington, NJ 08822-1207

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

County 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:

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Cities and Towns:

- Alexandria	township
- Bethlehem	township
- Bloomsbury	borough	Incorporated Area
- Califon	borough	Incorporated Area
- Clinton	town	Incorporated Area
- East Amwell	township
- Flemington (County Seat)	borough	Incorporated Area
- Frenchtown	borough	Incorporated Area
- Glen Gardner	borough	Incorporated Area
- Hampton	borough	Incorporated Area
- High Bridge	borough	Incorporated Area
- Holland	township
- Kingwood	township
- Lambertville	city	Incorporated Area
- Lebanon	borough	Incorporated Area
- Milford	borough	Incorporated Area
- Readington	township
- Stockton	borough	Incorporated Area
- Tewksbury	township
- West Amwell	township

County Resources:

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County Resources

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."