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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

Union County, New Jersey

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

County Seat: Elizabeth
Year Organized: 1857
Square Miles: 103

Court House:

Elizabethtown Plaza
County Administration Building
Elizabeth, NJ 07207-0000

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Union is named for the Union which was threatened by the American Civil War.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

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Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Berkeley Heights	township
- Clark	township
- Cranford	township
- Elizabeth (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Fanwood	borough	Incorporated Area
- Garwood	borough	Incorporated Area
- Hillside	township
- Kenilworth	borough	Incorporated Area
- Linden	city	Incorporated Area
- Mountainside	borough	Incorporated Area
- New Providence	borough	Incorporated Area
- North Plainfield	borough	Incorporated Area
- Plainfield	city	Incorporated Area
- Rahway	city	Incorporated Area
- Roselle	borough	Incorporated Area
- Roselle Park	borough	Incorporated Area
- Scotch Plains	township
- Springfield	township
- Summit	city	Incorporated Area
- Union	township
- Watchung	borough	Incorporated Area
- Westfield	town	Incorporated Area
- Winfield	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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