Bulletin 67, The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries, 1606-1968

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NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Quakers purchased the province Feb. 1-2, 1681/82. to extend back into the woods far enough to contain These "Twelve Proprietors" gave part in turn to 100 square miles. 2°7 twelve others on Mar. 14, 168218314°. as0 Yorkshire Friends in 1676 chose lands between the Rancocas Creek and the Falls of the Delaware, near 6. Civil Organization--East Jersey* Assunpink Creek. This became the Yorkshire, or The earliest attempt at county organization was First, Tenth. At the same time, London Friends made by the Legislature on Nov. 13, 1675, enacting picked the land from the Rancocas to Pennsauken that "Bergen, and the adjacent Plantations about Creek-the London, or Second, Tenth. lss For them, to be a County" . . . "Elizabeth-Town and mutual benefit, the two groups decided to settle Newark to make a County" . . . "Woodbridge and near each other, but instead of settling the marshy Piscataqua, to be a County", and that "The two mouth of the Rancocas, they chose the site of Bur- Towns of Nevysink [Middletown and Shrewsbury] lington. They then divided their Tenths by a line to make a County. ''t15 Neither county names nor along a wide central street (now High Street), the boundaries were established. In March 1682/83, the line being extended throngh the forest southeasterly General Assembly of East Jersey at Elizabeth-Town from the Delaware River, ls9 probably near the erected the four counties of Bergen, Essex, Middle- southern boundary of what is now Springfield sex, and Monmouth, with rather vague boundaries, township. 2°I embracing the respective towns above. The Third, or Irish, Tenth was settled in 1682 by On May 14, 1688, Somerset County was set off Irish Quakers and was located between the Pennfrom Middlesex County, "Forasmuch as the upper- sauken and Timber Creeks. The Fourth Tenth most Part of Rariton River, is settled by Persons spread from Timber to Oldmans Creeks, being whom in their Husbandry and manuring their settled by 1685. The "Salem Tenth", south of Old- Land, forced upon quite different ways and methods marts Creek, was the only other Tenth to have a from the other Farmers and Inhabitants of the separate identity, although "the lower six tenths" County of Middlesex, because of the frequent Floods are mentioned in early land records? 9° that carry away their Fences on their Meadows, the From 1681 Burlington courts served the clistrict of only arrable Land they have, anti so by Consequence the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Tenths, but Gloucester their Interest is divided from the other Inhabitants courts (serving the 3rd and 4th Tenths) were sepof said County. ''tin arated in 1686. The Salem Court covered the "Salem The haphazard designation of towns and town- Tenth" anti originated in 1681. A Cape May court ships in East Jersey was formalized into law on Oct. was created separate from Burlington in 1685, and 31, 1693. In addition to the seven towns above, given boundaries in 1692.TM which were made townships (except that Bergen and On May 17, 1694, the boundaries of all four of Woodbridge were called Corporation Towns), four these jurisdictions were established, although rather more were created: "Hacksack" [Hackensack] in vaguely, and the term "County" was firmly incor- Bergen, "Acquickanick, and New Barbados" (corn- porated. The boundaries did not extend far into bined as one) in Essex, "Perth-Amboy" in Middle- the interior. In addition to the main jurisdictional sex, and Freehold in Monmouth. Somerset County areas of Burlington, Gloucester, Salem, and Cape was not subdivided, but was considered to be a May Counties, those living north of the Assnnpink township, were placed temporarily under Burlington jurisdiction, and Egg Harbor residents were placed under 7. Civil Organization--West Jersey* Gloucester. Back Creek was the eastern boundary In West Jersey a different approach was taken to of Salem County until 1700, when the previously uncivil organization. The proprietors had agreed on assigned area between Back Creek and the Maurice March 3, 1676/77 in the classic "Concessions and River was annexed to Salem County. Agreements" to divide "all the Lands of the Said Except for the earlier town or township of Province for West .Jersey] as be allready taken up or Burlington itself, townships of Burlington County by themselves shall be taken up aml contracted for were first set up on Nov. 6, 1688, as "Constablries". with the Natives . . . into one htmdred parts" but In Gloucester County, the township concept' began "they shall first . . . divide the same [West Jersey] with Gloucestertown in 1685, Greenwich in March into tenn equall parts or shares" referred to as 1694/95, and four more on June 1, 1695. Salem Tenths a3 County's initial townships developed between 1675 The mathematical accuracy of the Tenths was amt 1701, the dates being generally unknown, and in never established. Instead, areas between important Cape May County there was no subdivision until rivers were selected by interested groups of settlers April 2, 1723. By 1700, East and West Jersey and purchased from the Indians. Each Tenth was appeared as shown on Maps 4 and 5. '*See pages 29-30and 50-58 for detailed boundaries. 12 NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
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Page 5 and 6: TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword ........
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Page 9 and 10: FOREWORD This study has as its goal
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Page 43 and 44: Little-Egg-Harbour river, including
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Page 47 and 48: the mouth of Whale creek, the begin
Page 49 and 50: Bergen... beginning at the north ea
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This act was repealed Apr. 21, 1896
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General Municipal Name Changes and
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volume of the Acts of the Legislatu
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ATLANTIC COUNTY-- (cont.) Municipal
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ATLANTIC COUNTY-- (cont.) Municipal
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BERGEN COUNTY-- (cont.) Municipalit
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Munieipality BERGEN COUNTY-- (cont.
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Municipality Date BURLINGTON COUNTY
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BURLINGTON COUNTY-- (cont.) Municip
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BURLINGTON COUNTY-- (cont.) Municip
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BURLINGTON COUNTY-- (cont.) Munielp
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CAMDEN COUNTY County or Municipalit
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CAMDEN COUNTY-- (cont.) Municipalit
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CAMDEN COUNTY- (cont.) Municipality
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CAMDEN COUNTY-- (cont.) Munieipalit
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County or Municipality CAPE MAY COU
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Municipality CAPE MAY COUNTY--(cont
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY-- (cont.) Municip
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY-- (cont.) Municip
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ESSEX COUNTY County ESSEX or Munici
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ESSEX COUNTY--(cont.) Municipality
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ESSEX COUNTY--(cont.) Municipality
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ESSEX COUNTY-- (cont.) Munieipality
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Municipality ESSEX COUNTY-- (cont.)
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GLOUCESTER COUNTY County or Municip
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GLOUCESTER COUNTY-- (cont.) Municip
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GLOUCESTER COUNTY-- (cont.) Municip
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HUDSON COUNTY-- (cont.) Munielpalit
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HUDSON COUNTY-- (cont.) Municipalit
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HUNTERDON COUNTY-- (cont.) Municipa
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HUNTERDON COUNTY-- (cont.) Munieipa
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HUNTERDON COUNTY- (cont.) Munieipal
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MERCER COUNTY County or Municipalit
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MERCER COUNTY-- (cont.) Munielpalil
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MERCER COUNTY- (cont.) Municipality
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY County or Municipa
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Municipality Milltown MIDDLESEX COU
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY-- (cont.) Munielpa
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MONMOUTH COUNTY-- (cont.) Municipal
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Municipality MONMOUTH COUNTY-- (con
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MONMOUTH COUNTY-- (cont.) Munieipal
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MORRIS COUNTY-- (cont.) Municipalit
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MORRIS COUNTY-- (cont.) Municipalit
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MORRIS COUNTY-- (cont.) Munielpa]it
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Municipality Date MORRIS COUNTY-- (
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OCEAN COUNTY County or Municipality
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OCEAN COUNTY--(cont.) Munielpality
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OCEAN COUNTY- (cnnt.) Munieipallty
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PASSAIC COUNTY-- (cont.) Municipali
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Municipality SALEM COUNTY-- (cont.)
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SALEM COUNTY-- (cont.) Municipality
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SOMERSET COUNTY County or Municipal
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SOMERSET COUNTY-- (cont.) Municipal
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SOMERSET COUNTY-- (cont.) Municipal
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SUSSEX COUNTY-- (cont.) Municipalit
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Municipality SUSSEX COUNTY-- (cont.
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UNION COUNTY-- (cont.) Munieipality
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Munieipality UNION COUNTY-- (cont.)
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UNION COUNTY-- (cont.) Municipality
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WARREN COUNTY County or Municipalit
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WARREN COUNTY-- (cont.) Munieipalit
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MAP OF NEW JERSEY, 1968 255 NEW JER
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COMMUNITY NAMES FROM THE PAST--Cont
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COMMUNITY NAMES FROM THE PAST-Conti
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New York Philadelphia New York Phil
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REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY The ext
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124. Madison Weekly Eagle. Bardon &
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242. . The Passaic Valley, N. J. Ne
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1837, 19, 36 Brielle bor., 178 1840
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Delaware Bay East Orange twp., 127
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Hanover twp. (Bur.) (see New Hanove
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Matawan bor., 47, 182, 260, 264, 26
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Scotch line (see Keith line) South
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Watchung (First) Mountains, 7, 41.
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