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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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Passaic County, New Jersey
Passaic County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Paterson
Year Organized: 1837
Square Miles: 185 |
Court House: 401 Grand Street
County Administration Building
Paterson, NJ 07505-2027
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Passaic is named for Passajeek, a Native American word meaning valley.
Demographics:
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History
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Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Bloomingdale |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Clifton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Haledon |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hawthorne |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Little Falls |
township |
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- North Haledon |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Passaic |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Paterson
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pompton Lakes |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Prospect Park |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ringwood |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Totowa |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wanaque |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wayne |
township |
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- West Milford |
township |
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- West Paterson |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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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