Maps Showing Progression of
Hunterdon County, NJ
from 1714 to Present
by Marshall Lake
Updated 27 June 2002
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Sources - "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries 1606-1968"
by John P Snyder
http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/map.htm
http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter/Histories/Admgen.htm
Development of Hunterdon County:
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Feb 1697 - Maidenhead Twp formed in Burlington Co
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Feb 1700 - Hopewell Twp formed in Burlington Co
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Jun 1708 - (Old) Amwell Twp formed by Royal Charter in Burlington Co
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Mar 1714 - Hunterdon Co formed
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Jun 1719 - Trenton Twp first mentioned
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1730 - Bethlehem Twp first mentioned
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Jul 1730 - Reading Twp formed by Royal Charter
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Oct 1731 - Lebanon Twp first mentioned
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Mar 1739 - Morris Co formed from Hunterdon Co
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1749 - first sign of Kingwood Twp
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Jun 1753 - Sussex Co formed from Morris Co
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Mar 1755 - Tewksbury Twp first township meeting
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Mar 1765 - Alexandria Twp formed by Royal Charter
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Nov 1792 - Trenton City formed
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Feb 1798 - Readington Twp incorporated
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Alexandria
Twp incorporated
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Tewksbury
Twp incorporated
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Maidenhead
Twp incorporated
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Hopewell
Twp incorporated
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Trenton
Twp incorporated
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Jan 1816 - Maidenhead Twp became Lawrence Twp
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Feb 1834 - Trenton Twp became Ewing Twp ???
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1838 - Lawrence Twp set off to Mercer Co
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Trenton
City set off to Mercer Co
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Ewing Twp
set off to Mercer Co
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Hopewell
Twp set off to Mercer Co
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Apr 1838 - Delaware Twp formed
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Raritan
Twp formed
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Apr 1841 - Clinton Twp formed
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1844 - Tewksbury Twp transferred to Somerset Co
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1845 - Tewksbury Twp returned to Hunterdon Co
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Apr 1845 - Franklin Twp formed
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Apr 1846 - East Amwell Twp formed
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West Amwell
Twp formed
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Mar 1849 - Town of Lambertville formed
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Feb 1853 - Union Twp formed
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Apr 1865 - Town of Clinton formed
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Apr 1867 - Frenchtown Borough formed
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Mar 1870 - Town of Flemington formed
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Mar 1871 - High Bridge Twp formed
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Mar 1872 - Town of Lambertville became a city
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Apr 1874 - Holland Twp formed from Alexandria Twp
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Mar 1878 - Holland Twp restored to Alexandria Twp
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Mar 1879 - Holland Twp reformed
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Jun 1894 - Town of Flemington became Flemington Village
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Feb 1895 - Junction Borough formed
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Feb 1898 - High Bridge Twp reorganized as a Borough with parts of twp
going to Clinton & Lebanon Twps
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Apr 1898 - Stockton Borough formed
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Mar 1905 - Bloomsbury Borough formed
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Feb 1909 - Junction Borough renamed Hampton Borough
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Apr 1910 - Flemington Village became Flemington Borough
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Apr 1911 - Milford Borough formed
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Apr 1918 - Califon Borough formed
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Mar 1919 - Glen Gardner Borough formed
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Mar 1926 - Lebanon Borough formed
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