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The Old Salem County Courthouse, located on the same block as the Salem County Courthouse, serves as the court for Salem City in the 21st century. It is the oldest active courthouse in New Jersey and is the second oldest courthouse in continuous use in the United States, the oldest being King William County Courthouse in Virginia. [15]
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.
The Old Salem County Courthouse serves today as the administrative offices for Salem City. It is the oldest active courthouse in New Jersey and is the second-oldest courthouse in continuous use in the United States. [37] The Courthouse was erected in 1735 during the reign of King George II using locally manufactured bricks. The building was ...
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Salem County, New Jersey. Latitude and longitude coordinates of the sites listed on this page may be displayed in an online map. [1]
Julie Garcia: [54] First female District Attorney for Essex County, New Jersey (2006-2009) Golden E. Johnson (1971): [55] First African American female judge in Newark, New Jersey (Essex County, New Jersey; 1974) Myrna Milan: [56] First Hispanic American female judge in Newark, New Jersey [Essex County, New Jersey]
Thomas Sinnickson (December 21, 1744 – May 15, 1817) was an American merchant and statesman from Salem, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey at-large in the U.S. House in 1789–1791 and again in 1797–1799. [1] He was the granduncle of Clement Hall Sinnickson and uncle of Thomas Sinnickson.
Salem County is governed by a five-member Board of County Commissioners who are elected at-large to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year.
Alloway Creek. Quinton Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 2,580, [8] a decrease of 86 (−3.2%) from the 2010 census count of 2,666, [17] [18] which in turn reflected a decline of 120 (−4.3%) from the 2,786 counted in the 2000 census.