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The area was inhabited by Native Americans for more than 2,800 years, with historical tribes such as the Lenape along the coast. In the early 17th century, the Dutch and the Swedes made the first European settlements. The English later seized control of the region, naming it the Province of New Jersey. It was granted as a colony to Sir George Carteret and John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton. At this time, it was named after the largest of the British Channel Islands, Jersey, where Carteret had been born. New Jersey was the site of several decisive battles during the American Revolutionary War.

In the 19th century, factories in cities such as Paterson and Trenton helped to drive the Industrial Revolution. New Jersey's position at the center of the Northeast megalopolis, between Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., fueled its rapid growth through the suburban boom of the 1950s and beyond.

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New Jersey County List

County	Date Formed	County Seat	Parent County	Coordinator
Atlantic	1837	Mays Landing	Gloucester	Adopt me...
Bergen	1683	Hackensack	East Jersey	Adopt Me....
Burlington	1694	Mount Holly	West Jersey	Adopt Me.....
Camden	1844	Camden	Gloucester	Adopt Me....
Cape May	1692	Cape May	West Jersey	Adopt Me....
Cumberland	1748	Bridgeton	Salem	Adopt Me....
Essex	1683	Newark	East Jersey	Adopt Me....
Gloucester	1686	Woodbury	East Jersey	Adopt Me....
Hudson	1840	Jersey City	Bergen	Adopt Me....
Hunterdon	1714	Flemington	Burlington	Adopt Me....
Mercer	1838	Trenton	Burlington, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset	Adopt Me....
Middlesex	1683	New Brunswick	East Jersey	Jana
Monmouth	1683	Freehold	East Jersey	Adopt Me....
Morris	1739	Morristown	Hunterdon	Adopt Me....
Ocean	1850	Toms River	Monmouth	Adopt Me....
Passaic	1837	Patterson	Bergen, Essex	Adopt Me....
Salem	1694	Salem	West Jersey	Adopt Me.....
Somerset	1688	Somerville	Middlesex	Adopt Me....
Sussex	1753	Newton	Morris	Adopt Me....
Union	1857	Elizabeth	Essex	Adopt Me.....
Warren	1824	Belvidere	Sussex	Adopt Me....
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New Jersey Online Resources:
Obituary Central	NJ Marriages	New Jersey's History's Mysteries
Records Room - New Jersey Vital Records	Veteran Ancestor Registry	Biographies of Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland Counties
Cemetery Records of New Jersey	The Olive Tree Genealogy	NJ Genealogical Resources on the Internet
NJ During the Revolution	NJ Links	New Jersey State Library
Obituary Depot - New Jersey Obituaries	Society Hill - New Jersey Historical Societies	Cemetery Junction - New Jersey Cemeteries
Trails to the Past U.S. Forts Project	Sanborn Maps	Don's Census Lists & More
Trails to the Past Ghost Towns Special Project	NJ Military Project	Trails Military Special Project
Trails to the Past Native American Special Project	NJ Civil War Gravestone Project	Trails Cemetery Special Project
Trails to the Past Photo Special Project	Trails to the Past Chuckwagon	New Jersey Ghost Towns
New Jersey Forts	New Jersey Chuck Wagon	..

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