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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 is the most populous U.S. state with no cities ranked in the top 50 most populous United States cities, with the next most populous being South Carolina.
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.
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Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about 30 mi (48 km) west of New York City.According to the 2020 census, the county was the state's tenth-most populous county, [6] with a population of 509,285, [3] [4] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 17,009 (+3.5%) from the 2010 census count of 492,276, [7] which in turn reflected an increase of 22,064 (+11 ...
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.
The main article for this category is List of municipalities in New Jersey; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in New Jersey; See also New Jersey and categories Boroughs in New Jersey, Towns in New Jersey, Townships in New Jersey, Villages in New Jersey, Census-designated places in New Jersey, Unincorporated communities in New Jersey
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.
A list of municipalities in South Jersey, the southern part of New Jersey associated with Philadelphia, rather than New York. While the borders are controversial, this page includes the following counties: Camden , Burlington , Gloucester , Atlantic , Cumberland , Salem .