List of municipalities in New Jersey - wikipedia List of municipalities in New Jersey Map of the United States with New Jersey highlighted This is a list of the 565 municipalities in the U.S. state of New Jersey, ordered by population. There are five types of municipality in the state -- boroughs ( 250 ), cities ( 52 ), towns ( 15 ), townships ( 245 ), and villages ( 4 ). New Jersey, the fourth - smallest state, covers 8,722 square miles ( 22,590 km ), meaning the average land size of a municipality in the state is about 15 square miles ( 39 km ) -- but note the wide range of actual sizes in the map at right. Map of all municipalities Newark, largest city in New Jersey Jersey City Paterson Elizabeth Trenton, Capital of New Jersey Camden Atlantic City Pop. rank Municipality County Population in 2010 Municipal type Form of government Community established Incorporated Newark Essex 277,140 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1666 1693 Jersey City Hudson 247,597 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1630 1838 Paterson Passaic 146,199 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1791 1831 Elizabeth Union 124,969 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1664 1855 5 Edison Middlesex 99,967 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1666 1870 6 Woodbridge Township Middlesex 99,585 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1664 1798 7 Lakewood Township Ocean 92,843 Township Township ( New Jersey ) 1750 1892 8 Toms River Ocean 91,239 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1768 1798 9 Hamilton Township Mercer 88,464 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1688 1842 10 Trenton Mercer 84,913 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1719 1792 11 Clifton Passaic 84,136 City 1923 Municipal Manager Law 1693 1917 12 Camden Camden 77,344 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1626 1828 13 Brick Township Ocean 75,072 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1850 1850 14 Cherry Hill Camden 71,045 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1695 1844 15 Passaic Passaic 69,781 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1679 1873 16 Middletown Township Monmouth 66,522 Township Special charter ( New Jersey ) 1693 1798 17 Union City Hudson 66,455 City Walsh Act 1925 18 Old Bridge Township Middlesex 65,375 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1683 1869 19 Gloucester Township Camden 64,634 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1695 1798 20 East Orange Essex 64,270 City City ( New Jersey ) 1666 1863 21 Bayonne Hudson 63,024 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1861 22 Franklin Township Somerset 62,300 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1745 1798 23 North Bergen Hudson 60,773 Township Walsh Act 1843 24 Vineland Cumberland 60,724 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1862 1952 25 Union Township Union 56,642 Township Township ( New Jersey ) 1667 1808 26 Piscataway Middlesex 56,044 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1693 1798 27 New Brunswick Middlesex 55,181 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1730 1784 28 Jackson Township Ocean 54,856 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1844 29 Wayne Passaic 54,717 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1847 30 Irvington Essex 53,926 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1874 31 Parsippany - Troy Hills Morris 53,238 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1700 1928 32 Howell Township Monmouth 51,075 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1801 33 Perth Amboy Middlesex 50,814 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1683 1718 34 Hoboken Hudson 50,005 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1820 1849 35 Plainfield Union 49,808 City Special charter ( New Jersey ) 1684 1869 36 West New York Hudson 49,708 Town Walsh Act 1898 37 Washington Township Gloucester 48,559 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1836 38 East Brunswick Middlesex 47,512 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1677 1860 39 Bloomfield Essex 47,315 Township Special charter ( New Jersey ) 1763 1812 40 West Orange Essex 46,207 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1806 1863 41 Evesham Township Burlington 45,538 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1672 1798 42 Bridgewater Township Somerset 44,464 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1749 1798 43 South Brunswick Middlesex 43,417 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1778 1798 44 Egg Harbor Township Atlantic 43,323 Township Township ( New Jersey ) 1694 1798 45 Manchester Township Ocean 43,070 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1865 46 Hackensack Bergen 43,010 City 1923 Municipal Manager Law 1665 1693 47 Sayreville Middlesex 42,704 Borough Borough ( New Jersey ) 1703 1876 48 Mount Laurel Burlington 41,864 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1872 49 Berkeley Township Ocean 41,255 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1875 50 North Brunswick Middlesex 40,742 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council -- administrator ) 1779 1798 51 Kearny Hudson 40,684 Town Town ( New Jersey ) 1867 52 Linden Union 40,499 City City ( New Jersey ) 1861 1925 53 Marlboro Township Monmouth 40,191 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1685 1848 54 Teaneck Bergen 39,776 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1704 1895 55 Atlantic City Atlantic 39,558 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1854 56 Winslow Township Camden 39,499 Township Township ( New Jersey ) 1867 57 Monroe Township Middlesex 39,132 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1838 1838 58 Manalapan Township Monmouth 38,872 Township Township ( New Jersey ) 1848 59 Hillsborough Township Somerset 38,303 Township Township ( New Jersey ) 1746 1771 60 Montclair Essex 37,669 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1868 61 Galloway Township Atlantic 37,349 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1774 1798 62 Freehold Township Monmouth 36,184 Township Township ( New Jersey ) 1693 1798 63 Monroe Township Gloucester 36,129 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1859 64 Belleville Essex 35,926 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1839 65 Pennsauken Township Camden 35,885 Township Township ( New Jersey ) 1892 66 Ewing Township Mercer 35,790 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1717 1834 67 Fort Lee Bergen 35,345 Borough Borough ( New Jersey ) 1904 68 Lawrence Township Mercer 33,472 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1697 1798 69 Fair Lawn Bergen 32,457 Borough Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1924 70 Willingboro Township Burlington 31,629 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1688 1798 71 Long Branch Monmouth 30,719 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1867 72 Deptford Township Gloucester 30,561 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1695 1798 73 Garfield Bergen 30,487 City 1923 Municipal Manager Law 1873 1898 74 Westfield Union 30,316 Town Special charter ( New Jersey ) 1720 1798 75 City of Orange Essex 30,134 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1666 1806 76 Livingston Essex 29,366 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1699 1813 77 Voorhees Township Camden 29,131 Township Township ( New Jersey ) 1899 78 Princeton Mercer 28,572 Borough Borough ( New Jersey ) 1683 1813 / 2013 79 Millville Cumberland 28,400 City Walsh Act 1720 1801 80 Nutley Essex 28,370 Township Walsh Act 1693 1874 81 Mount Olive Township Morris 28,117 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1871 82 Neptune Township Monmouth 27,935 Township Township ( New Jersey ) 1879 83 Pemberton Township Burlington 27,912 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1846 84 Lacey Township Ocean 27,644 Township Township ( New Jersey ) 1871 85 Rahway Union 27,346 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1664 1858 86 Ocean Township Monmouth 27,291 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1849 87 East Windsor Township Mercer 27,190 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1797 1798 88 West Windsor Township Mercer 27,165 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1798 89 Englewood Bergen 27,147 City Special charter ( New Jersey ) 1899 90 Bergenfield Bergen 26,764 Borough Borough ( New Jersey ) 1894 91 Bernards Township Somerset 26,652 Township Township ( New Jersey ) 1760 1798 92 Stafford Township Ocean 26,535 Township Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1750 1798 93 Hamilton Township Atlantic 26,503 Township Township ( New Jersey ) 1813 94 Paramus Bergen 26,342 Borough Borough ( New Jersey ) 1922 95 Wall Township Monmouth 26,164 Township Township ( New Jersey ) 1851 96 Mahwah Bergen 25,890 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1849 97 West Milford Passaic 25,850 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council -- administrator ) 1834 98 Randolph Morris 25,734 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1806 99 Bridgeton Cumberland 25,349 City Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1865 100 Ridgewood Bergen 24,958 Village Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1894 101 Rockaway Township Morris 24,156 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1844 102 Lodi Bergen 24,136 Borough 1923 Municipal Manager Law 1894 103 Vernon Township Sussex 23,943 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1793 1798 104 Maplewood Essex 23,867 Township 1861 105 Cliffside Park Bergen 23,594 Borough 1895 106 Scotch Plains Union 23,510 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1878 107 South Plainfield Middlesex 23,385 Borough 1926 108 Roxbury Township Morris 23,324 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1740 1798 109 Medford Burlington 23,033 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1847 110 Plainsboro Township Middlesex 22,999 Township 1919 111 Lower Township Cape May 22,866 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1723 1798 112 Carteret Middlesex 22,844 Borough 1906 113 Cranford Union 22,625 Township 1871 114 Burlington Township Burlington 22,594 Township 1798 115 Morris Township Morris 22,306 Township 1740 1798 116 Montgomery Somerset 22,254 Township 1798 117 Raritan Township Hunterdon 22,185 Township 1838 118 North Plainfield Somerset 21,936 Borough 1885 119 West Deptford Township Gloucester 21,677 Township 1871 120 Montville Morris 21,528 Township Special charter ( New Jersey ) 1867 121 Summit Union 21,457 City City ( New Jersey ) 1710 1899 122 Hillside Union 21,404 Township 1913 123 Jefferson Township Morris 21,314 Township 1804 124 Roselle Union 21,085 Borough 1894 125 Barnegat Township Ocean 20,936 Township 1846 126 Moorestown Burlington 20,726 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1922 127 Lyndhurst Bergen 20,554 Township Walsh Act 1852 128 Hazlet Monmouth 20,334 Township 1848 129 Pleasantville Atlantic 20,249 City City ( New Jersey ) 1889 130 Millburn Essex 20,149 Township 1857 131 Little Egg Harbor Township Ocean 20,065 Township 1740 1798 132 Sparta Township Sussex 19,722 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1845 133 Palisades Park Bergen 19,622 Borough 1899 134 Elmwood Park Bergen 19,403 Borough 1916 135 Maple Shade Township Burlington 19,131 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1688 1798 136 Middle Township Cape May 18,911 Township 1723 1798 137 Hawthorne Passaic 18,791 Borough 1898 138 Glassboro Gloucester 18,579 Borough 1878 139 Washington Township Morris 18,533 Township 1798 140 Morristown Morris 18,411 Town Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1715 1865 141 Point Pleasant Ocean 18,392 Borough 1920 142 Aberdeen Township Monmouth 18,210 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1857 143 Dover Morris 18,157 Town Town ( New Jersey ) 1869 1896 144 Rutherford Bergen 18,061 Borough 1881 145 Tinton Falls Monmouth 17,892 Borough 1950 146 Lindenwold Camden 17,613 Borough 1929 147 Dumont Bergen 17,479 Borough 1894 148 Hopewell Township Mercer 17,304 Township 1700 1798 149 Delran Township Burlington 16,896 Township 1880 150 Franklin Township Gloucester 16,820 Township 1820 151 Holmdel Township Monmouth 16,773 Township 1857 152 Wyckoff Bergen 16,696 Township 1926 153 Denville Township Morris 16,635 Township 1913 154 New Milford Bergen 16,341 Borough 1922 155 Secaucus Hudson 16,264 Town Town ( New Jersey ) 1900 156 South Orange Village Essex 16,198 Township Special charter ( New Jersey ) 1686 1869 157 Readington Township Hunterdon 16,126 Township 1730 1798 158 Asbury Park Monmouth 16,116 City Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1874 159 South River Middlesex 16,008 Borough 1898 160 Madison Morris 15,845 Borough 1715 1889 161 Springfield Township Union 15,817 Township 1794 1798 162 Cinnaminson Township Burlington 15,569 Township 1860 163 Pequannock Township Morris 15,540 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1740 1798 164 North Arlington Bergen 15,392 Borough 1896 165 Warren Township Somerset 15,311 Township 1806 166 Mantua Township Gloucester 15,217 Township 1853 167 Hopatcong Sussex 15,147 Borough 1898 168 Phillipsburg Warren 14,950 Town 1861 169 Hammonton Atlantic 14,791 Town Town ( New Jersey ) 1866 170 Clark Union 14,756 Township 1864 171 Haddon Township Camden 14,707 Township Walsh Act 1865 172 Tenafly Bergen 14,488 Borough Special charter ( New Jersey ) 1894 173 Ramsey Bergen 14,473 Borough 1908 174 Branchburg Somerset 14,459 Township 1845 175 Little Falls Passaic 14,432 Township 1868 176 Highland Park Middlesex 13,982 Borough 1905 177 Collingswood Camden 13,926 Borough Walsh Act 1682 1888 178 Fairview Bergen 13,835 Borough 1894 179 Hanover Township Morris 13,712 Township 1720 1740 180 Saddle Brook Bergen 13,659 Township 1716 181 Robbinsville Township Mercer 13,642 Township Faulkner Act ( mayor -- council ) 1859 182 Middlesex Middlesex 13,635 Borough 1913 183 Harrison Hudson 13,620 Town Town ( New Jersey ) 1840 184 Metuchen Middlesex 13,574 Borough 1900 185 Clinton Township Hunterdon 13,478 Township Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1841 186 Pennsville Township Salem 13,409 Township 1721 1798 187 Verona Essex 13,332 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1702 1907 188 Roselle Park Union 13,297 Borough 1901 189 Berkeley Heights Union 13,183 Township 1809 190 Oakland Bergen 12,754 Borough 1902 191 Ridgefield Park Bergen 12,729 Village Walsh Act 1685 1892 192 Eatontown Monmouth 12,709 Borough 1873 193 Lumberton Township Burlington 12,559 Township 1860 194 Weehawken Hudson 12,554 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1859 195 Harrison Township Gloucester 12,417 Township 1844 196 Cedar Grove Essex 12,411 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1892 197 Upper Township Cape May 12,373 Township 1723 1798 198 Ringwood Passaic 12,228 Borough Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1918 199 Red Bank Monmouth 12,206 Borough 1870 200 New Providence Union 12,171 Borough 1899 201 Florence Township Burlington 12,109 Township 1872 202 Somerville Somerset 12,098 Borough 1863 203 Freehold Borough Monmouth 12,052 Borough 1869 204 Hasbrouck Heights Bergen 11,842 Borough 1894 205 Woodland Park Passaic 11,819 Borough Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1914 206 Ocean City Cape May 11,701 City 1884 207 Florham Park Morris 11,696 Borough Borough ( New Jersey ) 1700 1899 208 Glen Rock Bergen 11,601 Borough 1894 209 Haddonfield Camden 11,593 Borough Walsh Act 1875 210 Bellmawr Camden 11,583 Borough 1926 211 Edgewater Bergen 11,513 Borough 1894 212 Gloucester City Camden 11,456 City Special charter ( New Jersey ) 1831 1868 213 Bordentown Township Burlington 11,367 Township 1852 214 Wantage Township Sussex 11,358 Township 1754 1798 215 River Edge Bergen 11,340 Borough 1894 216 Wallington Bergen 11,335 Borough 1894 217 Guttenberg Hudson 11,176 Town Town ( New Jersey ) 1853 1859 218 East Hanover Township Morris 11,157 Township Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1720 1928 219 Wanaque Passaic 11,116 Borough 1918 220 Pompton Lakes Passaic 11,097 Borough 1682 1895 221 Beachwood Ocean 11,045 Borough 1917 222 Ridgefield Bergen 11,032 Borough 1892 223 Westwood Bergen 10,908 Borough 1894 224 Totowa Passaic 10,804 Borough 1898 225 Somers Point Atlantic 10,795 City City ( New Jersey ) 1886 226 West Caldwell Essex 10,759 Township 1904 227 Ventnor City Atlantic 10,650 City Walsh Act 1903 228 Waterford Township Camden 10,649 Township 1695 1798 229 Little Ferry Bergen 10,626 Borough 1894 230 Franklin Lakes Bergen 10,590 Borough 1922 231 Millstone Township Monmouth 10,566 Township 1844 232 Lincoln Park Morris 10,521 Borough 1922 233 Southampton Township Burlington 10,464 Township 1845 234 Chatham Township Morris 10,452 Township 1806 235 Bound Brook Somerset 10,402 Borough 1891 236 Manville Somerset 10,344 Borough 1929 237 Kinnelon Morris 10,248 Borough 1922 238 Pine Hill Camden 10,233 Borough 1929 239 Hillsdale Bergen 10,219 Borough 1898 240 Woolwich Township Gloucester 10,200 Township 1767 1798 241 Woodbury Gloucester 10,174 City City ( New Jersey ) 1854 242 Colts Neck Township Monmouth 10,142 Township 1847 243 Keansburg Monmouth 10,105 Borough Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1917 244 Burlington Burlington 9,920 City 1693 1784 245 Hackettstown Warren 9,724 Town Special charter ( New Jersey ) 1853 246 River Vale Bergen 9,659 Township 1906 247 Waldwick Bergen 9,625 Borough 1919 248 East Greenwich Township Gloucester 9,555 Township 1881 249 Maywood Bergen 9,555 Borough 1894 250 Mount Holly Burlington 9,536 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1688 1798 251 Brigantine Atlantic 9,450 City Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1890 252 Pittsgrove Township Salem 9,393 Township 1769 1798 253 Washington Township Bergen 9,102 Township 1840 254 Pitman Gloucester 9,011 Borough 1905 255 Chatham Borough Morris 8,962 Borough 1710 1892 256 Leonia Bergen 8,937 Borough 1894 257 East Rutherford Bergen 8,913 Borough 1889 258 Edgewater Park Burlington 8,881 Township 1924 259 Audubon Camden 8,819 Borough Walsh Act 1905 260 Westampton Township Burlington 8,813 Township 1850 261 Matawan Monmouth 8,810 Borough 1895 262 Long Hill Township Morris 8,702 Township 1866 263 Park Ridge Bergen 8,645 Borough 1894 264 South Amboy Middlesex 8,631 City 1798 265 Northfield Atlantic 8,624 City City ( New Jersey ) 1905 266 Cresskill Bergen 8,573 Borough 1894 267 Mansfield Township Burlington 8,544 Township 1688 1798 268 Runnemede Camden 8,468 Borough 1926 269 Plumsted Township Ocean 8,421 Township 1845 270 North Haledon Passaic 8,417 Borough 1901 271 Absecon Atlantic 8,411 City City ( New Jersey ) 1872 272 Closter Bergen 8,373 Borough 1904 273 Byram Township Sussex 8,350 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1798 1798 274 Boonton Morris 8,347 Town Town ( New Jersey ) 1761 1866 275 Ocean Township Ocean 8,332 Township 1876 276 Haledon Passaic 8,318 Borough 1908 277 Spotswood Middlesex 8,257 Borough 1908 278 Hardyston Township Sussex 8,213 Township Special charter ( New Jersey ) 1762 1798 279 Upper Saddle River Bergen 8,208 Borough 1894 280 Bogota Bergen 8,187 Borough 1894 281 Clayton Gloucester 8,179 Borough 1858 282 Bedminster Somerset 8,165 Township 1749 1798 283 West Long Branch Monmouth 8,097 Borough 1908 284 Riverside Township Burlington 8,079 Township 1895 285 Carneys Point Township Salem 8,049 Township 1721 1798 286 Lopatcong Township Warren 8,014 Township Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1851 287 Newton Sussex 7,997 Town Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1864 288 Oradell Bergen 7,978 Borough 1894 289 Maurice River Township Cumberland 7,976 Township 1748 1798 290 Kenilworth Union 7,914 Borough 1907 291 Montvale Bergen 7,844 Borough 1894 292 Chester Township Morris 7,838 Township Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1799 293 Caldwell Essex 7,822 Borough 1892 294 Mansfield Township Warren 7,725 Township 1754 1798 295 Bernardsville Somerset 7,707 Borough 1924 296 Chesterfield Township Burlington 7,699 Township 1688 1798 297 North Hanover Township Burlington 7,678 Township 1905 298 Upper Deerfield Township Cumberland 7,660 Township 1922 299 Bloomingdale Passaic 7,656 Borough 1918 300 Wood - Ridge Bergen 7,626 Borough 1894 301 Berlin Camden 7,588 Borough 1927 302 Buena Vista Township Atlantic 7,570 Township 1867 303 Butler Morris 7,539 Borough 1901 304 Glen Ridge Essex 7,527 Borough 1895 305 Haddon Heights Camden 7,473 Borough 1904 306 Fairfield Township Essex 7,466 Township Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1798 307 Emerson Bergen 7,401 Borough 1903 308 Palmyra Burlington 7,398 Borough 1894 309 New Hanover Township Burlington 7,385 Township 1723 1798 310 Fanwood Union 7,318 Borough 1895 311 Keyport Monmouth 7,240 Borough 1908 312 Dunellen Middlesex 7,227 Borough 1887 313 Green Brook Township Somerset 7,203 Township 1872 314 Midland Park Bergen 7,128 Borough 1894 315 Rumson Monmouth 7,122 Borough 1907 316 Linwood Atlantic 7,092 City City ( New Jersey ) 1889 317 Stratford Camden 7,040 Borough 1925 318 Barrington Camden 6,983 Borough 1917 319 Tabernacle Township Burlington 6,949 Township 1901 320 Upper Freehold Township Monmouth 6,902 Township 1731 1798 321 Milltown Middlesex 6,893 Borough 1889 322 Raritan Somerset 6,881 Borough 1868 323 Mountainside Union 6,685 Borough 1895 324 Washington Township Warren 6,651 Township 1849 325 Lebanon Township Hunterdon 6,588 Township 1731 1798 326 Wharton Morris 6,522 Borough 1895 327 Allendale Bergen 6,505 Borough 1894 328 Shamong Township Burlington 6,490 Township 1852 329 Dennis Township Cape May 6,467 Township 1827 330 Washington Warren 6,461 Borough Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1868 331 Rockaway Morris 6,438 Borough 1894 332 Margate City Atlantic 6,354 City Walsh Act 1885 333 Andover Township Sussex 6,319 Township 1864 334 Fairfield Township Cumberland 6,295 Township 1697 1798 335 Union Beach Monmouth 6,245 Borough 1925 336 North Caldwell Essex 6,183 Borough 1898 337 Mullica Township Atlantic 6,147 Township 1838 338 Carlstadt Bergen 6,127 Borough 1894 339 Fair Haven Monmouth 6,121 Borough 1912 340 Hainesport Township Burlington 6,110 Township 1924 341 Paulsboro Gloucester 6,097 Borough 1904 342 Eastampton Township Burlington 6,069 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1880 343 Logan Township Gloucester 6,042 Township Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1877 344 Tewksbury Township Hunterdon 5,993 Township 1798 345 Blairstown Warren 5,967 Township 1845 346 Little Silver Monmouth 5,950 Borough 1923 347 Jamesburg Middlesex 5,915 Borough 1887 348 Union Township Hunterdon 5,908 Township 1853 349 Manasquan Monmouth 5,897 Borough 1887 350 Mendham Township Morris 5,869 Township 1749 1798 351 Prospect Park Passaic 5,865 Borough 1901 352 Oceanport Monmouth 5,832 Borough 1920 353 Roseland Essex 5,819 Borough 1908 354 Watchung Somerset 5,801 Borough 1926 355 Belmar Monmouth 5,794 Borough Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1885 356 Old Tappan Bergen 5,750 Borough 1894 357 Woodcliff Lake Bergen 5,730 Borough 1894 358 Greenwich Township Warren 5,712 Township 1738 1798 359 Norwood Bergen 5,711 Borough 1905 360 Independence Township Warren 5,662 Township 1782 1798 361 Frankford Township Sussex 5,565 Township 1797 1798 362 Morris Plains Morris 5,532 Borough 1926 363 Rochelle Park Bergen 5,530 Township 1871 364 Hightstown Mercer 5,494 Borough 1853 365 Berlin Township Camden 5,357 Township Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1910 366 Wildwood Cape May 5,325 City Walsh Act 1895 367 Holland Township Hunterdon 5,291 Township 1874 368 Englewood Cliffs Bergen 5,281 Borough 1895 369 Hampton Township Sussex 5,196 Township 1864 370 Commercial Township Cumberland 5,178 Township 1874 371 Somerdale Camden 5,151 Borough 1929 372 Penns Grove Salem 5,147 Borough 1894 373 Salem Salem 5,146 City City ( New Jersey ) 1675 1798 374 Mount Arlington Morris 5,050 Borough 1890 375 Franklin Sussex 5,045 Borough 1913 376 Highlands Monmouth 5,005 Borough Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1900 377 Clementon Camden 5,000 Borough 1925 378 Mendham Borough Morris 4,981 Borough 1906 379 Alexandria Township Hunterdon 4,938 Township 1765 1798 380 Greenwich Township Gloucester 4,899 Township Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1695 1798 381 White Township Warren 4,882 Township 1913 382 Demarest Bergen 4,881 Borough 1903 383 Neptune City Monmouth 4,869 Borough 1881 384 Brielle Monmouth 4,774 Borough 1919 385 Spring Lake Heights Monmouth 4,713 Borough 1927 386 Mount Ephraim Camden 4,676 Borough Walsh Act 1926 387 Point Pleasant Beach Ocean 4,665 Borough 1886 388 Harrington Park Bergen 4,664 Borough 1904 389 Northvale Bergen 4,640 Borough 1916 390 Buena Atlantic 4,603 Borough 1948 391 Flemington Hunterdon 4,581 Borough 1910 392 Hopewell Township Cumberland 4,571 Township 1748 1798 393 Delaware Township Hunterdon 4,563 Township 1838 394 South Bound Brook Somerset 4,563 Borough 1681 1907 395 Atlantic Highlands Monmouth 4,385 Borough 1887 396 Magnolia Camden 4,341 Borough 1915 397 Allamuchy Township Warren 4,323 Township Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1873 398 Bradley Beach Monmouth 4,298 Borough Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1893 399 Westville Gloucester 4,288 Borough 1914 400 Delanco Township Burlington 4,283 Township 1859 401 Boonton Township Morris 4,263 Township 1867 402 Egg Harbor City Atlantic 4,243 City City ( New Jersey ) 1854 1858 403 Garwood Union 4,226 Borough 1903 404 Elk Township Gloucester 4,216 Township 1891 405 Mountain Lakes Morris 4,160 Borough Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1924 406 Medford Lakes Burlington 4,146 Borough 1923 Municipal Manager Law 1939 407 Stillwater Township Sussex 4,099 Township 1824 408 Ho - Ho - Kus Bergen 4,078 Borough 1908 409 North Wildwood Cape May 4,041 City City ( New Jersey ) 1885 410 Oaklyn Camden 4,038 Borough 1905 411 Pilesgrove Township Salem 4,016 Township 1701 1798 412 East Amwell Township Hunterdon 4,013 Township 1846 413 Bethlehem Township Hunterdon 3,979 Township 1730 1798 414 Bordentown Burlington 3,924 City Walsh Act 1682 1825 415 Lambertville Hunterdon 3,906 City Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1834 1849 416 Cranbury Middlesex 3,857 Township 1872 417 Montague Township Sussex 3,847 Township 1759 1798 418 Kingwood Township Hunterdon 3,845 Township 1746 1798 419 West Amwell Township Hunterdon 3,840 Township 1846 420 Harding Township Morris 3,838 Township 1922 421 Merchantville Camden 3,821 Borough 1874 422 Shrewsbury Monmouth 3,809 Borough 1926 423 South Toms River Ocean 3,684 Borough 1927 424 Mine Hill Township Morris 3,651 Township 1923 425 High Bridge Hunterdon 3,648 Borough 1871 426 Stanhope Sussex 3,610 Borough 1904 427 Cape May Cape May 3,607 City Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1848 428 Green Township Sussex 3,601 Township 1824 429 Riverdale Morris 3,559 Borough 1923 430 Upper Pittsgrove Township Salem 3,505 Township 1846 431 Woodstown Salem 3,505 Borough 1882 432 Alloway Township Salem 3,467 Township 1701 1767 433 Fredon Township Sussex 3,437 Township 1904 434 Springfield Township Burlington 3,414 Township Faulkner Act ( council -- manager ) 1688 1798 435 Haworth Bergen 3,382 Borough 1904 436 Tuckerton Ocean 3,347 Borough 1901 437 Pohatcong Township Warren 3,339 Township Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1882 438 Lawrence Township Cumberland 3,290 Township 1885 439 Monmouth Beach Monmouth 3,279 Borough Walsh Act 1906 440 Hamburg Sussex 3,277 Borough 1920 441 Wildwood Crest Cape May 3,270 Borough Walsh Act 1910 442 Netcong Morris 3,232 Borough 1894 443 Franklin Township Hunterdon 3,195 Township 1845 444 Franklin Township Warren 3,176 Township 1839 445 South Harrison Township Gloucester 3,162 Township 1883 446 Saddle River Bergen 3,152 Borough 1894 447 Deerfield Township Cumberland 3,119 Township 1748 1798 448 Knowlton Township Warren 3,055 Township 1763 1798 449 Woodbury Heights Gloucester 3,055 Borough 1915 450 Long Beach Township Ocean 3,051 Township Walsh Act 1899 451 National Park Gloucester 3,036 Borough 1902 452 Spring Lake Monmouth 2,993 Borough 1892 453 Woodlynne Camden 2,978 Borough 1901 454 Lawnside Camden 2,945 Borough 1926 455 Liberty Township Warren 2,942 Township 1926 456 Seaside Heights Ocean 2,887 Borough 1913 457 Riverton Burlington 2,779 Borough 1893 458 Clinton Hunterdon 2,719 Town Town ( New Jersey ) 1865 459 Weymouth Township Atlantic 2,715 Township 1798 460 Moonachie Bergen 2,708 Borough 1910 461 Belvidere Warren 2,681 Town Town ( New Jersey ) 1845 462 Harmony Township Warren 2,667 Township 1839 463 Quinton Township Salem 2,666 Township 1873 464 Lakehurst Ocean 2,654 Borough 1921 465 Pennington Mercer 2,585 Borough 1890 466 Swedesboro Gloucester 2,584 Borough 1902 467 Peapack and Gladstone Somerset 2,582 Borough 1912 468 Beverly Burlington 2,577 City City ( New Jersey ) 1850 469 Lafayette Township Sussex 2,538 Township 1845 470 Oxford Township Warren 2,514 Township 1754 1798 471 Woodbine Cape May 2,472 Borough 1903 472 Ogdensburg Sussex 2,410 Borough 1914 473 East Newark Hudson 2,406 Borough 1895 474 South Hackensack Bergen 2,378 Township 1935 475 Alpha Warren 2,369 Borough 1911 476 Wenonah Gloucester 2,278 Borough 1883 477 Gibbsboro Camden 2,274 Borough 1924 478 Frelinghuysen Township Warren 2,230 Township 1848 479 Helmetta Middlesex 2,178 Borough 1888 480 Sussex Sussex 2,130 Borough 1891 481 Pine Beach Ocean 2,127 Borough 1925 482 Sea Isle City Cape May 2,114 City Walsh Act 1882 483 Essex Fells Essex 2,113 Borough 1902 484 Ocean Gate Ocean 2,011 Borough 1918 485 Sandyston Township Sussex 1,998 Township 1762 1798 486 Brooklawn Camden 1,955 Borough 1924 487 Hope Township Warren 1,952 Township 1839 488 Hopewell Mercer 1,922 Borough 1891 489 Laurel Springs Camden 1,908 Borough 1913 490 Avon - by - the - Sea Monmouth 1,901 Borough Walsh Act 1900 491 Folsom Atlantic 1,885 Borough 1906 492 Lavallette Ocean 1,875 Borough 1887 493 Alpine Bergen 1,849 Borough 1903 494 Englishtown Monmouth 1,847 Borough 1888 495 Allentown Monmouth 1,828 Borough 1889 496 Sea Girt Monmouth 1,828 Borough 1917 497 Mannington Township Salem 1,806 Township 1701 1798 498 Woodland Township Burlington 1,788 Township 1866 499 Oldmans Township Salem 1,773 Township 1881 500 Lower Alloways Creek Township Salem 1,770 Township 1701 1767 501 Lake Como Monmouth 1,759 Borough 1924 502 Estell Manor Atlantic 1,735 City Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1925 503 Glen Gardner Hunterdon 1,704 Borough 1919 504 Hardwick Township Warren 1,696 Township 1750 1798 505 Island Heights Ocean 1,673 Borough Faulkner Act ( small municipality ) 1887 506 Chester Borough Morris 1,649 Borough 1930 507 Chesilhurst Camden 1,634 Borough 1887 508 Eagleswood Township Ocean 1,603 Township 1874 509 Downe Township Cumberland 1,585 Township 1748 1798 510 Seaside Park Ocean 1,579 Borough 1898 511 Newfield Gloucester 1,553 Borough 1924 512 Victory Gardens Morris 1,520 Borough 1941 1951 513 Winfield Township Union 1,471 Township 1941 514 Bass River Township Burlington 1,443 Township Walsh Act 1864 515 Stow Creek Township Cumberland 1,431 Township 1748 1798 516 Sea Bright Monmouth 1,412 Borough 1889 517 Pemberton Burlington 1,409 Borough 1826 518 Hampton Hunterdon 1,401 Borough 1895 519 Elmer Salem 1,395 Borough 1893 520 Frenchtown Hunterdon 1,373 Borough 1867 521 Lebanon Hunterdon 1,358 Borough 1926 522 Avalon Cape May 1,334 Borough 1892 523 Farmingdale Monmouth 1,329 Borough 1903 524 Milford Hunterdon 1,233 Borough 1911 525 Surf City Ocean 1,205 Borough 1894 526 Beach Haven Ocean 1,170 Borough Walsh Act 1890 527 Ship Bottom Ocean 1,156 Borough 1925 528 Shrewsbury Township Monmouth 1,141 Township 1693 1798 529 Port Republic Atlantic 1,115 City City ( New Jersey ) 1905 530 Califon Hunterdon 1,076 Borough 1918 531 Elsinboro Township Salem 1,036 Township 1701 1798 532 West Cape May Cape May 1,024 Borough Walsh Act 1884 533 Audubon Park Camden 1,023 Borough 1947 534 Bay Head Ocean 968 Borough 1886 535 Far Hills Somerset 919 Borough 1921 536 Longport Atlantic 895 Borough Walsh Act 1898 537 Roosevelt Monmouth 882 Borough 1937 538 Bloomsbury Hunterdon 870 Borough 1905 539 Hi - Nella Camden 870 Borough 1929 540 Stone Harbor Cape May 866 Borough 1914 541 Branchville Sussex 841 Borough 1898 542 Interlaken Monmouth 820 Borough 1922 543 Greenwich Township Cumberland 804 Township 1748 1798 544 Wrightstown Burlington 802 Borough 1918 545 Deal Monmouth 750 Borough Walsh Act 1898 546 Washington Township Burlington 687 Township 1802 547 Rocky Hill Somerset 682 Borough 1889 548 Andover Sussex 606 Borough 1904 549 West Wildwood Cape May 603 Borough Walsh Act 1920 550 Barnegat Light Ocean 574 Borough 1904 551 Fieldsboro Burlington 540 Borough 1850 552 Stockton Hunterdon 538 Borough 1898 553 Rockleigh Bergen 531 Borough 1923 554 Shiloh Cumberland 516 Borough 1929 555 Allenhurst Monmouth 496 Borough Walsh Act 1897 556 Corbin City Atlantic 492 City City ( New Jersey ) 1922 557 Millstone Somerset 418 Borough 1738 1894 558 Harvey Cedars Ocean 337 Borough Walsh Act 1751 1894 559 Mantoloking Ocean 296 Borough 1911 1911 560 Cape May Point Cape May 291 Borough Walsh Act 1876 1908 561 Loch Arbour Monmouth 194 Village Walsh Act 1957 1957 562 Teterboro Bergen 67 Borough 1923 Municipal Manager Law 1917 1917 563 Walpack Township Sussex 16 Township 1731 1798 564 Pine Valley Camden 12 Borough Walsh Act 1929 565 Tavistock Camden 5 Borough Walsh Act 1921 1921 Contents 1 See also 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links See also List of census - designated places in New Jersey Notes Jump up ^ As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1836. Jump up ^ As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1851. Jump up ^ As Raritan Township. Renamed Edison in 1954. Jump up ^ As Dover Township. Renamed Toms River in 2006. Jump up ^ As Delaware Township. Renamed Cherry Hill in 1961. Jump up ^ As Madison Township. Renamed Old Bridge in 1975. Jump up ^ As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1869. Jump up ^ As New Barbadoes Township. Renamed and reincorporated as Hackensack City in 1921. Jump up ^ As a Township. Reincorporated as a Borough in 1919. Jump up ^ As Maidenhead Township. Renamed Lawrence in 1816. Jump up ^ As Long Branch Commission. Renamed and reincorporated as Long Branch City in 1903. Jump up ^ As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1917. Jump up ^ As a Township. Reincorporated as a Town in 1903. Jump up ^ 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. '' Jump up ^ As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1866. Jump up ^ As Franklin Township. Renamed Nutley in 1902. Jump up ^ As Hohokus Township. Renamed Mahwah in 1944. Jump up ^ As South Orange Township. Renamed Maplewood in 1922. Jump up ^ As Fanwood Township. Renamed Scotch Plains in 1917. Jump up ^ As Roosevelt Borough. Renamed Carteret in 1922. Jump up ^ As Union Township. Renamed Barnegat in 1977. Jump up ^ As Union Township. Renamed Lyndhurst in 1917. Jump up ^ As Raritan Township. Renamed Hazlet in 1967. Jump up ^ As East Paterson Borough. Renamed Elmwood Park in 1973. Jump up ^ As Chester Township. Renamed Maple Shade in 1945. Jump up ^ As Matavan Township. Renamed Aberdeen in 1977. Jump up ^ As New Shrewsbury Borough. Renamed Tinton Falls in 1975. Jump up ^ As Town of Brooklyn. Renamed Hopatcong in 1901. Jump up ^ As Saddle River Township. Renamed Saddle Brook in 1955. Jump up ^ As Washington Township. Renamed Robbinsville in 2008. Jump up ^ As Lower Penns Neck Township. Renamed Pennsville in 1965. Jump up ^ As New Providence Township. Renamed Berkeley Heights in 1951. Jump up ^ As Spicer Township. Renamed Harrison in 1845. Jump up ^ As Verona Township. Renamed Cedar Grove in 1908. Jump up ^ As West Paterson Borough. Renamed Woodland Park in 2009. Jump up ^ As Undercliff Borough. Renamed Edgewater in 1899. Jump up ^ As Atlantic Township. Renamed Colts Neck in 1962. Jump up ^ As Northampton Township. Renamed Mount Holly in 1931. Jump up ^ As Passaic Township. Renamed Long Hill in 1992. Jump up ^ As Upper Penns Neck Township. Renamed Carneys Point in 1976. Jump up ^ As Delford Borough. Renamed Oradell in 1920. Jump up ^ As Caldwell Township. Renamed Fairfield in 1963. Jump up ^ As Etna Borough. Renamed Emerson in 1909. Jump up ^ As North Plainfield Township. Renamed Green Brook in 1932. Jump up ^ As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1931. Jump up ^ As a Town. Reincorporated as a Borough in 1948. Jump up ^ As Port Oram Borough. Renamed Wharton in 1902. Jump up ^ As South Atlantic City. Renamed Margate City in 1909. Jump up ^ As West Woolwich Township. Renamed Logan in 1878. Jump up ^ As Ocean Beach Borough. Renamed Belmar in 1890. Jump up ^ As Woodcliff Borough. Renamed Woodcliff Lake in 1910. Jump up ^ As Midland Township. Renamed Rochelle Park in 1929. Jump up ^ As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1912. Jump up ^ As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1858. Jump up ^ As Beverly Township. Renamed Delanco in 1926. Jump up ^ As Anglesea Borough. Renamed North Wildwood in 1906. Reincorporated as a City in 1917. Jump up ^ As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1867. Jump up ^ As a Township. Reincorporated as a Borough in 1898. Jump up ^ As Cape Island Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1851. Renamed Cape May in 1869. Jump up ^ As Upper Alloways Creek Township. Renamed Alloway in 1884. Jump up ^ As Deckertown Borough. Renamed Sussex in 1902. Jump up ^ As South Belmar Borough. Renamed Lake Como in 2005. Jump up ^ As Junction Borough. Renamed Hampton in 1909. Jump up ^ As Long Beach City Borough. Renamed Surf City in 1899. Jump up ^ As Ship Bottom - Beach Arlington Borough. Renamed Ship Bottom in 1947. Jump up ^ As Jersey Homesteads Borough. Renamed Roosevelt in 1945. Jump up ^ As Barnegat City Borough. Renamed Barnegat Light in 1948. References Jump up ^ Census 2010 : New Jersey - USATODAY.com Jump up ^ Snyder, John P. `` The Story of New Jersey 's Civil Boundaries : 1606 - 1968 '' ( PDF ). Retrieved 29 August 2016. Jump up ^ Staff. `` Artifacts found during search of Edison 's Piscatawaytown '', 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. '' Jump up ^ Knapp, Krystal ( October 1, 2012 ). `` Merged Municipality Will Be Called Princeton, New Jersey ''. Planet Princeton. Retrieved January 2, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Vernon Township Mayor 's Office website ''. 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