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There are 21 counties in the U.S. state of New Jersey. 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.
New Jersey residents now have until Dec. 6 to apply for the state’s Affordable New Jersey Communities for Homeowners and Renters, or ANCHOR program. Deadline extended to apply for your ANCHOR ...
Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside, due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government. [1] Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names. States are the primary subdivisions of the ...
Camden is located in New Jersey's 1st Congressional District [140] and is part of New Jersey's 5th state legislative district. [141] [142] [143] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027) and Andy Kim (Moorestown, term ends 2031). [144] [145]
Alexander Griffith was the first Colonial New Jersey Attorney General. 1714 –1719: Thomas Burnett Gordon (17 April 1652—April 28, 1722) was a Scottish emigrant to the Thirteen Colonies who became Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and New Jersey Attorney General for the Province of New Jersey. [3] 1719 –1723: Jeremiah Basse
It was not until 1830 that most blacks were free in the state. New Jersey was the last northern state to abolish slavery completely, and by the close of the Civil War, about a dozen African-Americans in New Jersey were still apprenticed freedmen. The 1860 census found just over 25,000 free African Americans in the state. [24]
Princeton is located in the 12th Congressional District [63] and is part of New Jersey's 16th state legislative district. [64] [65] [66] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 12th congressional district is represented by Bonnie Watson Coleman (D, Ewing Township).
Edgewater is a borough located along the Hudson River in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 14,336, [11] [12] an increase of 2,823 (+24.5%) from the 2010 census count of 11,513, [21] [22] which in turn reflected an increase of 3,836 (+50.0%) from the 7,677 counted in the 2000 census [23]