List of municipalities in New Jersey
New Jersey is a state located in the Northeastern United States. According to the 2010 United States Census, New Jersey is the 11th most populous state with 8,791,936 inhabitants but the 5th smallest by land area spanning 7,354.22 square miles (19,047.3 km2).[1] New Jersey is divided into 21 counties and contains 565[2] municipalities consisting of five types: 254 boroughs, 52 cities, 15 towns, 241 townships, and 3 villages. The largest municipality by population in New Jersey is Newark with 277,140 residents whereas the smallest is Tavistock with 5 residents.[1]
Map of the United States with New Jersey highlighted
Map of all municipalities
Like most Northeastern states, every square foot of New Jersey is incorporated; every resident lives within the borders of an incorporated municipality.
List of municipalities
- Largest municipalities in New Jersey by population
Newark, largest city by population in New Jersey
Jersey City is the second largest city by population in New Jersey.
Paterson, New Jersey's third largest city by population
Elizabeth is New Jersey’s fourth largest city by population
Trenton, Capital of New Jersey
Camden is the largest city in South Jersey
Notes
- As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1836.
- As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1851.
- As Raritan Township. Renamed Edison in 1954.
- As Dover Township. Renamed Toms River in 2006.
- As Delaware Township. Renamed Cherry Hill in 1961.
- As Madison Township. Renamed Old Bridge in 1975.
- As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1869.
- As New Barbadoes Township. Renamed and reincorporated as Hackensack City in 1921.
- As a Township. Reincorporated as a Borough in 1919.
- As Maidenhead Township. Renamed Lawrence in 1816.
- As Long Branch Commission. Renamed and reincorporated as Long Branch City in 1903.
- As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1917.
- As a Township. Reincorporated as a Town in 1903.
- Princeton Township and Princeton Borough merged on January 1, 2013. The population is tabulated from the sum of the two municipalities' 2010 populations. Though it has a borough form of government, the municipality type is classified by the state government as "other."[6]
- As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1866.
- As Franklin Township. Renamed Nutley in 1902.
- As Hohokus Township. Renamed Mahwah in 1944.
- As South Orange Township. Renamed Maplewood in 1922.
- As Fanwood Township. Renamed Scotch Plains in 1917.
- As Roosevelt Borough. Renamed Carteret in 1922.
- As Union Township. Renamed Barnegat in 1977.
- As Union Township. Renamed Lyndhurst in 1917.
- As Raritan Township. Renamed Hazlet in 1967.
- As East Paterson Borough. Renamed Elmwood Park in 1973.
- As Chester Township. Renamed Maple Shade in 1945.
- As Matavan Township. Renamed Aberdeen in 1977.
- As New Shrewsbury Borough. Renamed Tinton Falls in 1975.
- As Town of Brooklyn. Renamed Hopatcong in 1901.
- As Saddle River Township. Renamed Saddle Brook in 1955.
- As Washington Township. Renamed Robbinsville in 2008.
- As Lower Penns Neck Township. Renamed Pennsville in 1965.
- As New Providence Township. Renamed Berkeley Heights in 1951.
- As Spicer Township. Renamed Harrison in 1845.
- As Verona Township. Renamed Cedar Grove in 1908.
- As West Paterson Borough. Renamed Woodland Park in 2009.
- As Undercliff Borough. Renamed Edgewater in 1899.
- As Atlantic Township. Renamed Colts Neck in 1962.
- As Northampton Township. Renamed Mount Holly in 1931.
- As Passaic Township. Renamed Long Hill in 1992.
- As Upper Penns Neck Township. Renamed Carneys Point in 1976.
- As Delford Borough. Renamed Oradell in 1920.
- As Caldwell Township. Renamed Fairfield in 1963.
- As Etna Borough. Renamed Emerson in 1909.
- As North Plainfield Township. Renamed Green Brook in 1932.
- As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1931.
- As a Town. Reincorporated as a Borough in 1948.
- As Port Oram Borough. Renamed Wharton in 1902.
- As South Atlantic City. Renamed Margate City in 1909.
- As West Woolwich Township. Renamed Logan in 1878.
- As Ocean Beach Borough. Renamed Belmar in 1890.
- As Woodcliff Borough. Renamed Woodcliff Lake in 1910.
- As Midland Township. Renamed Rochelle Park in 1929.
- As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1912.
- As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1858.
- As Beverly Township. Renamed Delanco in 1926.
- As Anglesea Borough. Renamed North Wildwood in 1906. Reincorporated as a City in 1917.
- As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1867.
- As a Township. Reincorporated as a Borough in 1898.
- As Cape Island Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1851. Renamed Cape May in 1869.
- As Upper Alloways Creek Township. Renamed Alloway in 1884.
- As Deckertown Borough. Renamed Sussex in 1902.
- As South Belmar Borough. Renamed Lake Como in 2005.
- As Junction Borough. Renamed Hampton in 1909.
- As Long Beach City Borough. Renamed Surf City in 1899.
- As Ship Bottom-Beach Arlington Borough. Renamed Ship Bottom in 1947.
- As Jersey Homesteads Borough. Renamed Roosevelt in 1945.
- As Barnegat City Borough. Renamed Barnegat Light in 1948.
References
- "GCT-PH1 – Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – State – Place and (in selected states) County Subdivision". 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
- "New Jersey Municipalities". The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey. Archived from the original on 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- Bureau, U. S. Census. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
- Snyder, John P. "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- Staff. "Artifacts found during search of Edison's Piscatawaytown" Archived 2012-07-29 at Archive.today, Edison Sentinel, October 12, 2011. Accessed March 22, 2012. "Three artifacts discovered in the township's oldest neighborhood are believed to date back to the Colonial era.... Piscatawatown and the Commons were founded in 1666 as the original settlement of Piscataway. The Commons is still public land and is one of the few remaining commons areas in the state. The location was part of Piscataway Township until 1870, when it became part of Raritan Township. In 1954, the area became part of Edison."
- Knapp, Krystal (October 1, 2012). "Merged Municipality Will Be Called Princeton, New Jersey". Planet Princeton. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
- "Vernon Township Mayor's Office website".
- New Jersey State Commission on County and Municipal Government, Modern Forms of Municipal Government Archived 2012-09-08 at Archive.today, 1992, Chapter VI: Municipal Names and Municipal Classification Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
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