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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

Ocean County, New Jersey

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

County Seat: Toms River
Year Organized: 1850
Square Miles: 636

Court House:

101 Hooper Ave
County Administration Building
Toms River, NJ 08753-7605

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Ocean is named for its location on the Atlantic Ocean.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

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Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Barnegat	township
- Barnegat Light	borough	Incorporated Area
- Bay Head	borough	Incorporated Area
- Beach Haven	borough	Incorporated Area
- Beachwood	borough	Incorporated Area
- Berkeley	township
- Brick	township
- Eagleswood	township
- Harvey Cedars	borough	Incorporated Area
- Island Heights	borough	Incorporated Area
- Jackson	township
- Lacey	township
- Lakehurst	borough	Incorporated Area
- Lakewood	township
- Lavallette	borough	Incorporated Area
- Little Egg Harbor	township
- Long Beach	township
- Manchester	township
- Mantoloking	borough	Incorporated Area
- Ocean Gate	borough	Incorporated Area
- Pine Beach	borough	Incorporated Area
- Plumsted	township
- Point Pleasant	borough	Incorporated Area
- Point Pleasant Beach	borough	Incorporated Area
- Seaside Heights	borough	Incorporated Area
- Seaside Park	borough	Incorporated Area
- Ship Bottom	borough	Incorporated Area
- South Toms River	borough	Incorporated Area
- Stafford	township
- Surf City	borough	Incorporated Area
- Toms River (County Seat)
- Tuckerton	borough	Incorporated Area

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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