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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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Salem County, New Jersey
Salem County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Salem
Year Organized: 1694
Square Miles: 338 |
Court House: 94 Market Street
Salem, NJ 08079-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Salem is named for the Hebrew word for peace.
Demographics:
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History
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Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Alloway |
township |
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- Carneys Point |
township |
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- Elmer |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Elsinboro |
township |
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- Lower Alloways Creek |
township |
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- Mannington |
township |
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- Oldmans |
township |
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- Penns Grove |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pennsville |
township |
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- Pilesgrove |
township |
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- Pittsgrove |
township |
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- Quinton |
township |
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- Salem
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Upper Pittsgrove |
township |
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- Woodstown |
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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