Editing Essex County, New Jersey (section)

===History===
Essex was originally formed as one of four administrative districts within [[Province of East Jersey]] in 1675, together with [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen]], [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex]] and [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth]] districts. Essex County was formed within East Jersey on March 7, 1683.<ref name="Story">Snyder, John P. [https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 125. Accessed June 6, 2012.</ref> The county was named after the English county of [[Essex, England|Essex]]. When the provinces of East Jersey and West Jersey were combined in 1702, the county boundaries were retained. Portions of Essex were taken in 1741 and transferred to [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset County]]. In 1837, [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]] was formed from portions of Essex and [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen]] counties. In 1857, [[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]] was created from parts of Essex County.<ref name="Story" />