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There are 21 counties in the state of New Jersey. The New Jersey Superior Court subsumed and replaced the New Jersey County Courts, which were abolished in 1978. [ 1 ] The Superior Court has 15 vicinages (jurisdictional districts or circuits ), some encompassing two or three counties, each of which has its own courthouse or courthouses.
Among New Jersey's 564 municipalities, the borough is the most common form of local government, though the majority of state residents actually reside in townships. In 2023 there were 253 boroughs in New Jersey. [2] However, boroughs were not always so common. In 1875 only 17 boroughs had been created, all by special acts of the legislature.
Chesterfield Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 9,422, [8] [9] its highest decennial census count ever and an increase of 1,723 (+22.4%) from the 2010 census count of 7,699, [17] [18] which in turn had reflected an increase of 1,744 (+29.3%) from the 5,955 counted at the 2000 census. [19]
Woodbine is a borough in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.The borough, and all of Cape May County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area. [18]
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]
Waterford Township is a township in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 10,421, [9] [10] a decrease of 228 (−2.1%) from the 2010 census count of 10,649, [18] [19] which in turn reflected an increase of 155 (+1.5%) from the 10,494 counted in the 2000 census.
Palmyra is a borough in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,438, [10] [11] an increase of 40 (+0.5%) from the 2010 census count of 7,398, [20] [21] which in turn reflected an increase of 307 (+4.3%) from the 7,091 counted in the 2000 census. [22]
Sims which required the creation of state legislature districts to be made as equal in population as possible, and the 1973 creation of the 40-district map, the 11th district consisted of all of Essex County. [7] [8] Because of its large population, the 11th Senate district elected multiple people to the State Senate at-large. It was further ...