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Interactive map of municipalities in New Jersey. New Jersey is a state located in the Northeastern United States . According to the 2020 United States Census , New Jersey is the 11th most populous state with 9,288,994 inhabitants but the fifth smallest by land area , spanning 7,354.76 square miles (19,048.7 km 2 ). [ 1 ]
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 ...
Based on 1990 Cartographic Boundary Files, New Jersey County Subdivisions by the U.S. Census Bureau (public domain), modified to match current municipalities (merger of Pahaquarry and Hardwick townships, Princeton borough and township, Pine Hill and Pine Valley). Author
These counties together contain 564 municipalities, or administrative entities composed of clearly defined territory; 253 boroughs, 52 cities, 15 towns, 240 townships, and 4 villages. [1] In New Jersey, a county is a local level of government between the state and municipalities.
Index map of Sussex County municipalities (click to see index key) There are twenty-four municipalities within the boundaries of Sussex County in the state of New Jersey. These include one municipality incorporated as a town, eight incorporated as boroughs, and fifteen incorporated as townships, organized in accordance with state law.
township 46.39 778.81 Pennsauken Township Camden 35,885 township 10.44 3,437.26 Willingboro Township Burlington 31,629 township 7.74 4,086.43 Deptford Township Gloucester 30,561 township 17.36 1,760.43 Voorhees Township Camden 29,131 township 11.49 2,535.34 Millville Cumberland 28,400 city 42 676.19 Pemberton Township Burlington 27,912 township
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.
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.