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New Jersey Counties
1675-Present

Middlesex County is bounded on the north by Union County.


Incorporation Dates of New Jersey Counties

County Formed Parent County County Seat
Atlantic 1837 Gloucester Mays Landing
Bergen 1683 Province of East Jersey Hackensack
Burlington 1694 Province of West Jersey Mount Holly
Camden 1844 Gloucester Camden
Cape May 1692 Province of West Jersey Cape May Court House
Cumberland 1748 Salem Bridgeton
Essex 1683 Province of East Jersey Newark
Gloucester 1686 Province of West Jersey Woodbury
Hudson 1840 Bergen Jersey City
Hunterdon 1714 Burlington Flemington
Mercer 1838 Burlington, Hunterdon,
Middlesex, Somerset
Trenton
Middlesex 1683 Province of East Jersey New Brunswick
Monmouth 1683 Province of East Jersey Freehold
Morris 1739 Hunterdon Morristown
Ocean 1850 Monmouth Toms River
Passaic 1837 Bergen, Essex Paterson
Salem 1694 Province of West Jersey Salem
Somerset 1688 Middlesex Somerville
Sussex 1753 Morris Newton
Union 1857 Essex Elizabeth
Warren 1824 Sussex Belvidere