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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]
New Jersey's county names derive from several sources, though most of its counties are named after place names in England and prominent leaders in the colonial and revolutionary periods. Bergen County is the most populous county—as of the 2010 Census—with 905,116 people, while Salem County is the least populous with 66,083 people.
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 township, in the context of New Jersey local government, refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government. As a political entity, a township in New Jersey is a full-fledged municipality, on par with any town, city, borough, or village. They collect property taxes and provide services such as maintaining roads ...
Lakewood Township is the most populous township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.A rapidly growing community, as of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 135,158, [11] [12] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 42,315 (+45.6%) from the 2010 census count of 92,843, [21] [22] which in turn reflected an increase of 32,491 (+53.8%) from the ...
Chester Township is a township in southwestern Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [16] As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 7,713, [6] [7] a decrease of 125 (−1.6%) from the 2010 census count of 7,838, [17] [18] which in turn reflected an increase of 556 (+7.6%) from the 7,282 counted in the 2000 census. [19]
Wantage Township (pronounced WHAN-tij [17]) is a township in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 10,811, [8] [9] a decrease of 547 (−4.8%) from the 2010 census count of 11,358, [18] [19] which in turn reflected an increase of 971 (+9.3%) from the 10,387 counted in the 2000 census.
Middletown Township is a township in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township was the state's 20th-most-populous municipality and the largest in the county, [28] with a population of 67,106, [8] [9] an increase of 584 (+0.9%) from the 2010 census count of 66,522, [29] [30] which in turn reflected an increase of 195 residents (0 ...