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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.
Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [8] Located in the northeastern corner of New Jersey, Bergen County and its many inner suburbs constitute a highly developed part of the New York City metropolitan area, bordering the Hudson River; the George Washington Bridge, which crosses the Hudson, connects Bergen County with Manhattan.
The New Jersey Superior Court subsumed and replaced the New Jersey County Courts, which were abolished in 1978. [1] The Superior Court has 15 vicinages (jurisdictional districts or circuits ), some encompassing two or three counties, each of which has its own courthouse or courthouses.
Percent of County Commissioner seats held by party in each county in New Jersey. In New Jersey, a Board of County Commissioners (until 2020 named the Board of Chosen Freeholders) is the elected county-wide government board in each of the state's 21 counties. In the five counties that have an elected county executive, the board of county ...
Elizabeth Randall, Bergen County Clerk and former member of the New Jersey General Assembly [170] Harry Randall Jr. (1927–2013), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1962 to 1966 and from 1968 to 1970, after which he served as a member of the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders [171]
A day after a preliminary injunction from a federal judge put the fate of New Jersey's county line into question, 17 of the 19 county clerks named as defendants in the federal lawsuit challenging ...
Washington Township (officially the Township of Washington) is a township in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 9,285, [9] [10] an increase of 183 (+2.0%) of the 2010 census count of 9,102, [20] [21] reflecting an increase of 164 (+1.8%) from the 8,938 counted in the 2000 census.
A federal judge denied a request to hold off on enforcing his order that would change the ballot design for the Democratic primary.