Essex County New Jersey Genealogy and History
Finding Ancestors ....wherever their trails led
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Essex County is the second most densely populated county in the state County Seat is Newark Surrounding Counties: Passaic County - north Bergen County - east Hudson County - east Union County - south Morris County - west Our New Jersey State Site	Municipalities within Essex County Belleville (township) Bloomfield (township) Caldwell (borough) Cedar Grove (township) East Orange (city) Essex Fells (borough) Fairfield (township) Glen Ridge (borough) Irvington (township) Livingston (township) Maplewood (township) Millburn (township) Montclair (township) Newark (city) North Caldwell (borough) Nutley (township) Orange (city) Roseland (borough) South Orange (village) Verona (township) West Caldwell (township) West Orange (township)
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