List of New Jersey county name etymologies
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This is a list of New Jersey county name etymologies.
- Atlantic County, New Jersey: Atlantic is named for the Atlantic Ocean.
- Bergen County, New Jersey: Bergen is believed to be named for either Bergen-op-Zoom, the Netherlands or Bergen, Norway.
- Burlington County, New Jersey: Burlington is named for a corruption of Bridlington, England.
- Camden County, New Jersey: Camden is named for the Earl of Camden.
- Cape May County, New Jersey: Cape May is named for Cape May, Capt. Cornelius Jacobsen Mey.
- Cumberland County, New Jersey: Cumberland is named for the Earl of Cumberland.
- Essex County, New Jersey: Essex is named for the English county of Essex.
- Gloucester County, New Jersey: Gloucester is named for Gloucester, England.
- Hudson County, New Jersey: Hudson is named for Henry Hudson, the famous explorer.
- Hunterdon County, New Jersey: Hunterdon is named for Robert Hunter, the colonial Governor of New Jersey from 1710 to 1719.
- Mercer County, New Jersey: Mercer is named for Hugh Mercer, an American Revolutionary War general.
- Middlesex County, New Jersey: Middlesex is named for the English county of Middlesex.
- Monmouth County, New Jersey: Monmouth is named for Monmouthshire, Wales.
- Morris County, New Jersey: Morris is named for Lewis Morris, the colonial Governor of New Jersey from 1738 to 1746.
- Ocean County, New Jersey: Ocean is named for its location on the Atlantic Ocean.
- Passaic County, New Jersey: Passaic is named for Passajeek, a Native American word meaning valley.
- Salem County, New Jersey: Salem is named for the Hebrew word for peace.
- Somerset County, New Jersey: Somerset is named for the English county of Somerset.
- Sussex County, New Jersey: Sussex is named for the English county of Sussex.
- Union County, New Jersey: Union is named for the Union which was threatened by the American Civil War.
- Warren County, New Jersey: Warren is named for Joseph Warren, an American Revolutionary War general.
