User:Parrisl/Sandbox/NewJersey

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Where the county is located in the state Date the county was created (sometimes found under another heading on the wiki page) The county seat Who/what the county was named after

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Atlantic county is located in the southeast region of the state. It was created in 1837. The Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township is the county seat. The county was named for the Atlantic Ocean.

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Bergen County is located in the northeast region of the state. It was created in 1683. Hackensack is the county seat. The county was named for Bergen, Norway or Bergen, North Holland.

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Burlington County is located in the central region of the state. It was created on May 17, 1694. Mount Holly is the county seat. The county was named for Bridlington, England.

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Camden County is located in the southwest region of the state. It was created in 1844. Camden is the county seat. The county was named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, a British judge, civil libertarian, and defender of the American cause.

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Cape May County is located in the southern tip of the state. Cape May Court House, Middle Township is the county seat. The county was named for Cornelis Jacobsen Mey a Dutch explorer, captain and fur trader.

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Mercer County is in the west central region of the state. It was created in 1838. Trenton is the county seat. The county was named for Continental Army General Hugh Mercer.

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Hudson County is located in the northeastern region of the state. It was created in 1840. Jersey City is the county seat. The county was named for Henry Hudson.

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Hunterdon County is located in the northwestern region of the state. It was created in 1714. Flemington is the county seat. The county was named for Robert Hunter a British military officer, colonial governor of New York and New Jersey from 1710 to 1720, and governor of Jamaica from 1727 to 1734.

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Middlesex County is located in the east central region of the state. It was created on February 16, 1867. Hastings is the county seat. It was named for the Historic English county of Middlesex.