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List of municipalities in New Jersey

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New Jersey is a state located in the Northeastern United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, New Jersey is the 11th most populous state with inhabitants but the fifth smallest by land area, spanning 7354.76 sqmi. , New Jersey is divided into 21 counties and contains 564 municipalities consisting of five types: 253 boroughs, 52 cities, 15 towns, 240 townships, and four villages. The largest municipality by population in New Jersey is Newark, with 311,549 residents, whereas the smallest is Walpack Township, with seven residents. New Jersey is the most populous U.S. state with no cities ranked in the top 50 most populous United States cities, with the next most populous being South Carolina.

As in most Northeastern states, all municipalities within New Jersey are incorporated.

List of municipalities

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Name	Type	County	Population (2010)	Land area	Population density	Form of government
Newark	City	Essex	24.144 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1693
Jersey City	City	Hudson	14.744 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1838
Paterson	City	Passaic	8.413 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1831
Elizabeth	City	Union	12.319 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1855
Lakewood Township	Township	Ocean	24.681 sqmi	Township (New Jersey)	1892
Edison	Township	Middlesex	30.068 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1870
Woodbridge Township	Township	Middlesex	23.258 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1798
Toms River	Township	Ocean	40.541 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1798
Hamilton Township	Township	Mercer	39.438 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1842
Trenton	City	Mercer	7.579 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1792
Clifton	City	Passaic	11.275 sqmi	1923 Municipal Manager Law	1917
Cherry Hill Township	Township	Camden	24.072 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1844
Brick Township	Township	Ocean	25.587 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1850
Camden	City	Camden	8.921 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1828
Bayonne	City	Hudson	5.821 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1861
Passaic	City	Passaic	3.133 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1873
East Orange	City	Essex	3.928 sqmi	City (New Jersey)	1863
Union City	City	Hudson	1.287 sqmi	Walsh Act	1925
Franklin Township	Township	Somerset	46.170 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1798
Middletown	Township	Monmouth	40.949 sqmi	Special charter (New Jersey)	1798
Old Bridge Township	Township	Middlesex	38.181 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1869
Gloucester Township	Township	Camden	22.954 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1798
North Bergen	Township	Hudson	5.136 sqmi	Walsh Act	1843
Irvington	Township	Essex	2.914 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1874
Piscataway	Township	Middlesex	18.794 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1798
Vineland	City	Cumberland	68.393 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1952
Hoboken	City	Hudson	1.250 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1849
Union	Township	Union	9.051 sqmi	Township (New Jersey)	1808
Jackson Township	Township	Ocean	99.174 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1844
Parsippany-Troy Hills	Township	Morris	23.632 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1928
Perth Amboy	City	Middlesex	4.662 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1718
New Brunswick	City	Middlesex	5.233 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1784
Wayne	Township	Passaic	23.722 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1847
Plainfield	City	Union	5.959 sqmi	Special charter (New Jersey)	1869
Howell	Township	Monmouth	60.271 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1801
Bloomfield	Township	Essex	5.337 sqmi	Special charter (New Jersey)	1812
West New York	Town	Hudson	0.994 sqmi	Walsh Act	1898
East Brunswick	Township	Middlesex	21.784 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1860
West Orange	Township	Essex	12.003 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1863
Washington Township	Township	Gloucester	21.346 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1836
Monroe Township	Township	Middlesex	41.943 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1838
Egg Harbor Township	Township	Atlantic	67.047 sqmi	Township (New Jersey)	1798
South Brunswick	Township	Middlesex	40.614 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1798
Evesham	Township	Burlington	29.156 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1798
Hackensack	City	Bergen	4.191 sqmi	1923 Municipal Manager Law	1693
Bridgewater Township	Township	Somerset	31.888 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1798
Sayreville	Borough	Middlesex	15.830 sqmi	Borough (New Jersey)	1876
Manchester Township	Township	Ocean	81.417 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1865
Mount Laurel	Township	Burlington	21.724 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1872
North Brunswick	Township	Middlesex	12.032 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council–administrator)	1798
Berkeley Township	Township	Ocean	42.710 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1875
Linden	City	Union	10.688 sqmi	City (New Jersey)	1925
Hillsborough Township	Township	Somerset	54.614 sqmi	Township (New Jersey)	1771
Kearny	Town	Hudson	8.844 sqmi	Town (New Jersey)	1867
Marlboro	Township	Monmouth	30.340 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1848
Teaneck	Township	Bergen	6.041 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1895
Montclair	Township	Essex	6.238 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1868
Manalapan	Township	Monmouth	30.651 sqmi	Township (New Jersey)	1848
Fort Lee	Borough	Bergen	2.518 sqmi	Borough (New Jersey)	1904
Winslow Township	Township	Camden	57.417 sqmi	Township (New Jersey)	1845
Atlantic City	City	Atlantic	10.760 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1854
Belleville	Township	Essex	3.296 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1839
Galloway	Township	Atlantic	88.668 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1798
Ewing Township	Township	Mercer	15.206 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1834
Monroe Township	Township	Gloucester	46.421 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1859
Pennsauken	Township	Camden	10.479 sqmi	Township (New Jersey)	1892
Freehold Township	Township	Monmouth	38.653 sqmi	Township (New Jersey)	1798
Fair Lawn	Borough	Bergen	5.135 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1924
Orange	Township	Essex	2.213 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1806
Lawrence Township	Township	Mercer	21.725 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1798
Garfield	City	Bergen	2.111 sqmi	1923 Municipal Manager Law	1898
Deptford	Township	Gloucester	17.331 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1798
Willingboro	Township	Burlington	7.725 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1798
Long Branch	City	Monmouth	5.124 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1867
Livingston	Township	Essex	13.785 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1813
Voorhees	Township	Camden	11.471 sqmi	Township (New Jersey)	1899
Westfield	Town	Union	6.724 sqmi	Special charter (New Jersey)	1798
Princeton	Borough	Mercer	17.946 sqmi	Borough (New Jersey)	1813/2013
Nutley	Township	Essex	3.372 sqmi	Walsh Act	1874
East Windsor	Township	Mercer	15.567 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1798
Rahway	City	Union	3.896 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1858
West Windsor	Township	Mercer	25.549 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1798
Englewood	City	Bergen	4.925 sqmi	Special charter (New Jersey)	1899
Mount Olive	Township	Morris	29.617 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1871
Lacey Township	Township	Ocean	83.248 sqmi	Township (New Jersey)	1871
Stafford Township	Township	Ocean	46.114 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1798
Bergenfield	Borough	Bergen	2.904 sqmi	Borough (New Jersey)	1894
Neptune Township	Township	Monmouth	8.127 sqmi	Township (New Jersey)	1879
Bernards Township	Township	Somerset	24.201 sqmi	Township (New Jersey)	1798
Ocean Township	Township	Monmouth	10.867 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1849
Millville	City	Cumberland	41.999 sqmi	Walsh Act	1801
Hamilton Township	Township	Atlantic	110.895 sqmi	Township (New Jersey)	1813
Bridgeton	City	Cumberland	6.228 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1865
Pemberton Township	Township	Burlington	61.556 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1846
Paramus	Borough	Bergen	10.445 sqmi	Borough (New Jersey)	1922
Wall	Township	Monmouth	30.659 sqmi	Township (New Jersey)	1851
Randolph	Township	Morris	20.905 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1806
Lodi	Borough	Bergen	2.272 sqmi	1923 Municipal Manager Law	1894
Ridgewood	Village	Bergen	5.742 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1894
Cliffside Park	Borough	Bergen	0.956 sqmi		1895
Maplewood	Township	Essex	3.874 sqmi		1861
Mahwah	Township	Bergen	25.392 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1849
Rockaway Township	Township	Morris	41.733 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1844
Carteret	Borough	Middlesex	4.391 sqmi		1906
Scotch Plains	Township	Union	9.021 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1878
West Milford	Township	Passaic	75.932 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council–administrator)	1834
Medford	Township	Burlington	38.799 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1847
South Plainfield	Borough	Middlesex	8.296 sqmi		1926
Barnegat Township	Township	Ocean	34.239 sqmi		1846
Plainsboro Township	Township	Middlesex	11.738 sqmi		1919
Burlington Township	Township	Burlington	13.476 sqmi		1798
Cranford	Township	Union	4.835 sqmi		1871
Montgomery Township	Township	Somerset	32.300 sqmi		1798
Raritan Township	Township	Hunterdon	37.482 sqmi		1838
Glassboro	Borough	Gloucester	9.320 sqmi		1878
Morris Township	Township	Morris	15.682 sqmi		1798
Roxbury	Township	Morris	20.852 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1798
North Plainfield	Borough	Somerset	2.807 sqmi		1885
Summit	City	Union	5.994 sqmi	City (New Jersey)	1899
Roselle	Borough	Union	2.635 sqmi		1894
Lyndhurst	Township	Bergen	4.584 sqmi	Walsh Act	1852
Hillside	Township	Union	2.767 sqmi		1913
Montville	Township	Morris	18.627 sqmi	Special charter (New Jersey)	1867
Vernon Township	Township	Sussex	67.595 sqmi	title=Vernon Township Mayor's Office website	url=http://www.vernontwp.com/government/mayors_office/}}	1798
West Deptford	Township	Gloucester	15.357 sqmi		1871
Secaucus	Town	Hudson	5.826 sqmi	Town (New Jersey)	1900
Lower Township	Township	Cape May	27.378 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1798
Millburn	Township	Essex	9.333 sqmi		1857
Lindenwold	Borough	Camden	3.902 sqmi		1929
Elmwood Park	Borough	Bergen	2.643 sqmi		1916
Moorestown	Township	Burlington	14.729 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1922
Little Egg Harbor Township	Township	Ocean	47.346 sqmi		1798
Pleasantville	City	Atlantic	5.721 sqmi	City (New Jersey)	1889
Jefferson	Township	Morris	38.903 sqmi		1804
Middle Township	Township	Cape May	70.238 sqmi		1798
Palisades Park	Borough	Bergen	1.239 sqmi		1899
Morristown	Town	Morris	2.909 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1865
Hazlet	Township	Monmouth	5.569 sqmi		1848
Maple Shade	Township	Burlington	3.827 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1798
Hawthorne	Borough	Passaic	3.318 sqmi		1898
Sparta	Township	Sussex	36.788 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1845
Harrison	Town	Hudson	1.211 sqmi	Town (New Jersey)	1840
Aberdeen	Township	Monmouth	5.444 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1857
Tinton Falls	Borough	Monmouth	15.475 sqmi		1950
Point Pleasant	Borough	Ocean	3.491 sqmi		1920
Rutherford	Borough	Bergen	2.781 sqmi		1881
South Orange	Village	Essex	2.846 sqmi	Village (New Jersey)	1869
Dover	Town	Morris	2.676 sqmi	Town (New Jersey)	1896
Washington Township	Township	Morris	44.582 sqmi		1798
Delran Township	Township	Burlington	6.630 sqmi		1880
Dumont	Borough	Bergen	1.949 sqmi		1894
Hopewell Township	Township	Mercer	58.071 sqmi		1798
Holmdel	Township	Monmouth	17.847 sqmi		1857
Weehawken	Township	Hudson	0.784 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1859
Springfield	Township	Union	5.157 sqmi		1798
Denville	Township	Morris	11.992 sqmi		1913
Cinnaminson	Township	Burlington	7.424 sqmi		1860
Madison	Borough	Morris	4.313 sqmi		1889
New Milford	Borough	Bergen	2.283 sqmi		1922
Wyckoff	Township	Bergen	6.591 sqmi		1926
North Arlington	Borough	Bergen	2.484 sqmi		1896
Franklin Township	Township	Gloucester	55.830 sqmi		1820
Readington Township	Township	Hunterdon	47.558 sqmi		1798
South River	Borough	Middlesex	2.785 sqmi		1898
Warren Township	Township	Somerset	19.566 sqmi		1806
Pequannock	Township	Morris	6.787 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1798
Clark	Township	Union	4.273 sqmi		1864
Robbinsville Township	Township	Mercer	20.441 sqmi	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)	1859
Tenafly	Borough	Bergen	4.586 sqmi	Special charter (New Jersey)	1894
Haddon Township	Township	Camden	2.692 sqmi	Walsh Act	1865
Phillipsburg	Town	Warren	3.191 sqmi		1861
Mantua Township	Township	Gloucester	16.005 sqmi		1853
Asbury Park	City	Monmouth	1.429 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1874
Highland Park	Borough	Middlesex	1.821 sqmi		1905
Metuchen	Borough	Middlesex	2.849 sqmi		1900
Fairview	Borough	Bergen	0.844 sqmi		1894
Branchburg	Township	Somerset	20.071 sqmi		1845
Ramsey	Borough	Bergen	5.503 sqmi		1908
Hammonton	Town	Atlantic	40.749 sqmi	Town (New Jersey)	1866
Hanover	Township	Morris	10.513 sqmi		1740
Middlesex	Borough	Middlesex	3.488 sqmi		1913
Verona	Township	Essex	2.794 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1907
Hopatcong	Borough	Sussex	10.889 sqmi		1898
Edgewater	Borough	Bergen	0.971 sqmi		1894
Saddle Brook	Township	Bergen	2.692 sqmi		1716
Collingswood	Borough	Camden	1.830 sqmi	Walsh Act	1888
Roselle Park	Borough	Union	1.225 sqmi		1901
New Providence	Borough	Union	3.688 sqmi		1899
Harrison Township	Township	Gloucester	18.932 sqmi		1844
Eatontown	Borough	Monmouth	5.841 sqmi		1873
Clinton Township	Township	Hunterdon	29.869 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1841
Woodland Park	Borough	Passaic	2.939 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1914
Little Falls	Township	Passaic	2.795 sqmi		1868
Berkeley Heights	Township	Union	6.220 sqmi		1809
Ridgefield Park	Village	Bergen	1.705 sqmi		1892
Cedar Grove	Township	Essex	4.237 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1892
Red Bank	Borough	Monmouth	1.746 sqmi		1870
Florence Township	Township	Burlington	9.769 sqmi		1872
Lumberton	Township	Burlington	12.881 sqmi		1860
Oakland	Borough	Bergen	8.502 sqmi		1902
Pennsville Township	Township	Salem	21.266 sqmi		1798
Florham Park	Borough	Morris	7.308 sqmi	Borough (New Jersey)	1899
Woolwich Township	Township	Gloucester	21.072 sqmi		1798
Haddonfield	Borough	Camden	2.796 sqmi	Walsh Act	1875
Upper Township	Township	Cape May	62.027 sqmi		1798
Freehold Borough	Borough	Monmouth	1.932 sqmi		1869
Somerville	Borough	Somerset	2.338 sqmi		1863
Glen Rock	Borough	Bergen	2.703 sqmi		1894
Hasbrouck Heights	Borough	Bergen	1.523 sqmi		1894
River Edge	Borough	Bergen	1.833 sqmi		1894
Guttenberg	Town	Hudson	0.193 sqmi	Town (New Jersey)	1859
Bound Brook	Borough	Somerset	1.661 sqmi		1891
Wallington	Borough	Bergen	0.994 sqmi		1894
Bordentown Township	Township	Burlington	8.663 sqmi		1852
Ringwood	Borough	Passaic	25.588 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1918
Bellmawr	Borough	Camden	2.984 sqmi		1926
East Greenwich Township	Township	Gloucester	14.443 sqmi		1881
Ridgefield	Borough	Bergen	2.543 sqmi	Walsh Act	1892
Gloucester City	City	Camden	2.315 sqmi	Special charter (New Jersey)	1868
Wanaque	Borough	Passaic	8.066 sqmi		1918
Westwood	Borough	Bergen	2.259 sqmi		1894
Ocean City	City	Cape May	6.753 sqmi		1884
Pompton Lakes	Borough	Passaic	2.887 sqmi		1895
East Hanover	Township	Morris	7.875 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1928
Franklin Lakes	Borough	Bergen	9.414 sqmi		1922
Totowa	Borough	Passaic	4.000 sqmi		1898
West Caldwell	Township	Essex	5.097 sqmi		1904
Little Ferry	Borough	Bergen	1.477 sqmi		1894
Chatham Township	Township	Morris	9.078 sqmi		1806
Manville	Borough	Somerset	2.361 sqmi		1929
Lincoln Park	Borough	Morris	6.398 sqmi		1922
Beachwood	Borough	Ocean	2.763 sqmi		1917
Wantage Township	Township	Sussex	66.760 sqmi		1798
Pine Hill	Borough	Camden	4.866 sqmi		1929
Somers Point	City	Atlantic	4.010 sqmi	City (New Jersey)	1886
Waterford Township	Township	Camden	36.002 sqmi		1798
Millstone Township	Township	Monmouth	36.607 sqmi		1844
Southampton	Township	Burlington	43.957 sqmi		1845
Hackettstown	Town	Warren	3.612 sqmi	Special charter (New Jersey)	1853
Hillsdale	Borough	Bergen	2.902 sqmi		1898
Wood-Ridge	Borough	Bergen	1.114 sqmi		1894
Maywood	Borough	Bergen	1.287 sqmi		1894
Waldwick	Borough	Bergen	2.046 sqmi		1919
East Rutherford	Borough	Bergen	3.712 sqmi		1889
Mount Holly	Township	Burlington	2.824 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1798
Kinnelon	Borough	Morris	18.029 sqmi		1922
Woodbury	City	Gloucester	2.020 sqmi	City (New Jersey)	1854
Colts Neck	Township	Monmouth	30.715 sqmi		1847
River Vale	Township	Bergen	4.070 sqmi		1906
Keansburg	Borough	Monmouth	1.072 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1917
Burlington City	City	Burlington	3.035 sqmi		1784
Matawan	Borough	Monmouth	2.266 sqmi		1895
Chesterfield	Township	Burlington	21.311 sqmi		1798
South Amboy	City	Middlesex	1.538 sqmi		1798
Leonia	Borough	Bergen	1.523 sqmi		1894
Washington Township	Township	Bergen	2.953 sqmi		1840
Chatham Borough	Borough	Morris	2.347 sqmi		1892
Ventnor City	City	Atlantic	1.955 sqmi	Walsh Act	1903
Cresskill	Borough	Bergen	2.065 sqmi		1894
Absecon	City	Atlantic	5.468 sqmi	City (New Jersey)	1872
Westampton	Township	Burlington	10.974 sqmi		1850
Haledon	Borough	Passaic	1.215 sqmi		1908
Caldwell	Borough	Essex	1.178 sqmi		1892
Edgewater Park	Township	Burlington	2.919 sqmi		1924
North Haledon	Borough	Passaic	3.464 sqmi		1901
Mansfield Township	Township	Burlington	21.733 sqmi		1798
Park Ridge	Borough	Bergen	2.607 sqmi		1894
Ocean Township	Township	Ocean	20.866 sqmi		1876
Boonton Town	Town	Morris	2.335 sqmi	Town (New Jersey)	1866
Clayton	Borough	Gloucester	7.075 sqmi		1858
Pitman	Borough	Gloucester	2.218 sqmi		1905
Bogota	Borough	Bergen	0.755 sqmi		1894
Pittsgrove	Township	Salem	44.899 sqmi		1798
Lopatcong	Township	Warren	7.316 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1851
Audubon	Borough	Camden	1.482 sqmi	Walsh Act	1905
Carneys Point	Township	Salem	16.912 sqmi		1798
Long Hill	Township	Morris	11.797 sqmi		1866
Closter	Borough	Bergen	3.160 sqmi		1904
West Long Branch	Borough	Monmouth	2.856 sqmi		1908
Montvale	Borough	Bergen	4.023 sqmi		1894
Northfield	City	Atlantic	3.582 sqmi	City (New Jersey)	1905
Kenilworth	Borough	Union	2.147 sqmi		1907
Newton	Town	Sussex	3.360 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1864
Upper Saddle River	Borough	Bergen	5.253 sqmi		1894
Runnemede	Borough	Camden	2.051 sqmi		1926
Bedminster	Township	Somerset	26.123 sqmi		1798
Oradell	Borough	Bergen	2.411 sqmi		1894
Spotswood	Borough	Middlesex	2.307 sqmi		1908
Hardyston	Township	Sussex	31.985 sqmi	Special charter (New Jersey)	1798
Plumsted	Township	Ocean	39.137 sqmi		1845
Butler	Borough	Morris	2.034 sqmi		1901
Byram Township	Township	Sussex	21.531 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1798
Riverside	Township	Burlington	1.484 sqmi		1895
North Hanover Township	Township	Burlington	17.368 sqmi		1905
Bernardsville	Borough	Somerset	12.836 sqmi		1924
Fairfield	Township	Essex	10.128 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1798
Raritan	Borough	Somerset	1.992 sqmi		1868
Glen Ridge	Borough	Essex	1.275 sqmi		1895
Mansfield Township	Township	Warren	29.586 sqmi		1798
Bloomingdale	Borough	Passaic	8.801 sqmi		1918
Fanwood	Borough	Union	1.340 sqmi		1895
Brigantine	City	Atlantic	6.522 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1890
Chester Township	Township	Morris	29.132 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1799
Upper Deerfield Township	Township	Cumberland	31.241 sqmi		1922
Dunellen	Borough	Middlesex	1.062 sqmi		1887
Haddon Heights	Borough	Camden	1.566 sqmi		1904
Berlin Borough	Borough	Camden	3.594 sqmi		1927
Palmyra	Borough	Burlington	1.849 sqmi		1894
Rumson	Borough	Monmouth	5.067 sqmi		1907
Washington Borough	Borough	Warren	1.965 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1868
Emerson	Borough	Bergen	2.231 sqmi		1903
Green Brook Township	Township	Somerset	4.407 sqmi		1872
Upper Freehold	Township	Monmouth	46.476 sqmi		1798
Wharton	Borough	Morris	2.072 sqmi		1895
Keyport	Borough	Monmouth	1.381 sqmi		1908
Barrington	Borough	Camden	1.581 sqmi		1917
Milltown	Borough	Middlesex	1.554 sqmi		1889
Buena Vista Township	Township	Atlantic	41.080 sqmi		1867
Mountainside	Borough	Union	3.996 sqmi		1895
Midland Park	Borough	Bergen	1.571 sqmi		1894
Stratford	Borough	Camden	1.570 sqmi		1925
Linwood	City	Atlantic	3.811 sqmi	City (New Jersey)	1889
Allendale	Borough	Bergen	3.097 sqmi		1894
Tabernacle	Township	Burlington	49.202 sqmi		1901
North Caldwell	Borough	Essex	3.068 sqmi		1898
Rockaway Borough	Borough	Morris	2.074 sqmi		1894
Union Township	Township	Hunterdon	18.765 sqmi		1853
Washington Township	Township	Warren	17.961 sqmi		1849
Shamong	Township	Burlington	44.452 sqmi		1852
Watchung	Borough	Somerset	6.016 sqmi		1926
Carlstadt	Borough	Bergen	3.947 sqmi		1894
Prospect Park	Borough	Passaic	0.465 sqmi		1901
New Hanover Township	Township	Burlington	22.334 sqmi		1798
Roseland	Borough	Essex	3.618 sqmi		1908
Dennis Township	Township	Cape May	60.421 sqmi		1827
Fair Haven	Borough	Monmouth	1.593 sqmi		1912
Maurice River Township	Township	Cumberland	93.166 sqmi		1798
Paulsboro	Borough	Gloucester	1.924 sqmi		1904
Lebanon Township	Township	Hunterdon	31.429 sqmi		1798
Eastampton	Township	Burlington	5.730 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1880
Morris Plains	Borough	Morris	2.554 sqmi		1926
Oceanport	Borough	Monmouth	3.172 sqmi		1920
Little Silver	Borough	Monmouth	2.712 sqmi		1923
Woodcliff Lake	Borough	Bergen	3.376 sqmi		1894
Hainesport	Township	Burlington	6.470 sqmi		1924
Mendham Township	Township	Morris	17.784 sqmi		1798
Logan Township	Township	Gloucester	21.928 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1877
Andover Township	Township	Sussex	20.044 sqmi		1864
Manasquan	Borough	Monmouth	1.380 sqmi		1887
Mount Arlington	Borough	Morris	2.140 sqmi		1890
Belmar	Borough	Monmouth	1.045 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1885
Hightstown	Borough	Mercer	1.233 sqmi		1853
Old Tappan	Borough	Bergen	3.315 sqmi		1894
Tewksbury	Township	Hunterdon	31.645 sqmi		1798
Berlin Township	Township	Camden	3.342 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1910
Mullica Township	Township	Atlantic	56.375 sqmi		1838
Rochelle Park	Township	Bergen	0.991 sqmi		1871
Jamesburg	Borough	Middlesex	0.882 sqmi		1887
Union Beach	Borough	Monmouth	1.782 sqmi		1925
Blairstown	Township	Warren	29.887 sqmi		1845
Norwood	Borough	Bergen	2.785 sqmi		1905
Somerdale	Borough	Camden	1.392 sqmi		1929
Fairfield Township	Township	Cumberland	41.119 sqmi		1798
Greenwich Township	Township	Warren	10.581 sqmi		1798
Independence Township	Township	Warren	19.830 sqmi		1798
Englewood Cliffs	Borough	Bergen	2.126 sqmi		1895
Clementon	Borough	Camden	1.893 sqmi		1925
Allamuchy Township	Township	Warren	19.992 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1873
Margate City	City	Atlantic	1.416 sqmi	Walsh Act	1885
Frankford	Township	Sussex	33.876 sqmi		1798
Salem	City	Salem	2.344 sqmi	City (New Jersey)	1798
Holland Township	Township	Hunterdon	23.469 sqmi		1874
Wildwood	City	Cape May	1.541 sqmi	Walsh Act	1895
Brielle	Borough	Monmouth	1.756 sqmi		1919
Demarest	Borough	Bergen	2.072 sqmi		1903
Mendham Borough	Borough	Morris	5.931 sqmi		1906
Greenwich Township	Township	Gloucester	8.982 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1798
Franklin Borough	Borough	Sussex	4.356 sqmi		1913
Hampton Township	Township	Sussex	24.570 sqmi		1864
Spring Lake Heights	Borough	Monmouth	1.295 sqmi		1927
Flemington	Borough	Hunterdon	1.077 sqmi		1910
South Bound Brook	Borough	Somerset	0.645 sqmi		1907
Penns Grove	Borough	Salem	0.893 sqmi		1894
Delanco	Township	Burlington	2.358 sqmi		1859
Alexandria	Township	Hunterdon	27.534 sqmi		1798
Point Pleasant Beach	Borough	Ocean	1.424 sqmi		1886
Northvale	Borough	Bergen	1.265 sqmi		1916
Harrington Park	Borough	Bergen	1.846 sqmi		1904
Commercial Township	Township	Cumberland	31.914 sqmi		1874
Mount Ephraim	Borough	Camden	0.884 sqmi	Walsh Act	1926
Neptune City	Borough	Monmouth	0.896 sqmi		1881
Highlands	Borough	Monmouth	0.740 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1900
White	Township	Warren	27.366 sqmi		1913
Delaware Township	Township	Hunterdon	36.656 sqmi		1838
Buena	Borough	Atlantic	7.573 sqmi		1948
Mountain Lakes	Borough	Morris	2.641 sqmi		1924
Garwood	Borough	Union	0.650 sqmi		1903
Elk Township	Township	Gloucester	19.157 sqmi		1891
Atlantic Highlands	Borough	Monmouth	1.264 sqmi		1887
Egg Harbor City	City	Atlantic	10.851 sqmi	City (New Jersey)	1858
Hopewell Township	Township	Cumberland	29.890 sqmi		1798
Boonton Township	Township	Morris	8.131 sqmi		1867
Magnolia	Borough	Camden	0.978 sqmi		1915
Bradley Beach	Borough	Monmouth	0.610 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1893
Medford Lakes	Borough	Burlington	1.140 sqmi	1923 Municipal Manager Law	1939
Westville	Borough	Gloucester	1.024 sqmi		1914
Ho-Ho-Kus	Borough	Bergen	1.739 sqmi		1908
Shrewsbury Borough	Borough	Monmouth	2.161 sqmi		1926
Pilesgrove	Township	Salem	34.935 sqmi		1798
Lambertville	City	Hunterdon	1.084 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1849
Riverdale	Borough	Morris	2.026 sqmi		1923
Mine Hill	Township	Morris	2.939 sqmi		1923
Stillwater Township	Township	Sussex	26.924 sqmi		1824
Bordentown City	City	Burlington	0.935 sqmi	Walsh Act	1825
Oaklyn	Borough	Camden	0.627 sqmi		1905
East Amwell Township	Township	Hunterdon	28.455 sqmi		1846
Harding	Township	Morris	20.054 sqmi		1922
Cranbury	Township	Middlesex	13.283 sqmi		1872
Merchantville	Borough	Camden	0.593 sqmi		1874
Kingwood	Township	Hunterdon	35.006 sqmi		1798
Montague	Township	Sussex	45.231 sqmi		1798
Bethlehem Township	Township	Hunterdon	20.683 sqmi		1798
Woodstown	Borough	Salem	1.575 sqmi		1882
South Toms River	Borough	Ocean	1.157 sqmi		1927
Green Township	Township	Sussex	16.034 sqmi		1824
North Wildwood	City	Cape May	1.725 sqmi	City (New Jersey)	1885
Tuckerton	Borough	Ocean	3.362 sqmi		1901
High Bridge	Borough	Hunterdon	2.391 sqmi		1871
Stanhope	Borough	Sussex	1.838 sqmi		1904
Upper Pittsgrove	Township	Salem	40.242 sqmi		1846
South Harrison Township	Township	Gloucester	15.895 sqmi		1883
Netcong	Borough	Morris	0.833 sqmi		1894
Saddle River	Borough	Bergen	4.916 sqmi		1894
Haworth	Borough	Bergen	1.937 sqmi		1904
Alloway Township	Township	Salem	33.477 sqmi		1767
Franklin Township	Township	Hunterdon	23.035 sqmi		1845
Hamburg	Borough	Sussex	1.145 sqmi		1920
Springfield	Township	Burlington	29.512 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1798
Pohatcong	Township	Warren	13.370 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1882
Fredon Township	Township	Sussex	17.640 sqmi		1904
Monmouth Beach	Borough	Monmouth	1.042 sqmi	Walsh Act	1906
Long Beach Township	Township	Ocean	5.448 sqmi	Walsh Act	1899
Deerfield Township	Township	Cumberland	16.842 sqmi		1798
Moonachie	Borough	Bergen	1.730 sqmi		1910
Wildwood Crest	Borough	Cape May	1.298 sqmi	Walsh Act	1910
Woodbury Heights	Borough	Gloucester	1.246 sqmi		1915
Lawrence Township	Township	Cumberland	36.923 sqmi		1885
National Park	Borough	Gloucester	1.007 sqmi		1902
West Amwell Township	Township	Hunterdon	21.647 sqmi		1846
Franklin Township	Township	Warren	23.420 sqmi		1839
Lawnside	Borough	Camden	1.430 sqmi		1926
Woodlynne	Borough	Camden	0.218 sqmi		1901
Knowlton Township	Township	Warren	24.724 sqmi		1798
Pennington	Borough	Mercer	0.961 sqmi		1890
Spring Lake	Borough	Monmouth	1.332 sqmi		1892
Clinton Town	Town	Hunterdon	1.346 sqmi	Town (New Jersey)	1865
Cape May	City	Cape May	2.473 sqmi	Faulkner Act (council–manager)	1848
Riverton	Borough	Burlington	0.662 sqmi		1893
Swedesboro	Borough	Gloucester	0.731 sqmi		1902
South Hackensack	Township	Bergen	0.717 sqmi		1935
Liberty	Township	Warren	11.667 sqmi		1926
Lakehurst	Borough	Ocean	0.895 sqmi		1921
Weymouth Township	Township	Atlantic	11.822 sqmi		1798
East Newark	Borough	Hudson	0.103 sqmi		1895
Quinton Township	Township	Salem	23.793 sqmi		1873
Peapack and Gladstone	Borough	Somerset	5.733 sqmi	Borough (New Jersey)	1912
Belvidere	Town	Warren	1.449 sqmi	Town (New Jersey)	1845
Harmony Township	Township	Warren	23.750 sqmi		1839
Beverly	City	Burlington	0.541 sqmi	City (New Jersey)	1850
Helmetta	Borough	Middlesex	0.828 sqmi		1888
Oxford Township	Township	Warren	5.959 sqmi		1798
Seaside Heights	Borough	Ocean	0.617 sqmi		1913
Lafayette Township	Township	Sussex	17.883 sqmi		1845
Englishtown	Borough	Monmouth	0.570 sqmi		1888
Alpha	Borough	Warren	1.681 sqmi		1911
Wenonah	Borough	Gloucester	0.996 sqmi		1883
Ogdensburg	Borough	Sussex	2.204 sqmi		1914
Essex Fells	Borough	Essex	1.408 sqmi		1902
Frelinghuysen Township	Township	Warren	23.623 sqmi		1848
Gibbsboro	Borough	Camden	2.152 sqmi		1924
Pine Beach	Borough	Ocean	0.636 sqmi		1925
Woodbine	Borough	Cape May	8.019 sqmi		1903
Sea Isle City	City	Cape May	2.204 sqmi	Walsh Act	1882
Sussex	Borough	Sussex	0.593 sqmi		1891
Laurel Springs	Borough	Camden	0.451 sqmi		1913
Sandyston	Township	Sussex	41.303 sqmi		1798
Avon-by-the-Sea	Borough	Monmouth	0.426 sqmi	Walsh Act	1900
Ocean Gate	Borough	Ocean	0.450 sqmi		1918
Hopewell Borough	Borough	Mercer	0.724 sqmi		1891
Oldmans Township	Township	Salem	19.510 sqmi		1881
Sea Girt	Borough	Monmouth	1.060 sqmi		1917
Hope Township	Township	Warren	18.086 sqmi		1839
Brooklawn	Borough	Camden	0.488 sqmi		1924
Folsom	Borough	Atlantic	8.264 sqmi		1906
Lavallette	Borough	Ocean	0.816 sqmi		1887
Newfield	Borough	Gloucester	1.738 sqmi		1924
Alpine	Borough	Bergen	6.401 sqmi		1903
Allentown	Borough	Monmouth	0.596 sqmi		1889
Eagleswood Township	Township	Ocean	16.103 sqmi		1874
Lower Alloways Creek	Township	Salem	45.309 sqmi		1767
Lake Como	Borough	Monmouth	0.252 sqmi		1924
Glen Gardner	Borough	Hunterdon	1.548 sqmi		1919
Chester Borough	Borough	Morris	1.592 sqmi		1930
Estell Manor	City	Atlantic	53.387 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1925
Lebanon Borough	Borough	Hunterdon	0.902 sqmi		1926
Island Heights	Borough	Ocean	0.609 sqmi	Faulkner Act (small municipality)	1887
Hardwick Township	Township	Warren	37.525 sqmi		1798
Victory Gardens	Borough	Morris	0.145 sqmi		1951
Woodland Township	Township	Burlington	92.638 sqmi		1866
Chesilhurst	Borough	Camden	1.715 sqmi		1887
Farmingdale	Borough	Monmouth	0.520 sqmi		1903
Mannington Township	Township	Salem	33.883 sqmi		1798
Sea Bright	Borough	Monmouth	0.720 sqmi		1889
Hampton Borough	Borough	Hunterdon	1.505 sqmi		1895
Seaside Park	Borough	Ocean	0.655 sqmi		1898
Winfield	Township	Union	0.181 sqmi		1941
Downe Township	Township	Cumberland	48.403 sqmi		1798
Pemberton Borough	Borough	Burlington	0.590 sqmi		1826
Frenchtown	Borough	Hunterdon	1.128 sqmi		1867
Bass River Township	Township	Burlington	75.124 sqmi	Walsh Act	1864
Elmer	Borough	Salem	0.894 sqmi		1893
Stow Creek Township	Township	Cumberland	18.266 sqmi		1798
Avalon	Borough	Cape May	4.270 sqmi		1892
Surf City	Borough	Ocean	0.744 sqmi		1894
Milford	Borough	Hunterdon	1.182 sqmi		1911
Port Republic	City	Atlantic	7.462 sqmi	City (New Jersey)	1905
Ship Bottom	Borough	Ocean	0.712 sqmi		1925
Shrewsbury Township	Township	Monmouth	0.099 sqmi		1798
Beach Haven	Borough	Ocean	0.979 sqmi	Walsh Act	1890
West Cape May	Borough	Cape May	1.173 sqmi	Walsh Act	1884
Califon	Borough	Hunterdon	0.959 sqmi		1918
Elsinboro	Township	Salem	11.931 sqmi		1798
Audubon Park	Borough	Camden	0.150 sqmi		1947
Bay Head	Borough	Ocean	0.585 sqmi		1886
Hi-Nella	Borough	Camden	0.223 sqmi		1929
Far Hills	Borough	Somerset	4.847 sqmi		1921
Deal	Borough	Monmouth	1.184 sqmi	Walsh Act	1898
Longport	Borough	Atlantic	0.395 sqmi	Walsh Act	1898
Interlaken	Borough	Monmouth	0.331 sqmi		1922
Roosevelt	Borough	Monmouth	1.940 sqmi		1937
Stone Harbor	Borough	Cape May	1.420 sqmi		1914
Bloomsbury	Borough	Hunterdon	0.932 sqmi		1905
Branchville	Borough	Sussex	0.593 sqmi		1898
Greenwich Township	Township	Cumberland	17.772 sqmi		1798
Rocky Hill	Borough	Somerset	0.611 sqmi		1889
Wrightstown	Borough	Burlington	1.850 sqmi		1918
Washington Township	Township	Burlington	101.661 sqmi		1802
Barnegat Light	Borough	Ocean	0.831 sqmi		1904
Andover Borough	Borough	Sussex	1.348 sqmi		1904
West Wildwood	Borough	Cape May	0.286 sqmi	Walsh Act	1920
Fieldsboro	Borough	Burlington	0.279 sqmi		1850
Stockton	Borough	Hunterdon	0.546 sqmi		1898
Allenhurst	Borough	Monmouth	0.250 sqmi	Walsh Act	1897
Corbin City	City	Atlantic	7.697 sqmi	City (New Jersey)	1922
Millstone Borough	Borough	Somerset	0.681 sqmi		1894
Shiloh	Borough	Cumberland	1.203 sqmi		1929
Rockleigh	Borough	Bergen	1.003 sqmi		1923
Harvey Cedars	Borough	Ocean	0.561 sqmi	Walsh Act	1894
Mantoloking	Borough	Ocean	0.386 sqmi		1911
Cape May Point	Borough	Cape May	0.295 sqmi	Walsh Act	1908
Loch Arbour	Village	Monmouth	0.087 sqmi	Walsh Act	1957
Teterboro	Borough	Bergen	1.107 sqmi	1923 Municipal Manager Law	1917
Tavistock	Borough	Camden	0.273 sqmi	Walsh Act	1921
Walpack Township	Township	Sussex	24.171 sqmi	Township (New Jersey)	1798

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