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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

Middlesex County, New Jersey

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

County Seat: New Brunswick
Year Organized: 1683
Square Miles: 311

Court House:

P.O. Box 871
County Administration Building
New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0871

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Middlesex is named for the English county of Middlesex.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

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Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Carteret	borough	Incorporated Area
- Cranbury	township
- Dunellen	borough	Incorporated Area
- East Brunswick	township
- Edison	township
- Green Brook	township
- Helmetta	borough	Incorporated Area
- Highland Park	borough	Incorporated Area
- Jamesburg	borough	Incorporated Area
- Metuchen	borough	Incorporated Area
- Middlesex	borough	Incorporated Area
- Milltown	borough	Incorporated Area
- Monroe	township
- New Brunswick (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- North Brunswick	township
- Old Bridge	township
- Perth Amboy	city	Incorporated Area
- Piscataway	township
- Plainsboro	township
- Sayreville	borough	Incorporated Area
- South Amboy	city	Incorporated Area
- South Brunswick	township
- South Plainfield	borough	Incorporated Area
- South River	borough	Incorporated Area
- Spotswood	borough	Incorporated Area
- Woodbridge	township

County Resources:

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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."

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