New Jersey County Histories

New Jersey is in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware.

Flag of New JerseyIn the early 17th century, the Dutch and the Swedes made the first European settlements. The British later seized control of the region, naming it the Province of New Jersey. It was granted as a colony to Sir George Carteret and John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton. At this time, it was named after the largest of the British Channel Islands, Jersey, where Carteret had been born. New Jersey was the site of several decisive battles during the American Revolutionary War.

In the 19th century, factories in New Jersey cities helped to drive the Industrial Revolution. New Jersey’s position at the center of the Northeast megalopolis, between Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C., fueled its rapid growth all the way through the suburban boom following World War II.

Collection Details

  1. Edwin Salter, A HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES, EMBRACING A GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF EARLIEST SETTLERS IN MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. , E. GARDNER & SON, Publishers, 1890
  2. W. Woodford Clayton,, HISTORY OF BERGEN AND PASSAIC COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF ITS PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN. , EVERTS & PECK, PRESS OF J.B. LIPPINCOTT & CO, 1882
  3. Major E.M. Woodward & John F. Hageman, HISTORY OF BURLINGTON AND MERCER COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN. , EVERTS & PECK, 1883
  4. William H. Shaw, HISTORY OF ESSEX AND HUDSON COUNTIES,NEW JERSEY.. , EVERTS & PECK, 1884
  5. James P. Snell,, HISTORY OF HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS. , EVERTS & PECK, PRESS OF J.B. LIPPINCOTT & CO, 1881
  6. Franklin Ellis, HISTORY OF MONMOUTH COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. , R.T. Peck & Co, 1885
  7. HISTORY OF MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY. ILLUSTRATIONS, AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. OF PROMINENT CITIZENS AND PIONEERS. , W.W. MUNSELL & CO.; PRESS OF GEORGE MACNAMARA, 36 VESEY STREET, 1882
  8. James P. Snell. (Author of History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties. N.J.),, HISTORY OF SUSSEX AND WARREN COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS. , EVERTS & PECK, 1881
  9. Thos. Cushing, M.D. & Charles E. Sheppard, Esq, HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF GLOUCESTER, SALEM, AND CUMBERLAND NEW JERSEY, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THEIR PROMINENT CITIZENS. , EVERTS & PECK, 1883
  10. W. WOODFORD CLAYTON, HISTORY OF UNION AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR PIONEER AND PROMINENT MEN. , EVERTS & PECK. PRESS OF J.B. LIPPINCOTT & CO, 1882
  11. John F. Hall, HISTORY OFATLANTIC CITYAND COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. , , 1899
  12. Geo. R. Prowell,, THE HISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. , L.J. RICHARDS & CO, 1886
  13. Lewis Townsend Stevens, THE HISTORY OF CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, FROM THE ORIGINAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY, EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ABORIGINEES; THE DUTCH IN DELAWARE BAY; THE SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY; THE WHALING; THE GROWTH OF THE VILLAGES; THE REVOLUTION AND PATRIOTS; THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT; THE WAR OF 1812; THE PROGRESS OF THE COUNTY; AND THE SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL WAR. , LEWIS T. STEVENS, PUBLISHER, 1897