Editing List of counties in New Jersey (section)

==List of counties==
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! style="vertical-align: bottom;"|County<br/>
! style="vertical-align: bottom;" |FIPS code<ref name=epa/>
! style="vertical-align: bottom;" | [[County seat]]<ref name="NACO">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&statecode=nj |title=NACo – Find a county |publisher=National Association of Counties |access-date=January 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112181449/http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=%2Fcffiles%2Fcounties%2Fstate.cfm&statecode=nj |archive-date=January 12, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! style="vertical-align: bottom;" | Largest City<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/primarycare/documents/Rural%20NJ%20density2015-revised%20municpalities.pdf |title=Population Density by County and Municipality: New Jersey, 2010 and 2017 |publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Health]] |access-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-date=October 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019024705/https://nj.gov/health/fhs/primarycare/documents/Rural%20NJ%20density2015-revised%20municpalities.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! style="vertical-align: bottom;" | {{abbr|Est.|Established}}<ref name=NACO/>
! style="vertical-align: bottom;" | Formed from<ref name="NJAEO" /><ref name="Torp" />
! style="vertical-align: bottom;" class="unsortable"| Named for<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=27 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115082401/http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=27 |date=November 15, 2015 }}, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed November 14, 2015.</ref>
! style="vertical-align: bottom;" | Density (per mi<sup>2</sup>)
! style="vertical-align: bottom;" | {{abbr|Pop.|Population}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/NJ/PST045224 |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: New Jersey|access-date=March 15, 2025 |archive-date=October 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024203723/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/NJ/POP010210 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! style="vertical-align: bottom;" | Area<ref name=NACO/>
! style="vertical-align: bottom;" class="unsortable"|Map<br/>&nbsp;
{{Countyrow|Name=Atlantic |N=34 |Num=001 |Seat=Mays Landing|Data1=[[Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey|Egg Harbor Township]] 47,842|Data2=1837|Data3=Gloucester County |Data4=The [[Atlantic Ocean]], which forms the county's eastern border |Data5=497.53|Population=279114|Area=561 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the southeast part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Bergen|N=34|Num=003|Seat=Hackensack|Data1=[[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]] 46,030|Data2=1683|Data3=One of four original counties created in [[East Jersey]]| Data4= [[Bergen, New Netherland]] settlement|Data5=4,182.23|Population=978641|Area=234 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the northeast part of the state. It is small.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Burlington|N=34|Num=005|Seat=Mount Holly|Data1=[[Evesham Township, New Jersey|Evesham Township]] 46,826|Data2=1694|Data3=One of two original counties created in [[West Jersey]]| Data4=The old ancient name for an inland market near [[Bridlington]], England |Data5=590.70|Population=475515 |Area=805 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the southern part of the state. It gets wider as it goes northeast. It is one of the largest counties.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Camden|N=34|Num=007|Seat=Camden|Data1=[[Cherry Hill, New Jersey|Cherry Hill]] 74,553|Data2=1844|Data3=Gloucester County| Data4=[[Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden]] (1714–1794), an English supporter of the colonists during the American Revolution<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camdencounty.com/facts/index.html |title=A Brief History of Camden County |last=Greenberg |first=Gail |date=August 30, 2009 |publisher=Camden County Board of Freeholders |access-date=August 31, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623044427/http://www.camdencounty.com/facts/index.html |archive-date=June 23, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |Data5=2,405.35|Population=533988 |Area=222 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the southwest part of the state. It is very small.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Cape May|N=34|Num=009|Seat=Cape May Court House|Data1=[[Lower Township]] 22,057|Data2=1692|Data3=Burlington County| Data4= [[Cape May]], named in turn for the 17th-century Dutch explorer [[Cornelius Jacobsen Mey]], who explored and surveyed the [[Delaware Bay]] to the south of the county |Data5=368.14|Population=93875 |Area=255 |Size=80px|Alt=A county the makes up the southern tip of the state. It is one of the smallest.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Cumberland|N=34|Num=011|Seat=Bridgeton|Data1=[[Vineland, New Jersey|Vineland]] 60,780|Data2=1748|Data3=Salem County| Data4=[[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland]] (1721–1765), second son of [[George II of Great Britain]] and military victor at the [[Battle of Culloden]] in 1746 |Data5=318.36|Population=155678 |Area=489 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the southern part of the state, west of the tip. It is averagely sized.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Essex|N=34|Num=013|Seat=Newark|Data1=[[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] 311,549|Data2=1683|Data3=One of four original counties created in [[East Jersey]]| Data4= The county of [[Essex]] in England |Data5=6,996.25|Population=881527 |Area=126 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the northeast part of the state. It is one of the smallest.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Gloucester|N=34|Num=015|Seat=Woodbury|Data1=[[Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey|Washington Township]] 48,677|Data2=1686|Data3=Burlington County| Data4=The city of [[Gloucester]], England |Data5=959.33|Population=311783 |Area=325 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the southwest part of the state. It is averagely sized.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Hudson|N=34|Num=017|Seat=Jersey City|Data1=[[Jersey City]] 292,449|Data2=1840|Data3=Bergen County| Data4=The English explorer [[Henry Hudson]] (d. 1611), who explored portions of New Jersey's coastline |Data5=15,663.51|Population=736185 |Area=47 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the northeast part of the state. It is the smallest county.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Hunterdon|N=34|Num=019|Seat=Flemington|Data1=[[Raritan Township, New Jersey|Raritan Township]] 23,447|Data2=1714|Data3=Burlington County| Data4=[[Robert Hunter (general)|Robert Hunter]] (1664–1734), the Colonial Governor of New Jersey from 1710 to 1720 |Data5=306.30|Population=131708 |Area=430 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the west part of the state, just north of the divide between north and south. It is averagely sized.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Mercer|N=34|Num=021|Seat=Trenton|Data1=[[Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hamilton Township]] 92,297|Data2=1838|Data3=Burlington, Hunterdon, Middlesex, and Somerset counties| Data4=The [[Continental Army]] [[General]] [[Hugh Mercer]] (1726–1777), who died at the [[Battle of Princeton]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nj.gov/counties/mercer/about/history/|title=History|publisher=Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission|access-date=August 31, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221023941/http://nj.gov/counties/mercer/about/history/|archive-date=February 21, 2009}}</ref> |Data5=1,735.12|Population=392138 |Area=226 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the western part of the state, just above an indentation. It is small compared to its neighbors.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Middlesex|N=34|Num=023|Seat=New Brunswick|Data1=[[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]] 107,588|Data2=1683|Data3=One of four original counties created in [[East Jersey]]| Data4=The historic county of [[Middlesex]] in England |Data5=2,862.12|Population=890119 |Area=311 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the northern part of the state. It is averagely sized.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Monmouth|N=34|Num=025|Seat=Freehold Borough|Data1=[[Middletown Township, New Jersey|Middletown Township]] 67,106|Data2=1683|Data3=One of four original counties created in [[East Jersey]]| Data4= The historic [[Monmouthshire (historic)|County of Monmouth]] in [[Great Britain]] |Data5=1,371.86|Population=647520 |Area=472 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the central-western part of the state. It is averagely sized and gets skinnier in the west.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Morris|N=34|Num=027|Seat=Morristown|Data1=[[Parsippany-Troy Hills]] 56,162|Data2=1739|Data3=Hunterdon County| Data4=Colonel [[Lewis Morris (1671-1746)|Lewis Morris]] (1671–1746), colonial governor of [[Province of New Jersey|New Jersey]] at the time of the county's formation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.morris.nj.us/history/history.asp |title=The Land Past and Present |publisher=Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders |access-date=August 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822123842/http://co.morris.nj.us/history/history.asp |archive-date=August 22, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/county.html#lewis|title=How did our county get its name?|date=July 26, 2008|publisher=Morris County Library|access-date=August 31, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223133000/http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/county.html|archive-date=February 23, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> |Data5=1,115.25|Population=523053 |Area=469 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the northern part of the state, landlocked by other counties. It is well-sized.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Ocean|N=34|Num=029|Seat=Toms River|Data1=[[Lakewood Township, New Jersey|Lakewood Township]] 135,158|Data2=1850|Data3=Monmouth and Burlington counties| Data4=The [[Atlantic Ocean]], which forms the eastern border of New Jersey |Data5=1,047.85|Population=666434 |Area=915 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the southeast part of the state. It is large and gets skinnier in the south.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Passaic|N=34|Num=031|Seat=Paterson|Data1=[[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]] 159,732|Data2=1837|Data3=Bergen and Essex counties| Data4= ''Pasaeck'', a [[Lenape language|Lenape]] word meaning "valley" |Data5=2,846.47|Population=526597 |Area=185 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the north-central part of the state. It is small, and has two wide parts with a skinny area between them.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Salem|N=34|Num=033|Seat=Salem|Data1=[[Pennsville Township, New Jersey|Pennsville Township]] 12,684|Data2=1694|Data3=One of two original counties created in [[West Jersey]]| Data4=[[Salem (Bible)|Salem]], Biblical town, which takes its name from the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] word for "peace." |Data5=194.89|Population=65874 |Area=338 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the southwest part of the state. It is averagely sized.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Somerset|N=34|Num=035|Seat=Somerville|Data1=[[Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey|Franklin Township]] 68,364|Data2=1688|Data3=Middlesex County| Data4=The county of [[Somerset]] in England |Data5=1,172.02|Population=357467 |Area=305 |Size=80px|Alt=A county landlocked by other counties in the northern part of the state. It is small.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Sussex|N=34|Num=037|Seat=Newton|Data1=[[Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey|Vernon Township]] 22,358|Data2=1753|Data3=Morris County| Data4=The county of [[Sussex]] in England |Data5=283.00|Population=147444 |Area=521 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the northwest corner of the state. It is larger than most surrounding counties.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Union|N=34|Num=039|Seat=Elizabeth|Data1=[[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]] 137,298|Data2=1857|Data3=Essex County| Data4= The union of the United States, which was being threatened by the dispute over slavery |Data5=5,768.54|Population=594160 |Area=103 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the northeast part of the state, on an indentation. It is one of the smallest counties.}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Warren|N=34|Num=041|Seat=Belvidere|Data1=[[Phillipsburg, New Jersey|Phillipsburg]] 15,249|Data2=1824|Data3=Sussex County| Data4=The [[American Revolutionary War]] General [[Joseph Warren]] (1741–1775), killed at the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]] |Data5=312.94|Population=112031 |Area=358 |Size=80px|Alt=A county in the northwest part of the state. It is averagely sized.}}
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