List of Municipalities in NJ

Collection, New Jersey

November 18, 2011

By: Pure History

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of the 566 municipalities in the U.S. state of New Jersey, ordered by population. There are five types of municipality in the state boroughs (250), cities (52), towns (15), townships (246), and villages (3). New Jersey, the fourth smallest state, is 8,722 square miles, meaning the average land size of a municipality in the state is only 15 square miles.

Newark, Largest City in New Jersey

Jersey City

Paterson

Elizabeth

Trenton, Capital of New Jersey

Camden

Atlantic City

Pop. rank	Municipality	County	Population in 2010	Municipal type	Form of government
1	Newark	Essex	278,154	City	Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
2	Jersey City	Hudson	247,597	City	Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
3	Paterson	Passaic	146,199	City	Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
4	Elizabeth	Union	124,969	City	Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
5	Edison	Middlesex	99,967	Township	Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
6	Woodbridge	Middlesex	99,585	Township	Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
7	Lakewood	Ocean	92,843	Township
8	Toms River	Ocean	91,239	Township	Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
9	Hamilton	Mercer	88,464	Township	Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
10	Trenton	Mercer	84,913	City	Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
11	Clifton	Passaic	84,136	City	1923 Manager
12	Camden	Camden	77,344	City
13	Brick	Ocean	75,072	Township
14	Cherry Hill	Camden	71,045	Township
15	Passaic	Passaic	69,781	City
16	Middletown	Monmouth	66,522	Township	Special Charter
17	Union City	Hudson	66,455	City	Commission
18	Old Bridge	Middlesex	65,375	Township
19	Gloucester	Camden	64,634	Township
20	East Orange	Essex	64,270	City	City
21	Bayonne	Hudson	63,024	City
22	Franklin	Somerset	62,300	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
23	North Bergen	Hudson	60,773	Township	Commission
24	Vineland	Cumberland	60,724	City
25	Union	Union	56,642	Township
26	Piscataway	Middlesex	56,044	Township
27	New Brunswick	Middlesex	55,181	City
28	Jackson	Ocean	54,856	Township
29	Wayne	Passaic	54,717	Township
30	Irvington	Essex	53,926	Township
31	Parsippany-Troy Hills	Morris	53,238	Township
32	Howell	Monmouth	51,075	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
33	Perth Amboy	Middlesex	50,814	City
34	Hoboken	Hudson	50,005	City
35	Plainfield	Union	49,808	City	Special Charter
36	West New York	Hudson	49,708	Town	Commission
37	Washington	Gloucester	48,559	Township
38	East Brunswick	Middlesex	47,512	Township
39	Bloomfield	Essex	47,315	Township	Special Charter
40	West Orange	Essex	46,207	Township
41	Evesham	Burlington	45,538	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
42	Bridgewater	Somerset	44,464	Township
43	South Brunswick	Middlesex	43,417	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
44	Egg Harbor	Atlantic	43,323	Township
45	Manchester	Ocean	43,070	Township
46	Hackensack	Bergen	43,010	City	1923 Manager
47	Sayreville	Middlesex	42,704	Borough
48	Mount Laurel	Burlington	41,864	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
49	Berkeley	Ocean	41,255	Township

50	North Brunswick Township	Middlesex	40,742	Township	Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council-Administrator)
51	Kearny	Hudson	40,684	Town	Town
52	Linden	Union	40,499	City	City
53	Marlboro	Monmouth	40,191	Township
54	Teaneck	Bergen	39,776	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
55	Atlantic City	Atlantic	39,558	City	Faulkner: Mayor-Council
56	Winslow	Camden	39,499	Township
57	Monroe	Middlesex	39,132	Township
58	Manalapan	Monmouth	38,872	Township	Township
59	Hillsborough	Somerset	38,303	Township
60	Montclair	Essex	37,669	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
61	Galloway	Atlantic	37,349	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
62	Freehold	Monmouth	36,184	Township
63	Monroe	Gloucester	36,129	Township
64	Belleville	Essex	35,926	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
65	Pennsauken	Camden	35,885	Township
66	Ewing	Mercer	35,790	Township
67	Fort Lee	Bergen	35,345	Borough
68	Lawrence	Mercer	33,472	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
69	Fair Lawn	Bergen	32,457	Borough	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
70	Willingboro	Burlington	31,629	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
71	Long Branch	Monmouth	30,719	City
72	Deptford	Gloucester	30,561	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
73	Garfield	Bergen	30,487	City	1923 Manager
74	Westfield	Union	30,316	Town	Special Charter
75	Orange	Essex	30,134	Township
76	Livingston	Essex	29,366	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
77	Voorhees	Camden	29,131	Township
78	Millville	Cumberland	28,400	City	Commission
79	Nutley	Essex	28,370	Township	Commission
80	Mount Olive	Morris	28,117	Township
81	Neptune	Monmouth	27,935	Township
82	Pemberton	Burlington	27,912	Township
83	Lacey	Ocean	27,644	Township
84	Rahway	Union	27,346	City
85	Ocean	Monmouth	27,291	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
86	East Windsor	Mercer	27,190	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
87	West Windsor	Mercer	27,165	Township
88	Englewood	Bergen	27,147	City	Special Charter
89	Bergenfield	Bergen	26,764	Borough
90	Bernards	Somerset	26,652	Township
91	Stafford	Ocean	26,535	Township	Faulkner: Small Muni.
92	Hamilton	Atlantic	26,503	Township
93	Paramus	Bergen	26,342	Borough
94	Wall	Monmouth	26,164	Township
95	Mahwah	Bergen	25,890	Township
96	West Milford	Passaic	25,850	Township
97	Randolph	Morris	25,734	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
98	Bridgeton	Cumberland	25,349	City
99	Ridgewood	Bergen	24,958	Village	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
100	Rockaway	Morris	24,156	Township
101	Lodi	Bergen	24,136	Borough	1923 Manager
102	Vernon	Sussex	23,943	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
103	Maplewood	Essex	23,867	Township
104	Cliffside Park	Bergen	23,594	Borough
105	Scotch Plains	Union	23,510	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
106	South Plainfield	Middlesex	23,385	Borough
107	Roxbury	Morris	23,324	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
108	Medford	Burlington	23,033	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
109	Plainsboro	Middlesex	22,999	Township
110	Lower	Cape May	22,866	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
111	Carteret	Middlesex	22,844	Borough
112	Cranford	Union	22,625	Township
113	Burlington	Burlington	22,594	Township
114	Morris	Morris	22,306	Township
115	Montgomery	Somerset	22,254	Township
116	Raritan	Hunterdon	22,185	Township
117	North Plainfield	Somerset	21,936	Borough
118	West Deptford	Gloucester	21,677	Township
119	Montville	Morris	21,528	Township	Special Charter
120	Summit	Union	21,457	City	City
121	Hillside	Union	21,404	Township
122	Jefferson	Morris	21,314	Township
123	Roselle	Union	21,085	Borough
124	Barnegat	Ocean	20936	Township
125	Moorestown	Burlington	20,726	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
126	Lyndhurst	Bergen	20,554	Township	Commission

127	Hazlet	Monmouth	20,334	Township
128	Pleasantville	Atlantic	20,249	City	City
129	Millburn	Essex	20,149	Township
130	Little Egg Harbor	Ocean	20,065	Township
131	Sparta	Sussex	19,722	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
132	Palisades Park	Bergen	19,622	Borough
133	Elmwood Park	Bergen	19,403	Borough
134	Maple Shade	Burlington	19,131	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
135	Middle	Cape May	18,911	Township
136	Hawthorne	Passaic	18,791	Borough
137	Glassboro	Gloucester	18,579	Borough
138	Washington	Morris	18,533	Township
139	Morristown	Morris	18,411	Town
140	Point Pleasant	Ocean	18,392	Borough
141	Aberdeen	Monmouth	18,210	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
142	Dover	Morris	18,157	Town	Town
143	Rutherford	Bergen	18,061	Borough
144	Tinton Falls	Monmouth	17,892	Borough
145	Lindenwold	Camden	17,613	Borough
146	Dumont	Bergen	17,479	Borough
147	Hopewell	Mercer	17,304	Township
148	Delran	Burlington	16,896	Township
149	Franklin	Gloucester	16,820	Township
150	Holmdel	Monmouth	16,773	Township
151	Wyckoff	Bergen	16,696	Township
152	Denville	Morris	16,635	Township
153	New Milford	Bergen	16,341	Borough
154	Princeton	Mercer	16,265	Township
155	Secaucus	Hudson	16,264	Town	Town
156	South Orange	Essex	16,198	Township^[2]	Special Charter
157	Readington	Hunterdon	16,126	Township
158	Asbury Park	Monmouth	16,116	City	1923 Manager
159	South River	Middlesex	16,008	Borough
160	Madison	Morris	15,845	Borough
161	Springfield	Union	15,817	Township
162	Cinnaminson	Burlington	15,569	Township
163	Pequannock	Morris	15,540	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
164	North Arlington	Bergen	15,392	Borough
165	Warren	Somerset	15,311	Township
166	Mantua	Gloucester	15,217	Township
167	Hopatcong	Sussex	15,147	Borough
168	Phillipsburg	Warren	14,950	Town
169	Hammonton	Atlantic	14,791	Town	Town
170	Clark	Union	14,756	Township
171	Haddon	Camden	14,707	Township	Commission
172	Tenafly	Bergen	14,488	Borough	Special Charter
173	Ramsey	Bergen	14,473	Borough
174	Branchburg	Somerset	14,459	Township
175	Little Falls	Passaic	14,432	Township
176	Highland Park	Middlesex	13,982	Borough
177	Collingswood	Camden	13,926	Borough	Commission
178	Fairview	Bergen	13,835	Borough
179	Hanover	Morris	13,712	Township
180	Saddle Brook	Bergen	13,659	Township
181	Robbinsville	Mercer	13,642	Township
182	Middlesex	Middlesex	13,635	Borough
183	Harrison	Hudson	13,620	Town	Town
184	Metuchen	Middlesex	13,574	Borough
185	Clinton	Hunterdon	13,478	Township	Faulkner: Small Muni.
186	Pennsville	Salem	13,409	Township
187	Verona	Essex	13,332	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
188	Roselle Park	Union	13,297	Borough
189	Berkeley Heights	Union	13,183	Township
190	Oakland	Bergen	12,754	Borough
191	Ridgefield Park	Bergen	12,729	Village	Commission
192	Eatontown	Monmouth	12,709	Borough
193	Lumberton	Burlington	12,559	Township
194	Weehawken	Hudson	12,554	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
195	Harrison	Gloucester	12,417	Township
196	Cedar Grove	Essex	12,411	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
197	Upper	Cape May	12,373	Township
198	Princeton	Mercer	12,307	Borough
199	Ringwood	Passaic	12,228	Borough	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
200	Red Bank	Monmouth	12,206	Borough
201	New Providence	Union	12,171	Borough
202	Florence	Burlington	12,109	Township
203	Somerville	Somerset	12,098	Borough
204	Freehold	Monmouth	12,052	Borough
205	Hasbrouck Heights	Bergen	11,842	Borough
206	Woodland Park	Passaic	11,819	Borough	Faulkner: Small Muni.
207	Ocean City	Cape May	11,701	City
208	Florham Park	Morris	11,696	Borough
209	Glen Rock	Bergen	11,601	Borough
210	Haddonfield	Camden	11,593	Borough	Commission
211	Bellmawr	Camden	11,583	Borough
212	Edgewater	Bergen	11,513	Borough
213	Gloucester City	Camden	11,456	City	Special Charter
214	Bordentown	Burlington	11,367	Township
215	Wantage	Sussex	11,358	Township
216	River Edge	Bergen	11,340	Borough
217	Wallington	Bergen	11,335	Borough
218	Guttenberg	Hudson	11,176	Town	Town
219	East Hanover	Morris	11,157	Township	Faulkner: Small Muni.
220	Wanaque	Passaic	11,116	Borough
221	Pompton Lakes	Passaic	11,097	Borough
222	Beachwood	Ocean	11,045	Borough
223	Ridgefield	Bergen	11,032	Borough
224	Westwood	Bergen	10,908	Borough
225	Totowa	Passaic	10,804	Borough
226	Somers Point	Atlantic	10,795	City	City
227	West Caldwell	Essex	10,759	Township
228	Ventnor City	Atlantic	10,650	City	Commission
229	Waterford	Camden	10,649	Township
230	Little Ferry	Bergen	10,626	Borough
231	Franklin Lakes	Bergen	10,590	Borough
232	Millstone	Monmouth	10,566	Township
233	Lincoln Park	Morris	10,521	Borough
234	Southampton	Burlington	10,464	Township
235	Chatham	Morris	10,452	Township
236	Bound Brook	Somerset	10,402	Borough
237	Manville	Somerset	10,344	Borough
238	Kinnelon	Morris	10,248	Borough
239	Pine Hill	Camden	10,233	Borough
240	Hillsdale	Bergen	10,219	Borough
241	Woolwich	Gloucester	10,200	Township
242	Woodbury	Gloucester	10,174	City	City
243	Colts Neck	Monmouth	10,142	Township
244	Keansburg	Monmouth	10,105	Borough	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
245	Burlington	Burlington	9,920	City
246	Hackettstown	Warren	9,724	Town	Special Charter
247	River Vale	Bergen	9,659	Township
248	Waldwick	Bergen	9,625	Borough
249	East Greenwich	Gloucester	9,555	Township
250	Maywood	Bergen	9,555	Borough
251	Mount Holly	Burlington	9,536	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
252	Brigantine	Atlantic	9,450	City	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
253	Pittsgrove	Salem	9,393	Township
254	Washington	Bergen	9,102	Township
255	Pitman	Gloucester	9,011	Borough
256	Chatham	Morris	8,962	Borough
257	Leonia	Bergen	8,937	Borough
258	East Rutherford	Bergen	8,913	Borough
259	Edgewater Park	Burlington	8,881	Township
260	Audubon	Camden	8,819	Borough	Commission
261	Westampton	Burlington	8,813	Township
262	Matawan	Monmouth	8,810	Borough
263	Long Hill	Morris	8,702	Township
264	Park Ridge	Bergen	8,645	Borough
265	South Amboy	Middlesex	8,631	City
266	Northfield	Atlantic	8,624	City	City
267	Cresskill	Bergen	8,573	Borough
268	Mansfield	Burlington	8,544	Township
269	Runnemede	Camden	8,468	Borough
270	Plumsted	Ocean	8,421	Township
271	North Haledon	Passaic	8,417	Borough
272	Absecon	Atlantic	8,411	City	City
273	Closter	Bergen	8,373	Borough
274	Byram	Sussex	8,350	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
275	Boonton	Morris	8,347	Town	Town
276	Ocean	Ocean	8,332	Township
277	Haledon	Passaic	8,318	Borough
278	Spotswood	Middlesex	8,257	Borough
279	Hardyston	Sussex	8,213	Township	Special Charter
280	Upper Saddle River	Bergen	8,208	Borough
281	Bogota	Bergen	8,187	Borough
282	Clayton	Gloucester	8,179	Borough
283	Bedminster	Somerset	8,165	Township
284	West Long Branch	Monmouth	8,097	Borough
285	Riverside	Burlington	8,079	Township
286	Carneys Point	Salem	8,049	Township
287	Lopatcong	Warren	8,014	Township	Faulkner: Small Muni.
288	Newton	Sussex	7,997	Town	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
289	Oradell	Bergen	7,978	Borough
290	Maurice River	Cumberland	7,976	Township
291	Kenilworth	Union	7,914	Borough
292	Montvale	Bergen	7,844	Borough
293	Chester	Morris	7,838	Township	Faulkner: Small Muni.
294	Caldwell	Essex	7,822	Borough
295	Mansfield	Warren	7,725	Township
296	Bernardsville	Somerset	7,707	Borough
297	Chesterfield	Burlington	7,699	Township
298	North Hanover	Burlington	7,678	Township
299	Upper Deerfield	Cumberland	7,660	Township
300	Bloomingdale	Passaic	7,656	Borough
301	Wood-Ridge	Bergen	7,626	Borough
302	Berlin	Camden	7,588	Borough
303	Buena Vista	Atlantic	7,570	Township
304	Butler	Morris	7,539	Borough
305	Glen Ridge Borough	Essex	7,527	Borough
306	Haddon Heights	Camden	7,473	Borough
307	Fairfield	Essex	7,466	Township	Faulkner: Small Muni.
308	Emerson	Bergen	7,401	Borough
309	Palmyra	Burlington	7,398	Borough
310	New Hanover	Burlington	7,385	Township
311	Fanwood	Union	7,318	Borough
312	Keyport	Monmouth	7,240	Borough
313	Dunellen	Middlesex	7,227	Borough
314	Green Brook	Somerset	7,203	Township
315	Midland Park	Bergen	7,128	Borough
316	Rumson	Monmouth	7,122	Borough
317	Linwood	Atlantic	7,092	City	City
318	Stratford	Camden	7,040	Borough
319	Barrington	Camden	6,983	Borough
320	Tabernacle	Burlington	6,949	Township
321	Upper Freehold	Monmouth	6,902	Township
322	Milltown	Middlesex	6,893	Borough
323	Raritan	Somerset	6,881	Borough
324	Mountainside	Union	6,685	Borough
325	Washington	Warren	6,651	Township
326	Lebanon	Hunterdon	6,588	Township
327	Wharton	Morris	6,522	Borough
328	Allendale	Bergen	6,505	Borough
329	Shamong	Burlington	6,490	Township
330	Dennis	Cape May	6,467	Township
331	Washington	Warren	6,461	Borough	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
332	Rockaway	Morris	6,438	Borough
333	Margate City	Atlantic	6,354	City	Commission
334	Andover	Sussex	6319	Township

335	Fairfield	Cumberland	6,295	Township
336	Union Beach	Monmouth	6,245	Borough
337	North Caldwell	Essex	6,183	Borough
338	Mullica	Atlantic	6,147	Township
339	Carlstadt	Bergen	6,127	Borough
340	Fair Haven	Monmouth	6,121	Borough
341	Hainesport	Burlington	6,110	Township
342	Paulsboro	Gloucester	6,097	Borough
343	Eastampton	Burlington	6,069	Township	Faulkner: Council-mgr.
344	Logan	Gloucester	6,042	Township	Faulkner: Small Muni.
345	Tewksbury	Hunterdon	5,993	Township
346	Blairstown	Warren	5,967	Township
347	Little Silver	Monmouth	5,950	Borough
348	Jamesburg	Middlesex	5,915	Borough
349	Union	Hunterdon	5,908	Township
350	Manasquan	Monmouth	5,897	Borough
351	Mendham	Morris	5,869	Township
352	Prospect Park	Passaic	5,865	Borough
353	Oceanport	Monmouth	5,832	Borough
354	Roseland	Essex	5,819	Borough
355	Watchung	Somerset	5,801	Borough
356	Belmar	Monmouth	5,794	Borough	Faulkner: Small Muni.
357	Old Tappan	Bergen	5,750	Borough
358	Woodcl