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New Jersey was governed by two groups of proprietors as two distinct provinces, East Jersey and West Jersey, 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.
As of 2024, New Jersey is divided into 21 counties and contains 564 [2] municipalities consisting of five types: 253 boroughs, 52 cities, 15 towns, 240 townships, and four villages. The largest municipality by population in New Jersey is Newark , with 311,549 residents, whereas the smallest is Walpack Township , with seven residents. [ 3 ]
Local government in New Jersey is composed of counties and municipalities. Local jurisdictions in New Jersey differ from those in some other states because the entire area of the state is part of a municipality; each of the 564 municipalities is in exactly one county; and each of the 21 counties has more than one municipality.
A municipal court was established in the Township of Monroe, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 264 of the Laws of 1948. [17] The first school was built in 1750 and stood where the Washington Hotel now stands.
Middle Township is a township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.The township, and all of Cape May County, is part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, and is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area. [19]
Rumson is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and is part of the New York Metropolitan Area.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,343, [8] [9] an increase of 221 (+3.1%) from the 2010 census count of 7,122, [18] [19] which in turn reflected a decline of 15 (−0.2%) from 7,137 in 2000.
As of May 2010, the borough had a total of 41.12 miles (66.18 km) of roadways, of which 29.74 miles (47.86 km) were maintained by the municipality, 8.75 miles (14.08 km) by Union County and 2.63 miles (4.23 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. [93]
Mount Ephraim is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,651, [9] a decrease of 25 (−0.5%) from the 2010 census count of 4,676, [18] [19] which in turn reflected an increase of 181 (+4.0%) from the 4,495 counted in the 2000 census.