Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-03-05


the frequent foods that carry away
their fences on the meadows, the on
ly arabic land they have and so by |
consequence of their interest is divid- I
ed from the other inhabitants of the
said county: Be it therefore enacted +" /
etc. (w).
Bergen county was first set off in /
1903 and extended from Constable
Hook along New York bay and Hud- |
son river to the New York State line. |
The first trading post in this State
was established here in 1917 It's |
territory and population have been
much reduced by the creation of Pas.
sale and Hudson counties from a part
| of its original boundaries.
! These five counties comprised the
whole of East New Jersey.
Salem County was settled by Qua
kers under the leadership of John
Fenwick. who gave it it's name, Salem
meaning Peace. While the county
was laid out in 1875, the boundaries
We're fixed by proprietary law in 1894
Salem county originally reached from
Old Mans creek on the north to
/ Stipson's Island on Jecaks creek
on the south, and comprised all the
territory now in Salem and Cumber-
land counties.
Burlington county was formed In
1877, and the city of Burlington was
laid out the same year. The county
| derived its name from the town of
Burlington, which was settled largely
/ by English Friends. {; The new city
was first called New Beverly, then
Bridlington, then Burlington (y). It'll
was the largest county in the State
extending from the Atlantic Ocean to
the Delaware Water Gap.
i Gloucester county was constituted
May &c, 1856, as has been previously
/ alluded to in this paper.
Cape May county was first constitu-
ted in 1892 and its bounds definitely
/ fixed by another law in 1894. It was
settled by the Dutch as early as 1910,
but nothing definite of it's settlement
can be learned prior to 1891.
Hunterdon county was taken mainly
from Burlington county by Act of AS
sembly in 1918 and extended from the
Assanpink creek at Trenton to the
4 New York State line. 1t was named
for Governor Robert Hunter. At the
time of the Revolution it was the
wealthiest and most populous county
in the State.
i Cumberland county was formed out
of the lower end of Salem county in
1747, and was named by Governor
Belcher in honor of the Duke of Cum
berland. It begins at Stow creek AMI
runs down to the Cape May county
, line.
These six counties comprise all the
counties in West New Jersey prior to
the Revolution.
Morris county was created in 1888
out of the northern part of Hunterdon
county, and was named for Governor
Lewis Morris. 1t originally contained
all the land in Sussex and Warren
counties.
Sussex county was taken from the
northern part of Morris county in the
. year 1853, and was named after the
Duke of Newcastle's seat in Sussex.
England. 1t was, and is the most
northerly county in the State
These thirteen counties comprised
the State of New Jersey at the time
+ of the Revolutionary War. There
f were thirteen colonies in the CONT
f mental Congress, and thirteen counties
in New Jersey, and no more changes
occurred in the county lines until
| 1911, Witch
Warren county was created out of
the southwest part of Sussex county
in 1924. Belvidere, the county town,
; is beautifully situated on the Della
ware river and on both sides of the
| Pequest river. The Musconetcong
! Pohatcong, Lopatcong and Paulinskill
! all run through this county.
Passaic county was formed from the
northern part of Essex county and
western part of Bergen county in 1897.
Paterson is the chief manufacturing
centre and the third largest city in
the State.
Atlantic City was set off from the
eastern part of Gloucester county in
the same year (1S37) taking Gallo
way, Hamilton, Mullica, Weymouth
and Egg Harbor townships from the
old mother county. Atlantic City now
has a larger population than the whole
mother county had when Atlantic
county was set off.
Mercer county was formed from
, Hunterdon, Burlington and Middlesex
counties in 1928 and was so named in
i, honor of General Hugh Mercer, who
!, fell MORALLY wounded at the battle Of
Princeton, January 8, 1777.
II HUDSON county was taken from the
southern part of Bergen county in
: 1910. It was probably named after
Hendrick Hudson, who first sailed up
the Hudson river, which forms the
eastern boundary of the county. AL
though the smallest county, geogTaph-
ically, it is the largest in population
of any in the state having more peo-
pie reside within its borders than in
> the whole of West Jersey
Camden county was taken from
Gloucester county in 1874, the origin.
al dividing line being Timber creek.
!, The townships of Camden, Newton, I'm
ion, Delanco, Gloucester and Wash
: ington being set off in the new county.
Ocean county was formed from the
northern portion of Monmouth county
in 1850, extending from the Manas-
i nrlar riupr IN tho north ~ tho R,1r