marched to Washington, and thence were I ransported
to Trenton, where thej arrived on the loth of June,
1865, ami wire soon after discharged.
The Thirty-eighth Regiment of infantry, which
\\ a- raised in t he summer and autumn of 18(54, under
Col. William .1. Sewell, contained one company i 1!,
('apt. (ieorge \V. Day I which was partially made up
of men from Hunterdon County. Upon leaving the
State this regiment proceeded to City Point, Va.,
thence to Bermuda Hundred, and from there to Fort
Powhatan, on the .Fames River, about fifteen miles
lielnw City Point. The troops at that place consisted
of this regiment, a squadron of cavalry, and a battery
of artillery, and their duties were keeping the river
open and protecting a line of telegraph for a distance
ni about forty miles, in the performance of this duty
skirmishes with guerrilla hands frequently occurred,
but no general engagement resulted. The Thirty-
eighth remained at Fort Powhatan engaged in this
duty until the close of the war, when it was ordered
to City Point, and the i" Trenton, where it arrived
on the llh of duly, 1865.
('II A PT BE X V I.
EDUCATIONAL AND STATISTICAL.
The Buty Dutch onjoln tho Support of > Schoolmutor, In Li
Schoolmaster una School hou o In h-Preebj-
Si boo] ore wil
it Legislation The I I
litatil LvghilnMon, ot l - aiiitlc»of
HnntordoD nud Somoraot Countli
I'm: Dutch who first settled New York and the
adjacent pari of New Jersey held the < 'hurch and the
I llint l.ri-
â– â– â– U lure h li"-<' oaptui
11
acl 1 in the same high estimation with which they
were regarded in their own Fatherland. The charter
of the West India Companj L629 enjoined upon its
patrons and the colonists " In the speediest manner to
end or to find out ways and means whereby they
might support a minister and a schoolmaster."
Tim first schoolmaster who taught in New Jersey
was Engleberl Steenhuysen, at Jersey City, in 1602,*
where the first school-house was erected in 1004.
One hundred year- prior to the Declaration of
Independence (in 1070 j the Scotch Presbyterians
brought preachers and schoolma-ters with them, and
established schools in their settlement- in East
.li r-e\ . i The Woodliridgo charter I lOO'.i i also looked
after the Subject Of educating the young ; James l'ul-
leiton was the first schoolmaster there, in 1089. With
the pioneer Quakers iii West New Jersey, education
being a part of their religion, schools were very early
established. The first school fund established in the
province land, we think, in America was by the set-
tlement at Burlington, in I0n:;, in setting apart an
island in the Delaware, opposite the town, for educa-
tional purposes, and the revenue- derived from the
rent or sale of lands were reserved for the support of
schools.
Twice under the proprietary government were
schools and sel Ima-tor- made the subject of legis-
lation. First, in 1698,— the first school law of the
State, the Genera] Assembly of East New Jersej
authorized the inhabitants of any town, by warrant
from any justice of the peace, to meet and choose
I luce men i ake a rate and establish the salary of
a schoolmaster for a- long a time as they might think
proper, a majority of the inhabitants to compel the
payment of an\ rale, levied and withheld, the act
setting forth that "the cultivation of learning and
g I manner- tend- greatly t.. the good and benefit of
mankind, I In- act. hem- i und lrconveniant "by
reason of the distance of the neighborh 1." in 1695
was amended: it provided that three men should he
eli. .-en annually in each town, to have power to select
a teacher " and the most Convenient plac â– place-
where the school shall be kept, that as Dear as may
be the whole inhabitants may have the benefit
thereof." This was a i iplete recognition of the
principle of taxing property for the support of public
Bchools, which at that time was up to the most ad-
vanced legialati n this subject in America.'. Under
this law schools were established in all part- of the
province.
The College of New Jersey was incorporal
1746, and ten years later was permanent!} located at
Princeton. The Presbyterian Church founded a the-
â–
i
f VUt I
i
154
HUNTEKDON AND SOB1ERSET COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY.
ological school at the same place in 1811. Rutgers
College was chartered by King George III. in 1770,
under the name of Queen's College, at New Bruns-
wick. In 1825 the State Legislature changed its name
in honor of Henry Rutgers, one of its benefactors.
The Reformed Church control this institution.
" The first definite step taken by the Legislature of
the State to provide the means of education by cre-
ating a fund for the support of free schools was in
1817. The act that was passed made certain appro-
priations for the establishment of a permanent school
fund." The following year a board of trustees was
established for the management of the school fund.
In 1820 the townships of the State were first autho-
rized to raise money for school purposes, — for the
education of "such poor children as are paupers."
It was in consequence of this legislation that the New
Jersey public schools were for so many years regarded
as pauper schools.* In 1824 it was enacted that one-
tenth of all the State taxes should every year be
added to the school fund. In 1828 townships were
first empowered to vote moneys at town-meeting for
the building and repairing of school-houses. During
the nest few years there was a general agitation of
the subject of public education throughout the State.
A " central committee," appointed by a convention
held at Trenton in 1828, canvassed the State; the
Rev. Dr. Maclean, of the College of New Jersey, the
same year delivered at Princeton an address, in which
he urged nearly all the features that characterize the
present system of public instruction ; the New Jersey
Missionary Society appointed a committee to inquire
into the condition of education in the State, etc.f
To the many memorials and petitions the Legisla-'
ture nobly responded in the law of 1829, which appro-
priated twenty thousand dollars annually from the
school fund, and which was the first comprehensive
school law in the State. In 1831 these funds were
bestowed upon all schools, public, private, or paro-
chial. The enactment of 1838, while repealing all
former acts, restored many of the desirable features
of the act of 1829. Township school committees were
again to be elected, who were to proceed to divide the
township into school districts ; they were required to
visit schools and make reports as before. By it, also,
the annual appropriation was increased by an addi-
tion of ten thousand dollars. Teachers were obliged
to pass examination and obtain license from boards
of county examiners elected by the chosen freeholders,
or from the township school committees.
The constitution of 1844 required the school fund
to be securely invested, and to remain a perpetual
* The opprobrious term " paupers" remained in all subsequent enact-
ments relating to public schools until tlie year 1838.
f From the report of a committee of tbe Legislature of 1H29 we make
tlie following extract: "Tlie lamentable truth appears tbat nearly fifteen
thousand persons over the age of fifteen years remain in total ignorance,
unable either to read or write; . . . nearly twelve thousand children
under the ago of fifteen years are deprived of the moana of obtaining
even the first rudiments of an education."
fund. In 1845 a State superintendent was first pro-
vided.
By the law of 1846, while the annual school fund
appropriation remained the same and the limitations
of school age — five and sixteen — were continued,
many other features were changed. The licensing of
teachers, before optional, now became obligatory, as
also the requirement that townships shall (not may)
raise a sum " at least equal to that received from the
State, and not greater than twice such amount." In
1848 authority was first given townships to use the
interest of the surplus revenue for the support of
public schools. In 1851 an amendment to the act of
1846 increased the annual appropriation to forty
thousand dollars, changed the basis of apportion-
ment, and made the school-age limitation five and
eighteen years, which latter still obtains. In 1854
teachers' institutes were first established. In 1855
the Legislature provided for the purchase of a copy of
" Webster's Unabridged Dictionary" for each school
in the State, and the next year added a copy of " Lip-
pincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer of the AVorld." The
State Normal School was instituted in 1855. The
State board of education was established in 1866.
The act of 1867 authorized the board to appoint
county superintendents. The county superintendent,
with two teachers selected by him, became the county
examiner ; examinations were held quarterly, and
certificates issued of three grades.
The Legislature of 1871 passed the liberal act which
made all the public schools of the State entirely free.
A fixed State school tax of two mills on the dollar
was substituted for the uncertain township school
tax, and trustees were prohibited from charging tui-
tion fees. In 1876 certain amendments to the State
constitution were ratified which make it impossible
for the State or municipalities to make any appro-
priations to sectarian schools, obligatory upon the
State to maintain an efficient system of free schools,
and prohibited all special school legislation. At
present (1879) the school fund amounts to $1,660,502.
For much of the above history we are indebted to
Ellis A. Apgar, the present efficient State superin-
tendent of public instruction, and to which we append
some special mention of the schools of Hunterdon
and Somerset Counties.
EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS; 1879.
At the present time Hunterdon County has 10,585
children between five and eighteen years of age, of
whom 8721 were enrolled in the school registers, with
an average attendance of 4185 ;% 70 male and 72 fe-
male teachers have been employed, of whom 18 are
of the first grade, 32 second grade, and 91 third grade.
Of the 108 school-houses, 79 are constructed of wood,
7 of brick, and 22 of stone, which are valued at over
% Estimated number of children attending private schools, 405 ; esti-
mated number who have attended no school during 1879, 1325. — Bclwol
Iteport.
EDUCATIONAL AND STATISTICAL.
155
.-'I ("'.nun. Tliu schools of tin- county :irc graded as
follows: Of the lirst grade, 1.1; second grade, 17;
third grade, 58; fourth grade, 1-; fifth grade, 6;
total, 108. " The number of school districts is 104; of
school departments, 137; n ber of unsectarian pri-
vate schools, S ; sectarian private schools, :{. The per-
centage of average attendance upon the public schools
in 1X7!) was .48 ; percentage of the census in the public
schools, .88 ; percentage attending private schools,
.ill; percentage attending no schools, .13. Eighteen
Of the schools have libraries, embracing several hun-
dred V0lume8. The present county superintendent i-
U.S. Swackhamer, of White Souse, from whose re-
cent report! we learn that Bchool-houses were com-
pleted during the year in Districts Nos.5, 52, and 108
(Mount Airy, Lebanon township ; (few Stone, Union
town-hip; and Lambertville), the latter being "a
model in regard lo size, arrangement, and construc-
tion." Hunterdon County's apportionment from the
Stale appropriation for 1879 was $88,508.72.
Somerset County has. according to the statistical
tables, .1477 children between the ages of five and
eighteen enrolled in the scl I registers,! of which the
average number who attended scl I in 187ii was
2631 ; these were taught by 32 male and 56 fi
rs, occupying 72 school-houses, valued at about
$90,000. The school-houses of the countj will i -
fortably seat nearl; WOO children. The grade of the
schools of the county is :i- follow-. : s lirst grade, 27
second, ".I third, and 6 fourth. The nine town-hips
are divided inlo 71 -el 1 districts, containing 72
-el I-? and 88 school departments. There are also
sixteen private schools in the county. Sixteen of the
public schools have libraries, aggregating 1182 vol-
umes. .1. S. llaynes i- tin mi;, superintendent.
The following is the apportionment of the appro-
priations for public scl Is in the several townships
ofs irsel County for i he school-year commencing
Sept. I, 1880, according to the report of J. B. Eaj nea,
ihe e iy superintendent ;
Towmiurs.
y
|i
729
701
lot
2200
I .1
1010
'.III
,1 I
1000
n
"a
217.18
141.80
709.27
L33.40
i .
ii 10
II l
<
139.71
1:1.1-
H
a
-
1382.71
urg
total
5109
-,...;- lo,
I" ihore wow S4sd i pill
Mil, Iron in tin- com
o iia-l. in 1-1". 17 common - boob, irlUi 1306 scholars.
Further details of the scl I- of both Hunterdon
and Somerset Counties will be found in the 'several
town-hip histories in this work.
STATISTICS OF POPULATION, Etc.
CENSUS OF 1737.
Counties.
â– a i
*4
82'
u
So
-
B-3
a*
1*
§
<
1018
907
12:10
940
1270
1170
867
5288
3773
219
782
CENSUS OF 1745.
s
.j
-
i
a »
2
Cu UNTIES.
ss
~ B
£
-
i 1
= •5
u. -
S3
to
u
<
2182
I'll 7
... 74D
705
672 71 1
2800
343
3239
In the census for 1746 there wa- an enumeration
made of Quakers, showing l'Io in Eunterdon and 91
in Somerset of that faith.
I I AM - o|' IT',
•si.
8 s
â– a -a
sa
2 E
Xfi - =
£| 111
g S i^
<
|
■«
4900
2819
191
147
nil
1810
20,153
12^96
GENS1 S 01 I
8
8
M
Cotnrma.
•a
-
-
I
â– -
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i
s
en
•3
1220
12,815
5345
17,
CENSUS or 1810.
Counties.
i
•3
-
s
â– *
i
I
11.11-
0,111
<
1
1
310
1119
1068
v gtr<» the total m
156
HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY.
CENSUS OF 1820.
ga
E*5S
Counties.
g!
1
1
lis
s
to
5 •> p
13,741
7,296
13,299
6,910
616
1122
1443
1487
91
CENSUS OF 1830.
Counties.
ga
gs
1
giS
5 s B
1
14,465
7,66S
14,653
7,717
172
448
1770
1859
17,689
The census of 1830 gives the following items of
interest :
Deaf and dumb in Hunterdon County 34
" " Somerset " 14
Blind in Hunterdon County 19
" Somerset " 17
Aliens in Hunterdon County 210
" Somerset " 118
Of the 4249 slaves and free colored persons in both
counties, none were deaf or dumb, and only five
reported as blind.
MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS, 1830. ,
Hunterdon Somerset
County. County.
Total nnmber of acres 324,572 189,800
Lots of and under ten acres 1,167
Neat cattle over three years 12,492 8,634
Horses and mules over three years 7,538 4,621
Stud-horses 60 25
Grist-mills, run of stones 80 64
Saw-mills 71 44
Fulling-mills 10 8
Cotton-factories 1
Cardiug-machines 17 11
Cider-distilleries 58 27
Tan-vats 624 211
Number of householders 668
Binglemen 673 391
" taxableB 6,000 3,500
" merchants and traders 86 68
" ferries and toll-bridges 9
" sulkies and dearborns 894 218
" coaches and chaises 4 32
" fisheries 17
" two- and four-horso stages.... 10 15
The taxes for 1830, according to the census, were as
follows :
Hunterdon Somerset
Township Tax. County. County.
Poor tax $6,850 84,476
Eoad " 8,300 6,837
Total $15,160 $10,313
County tax 10,000 6,000
State " 4,635.84 2,642.86
Aggregate $29,685.84 $18,955.86
The status of the militia in 1830 was as follows:
Eunterdon County had 327 cavalrymen and 2584 in-
fantrymen, — total in service 2911, — and was brigaded
with Warren and Sussex Counties.
Somerset County had 158 cavalrymen, 107 artillery-
men, 93 riflemen, and 1304 infantrymen ; total, 1662.
Somerset was brigaded with Middlesex and Monmouth
Counties.
CENSUS OF 1870.
Hunterdon County.
Townships. White. Colored. Total.
Alexandria 3,318 23 3,341
Bethlehem 2,183 28 2,211
Clinton 3,097 34 3,131
Delaware 2,932 31 2,963
EastAmwell 1,707 96 1,803
Franklin 1,318 7 1,325
Fremlitown 912 8 920
High Bridge (formerly part of Lebanon) ...
Kingwood 1,944 2 1,946
Lambertville 3,819 26 3,845
Lebanon 3,533 23 3,556
Raritan 3,515 140 3,655
Eeadingtou 3,005 64 3.009
Tewksbury 2,243 86 2,328
Town of Clinton 755 30 785
Union 1,040 11 1,051
West Amwell 992 40 1,032
Total 36,313 648 36,961
Somerset County.
Townships. White. Colored. Total.
Bedminster 1,790 91 1,881
Bernards 2,324 45 2,369
Branchburg 1,196 67 1,253
Bridgewater 5,505 379 5,884
Franklin 3,539 373 3,912
Hillsborough , 3,175 269 3,444
Montgomery 1,816 249 2,065
Warren 2,649 57 2,706
Total 21,994 1620 23,514
POPULATION OF SOMEESET COUNTY, 1880.*
Bedminster township 1,812
Bernards township 2,622
Branchburg township 1,316
Bridgewater township 7,995
Franklin township 3,819
Hillsborough township 3,249
Montgomery township 1,928
North Plainfield township 3,268
Warren township 1,203
Total 27,212
The population (1880) for the several villages and
hamlets is given as follows : Bedminster, 140 ; Pea-
pack, 235 ; Pluckamin, 135 ; Basking Ridge, 366 ;
Bernardsville, 147; Liberty Corner, 97; Madisonville,
49; North Branch, 120; Somerville, 3108; Raritan,
2040; Bound Brook, 936; Bloomington, 611; East
Millstone, 431 ; Middlebush, 84 ; Neshanic, 117 ; South
Branch, 117 ; Millstone, 262.
POPULATION OF HUNTERDON COUNTY, 1880.*
Alexandria township 1,324
Bethlehem township 2,830
Clinton township 2,133
Delaware township 3,092
East Amwell township 1,640
Franklin township 1,338
High Bridge township 2,21(1
Holland township 1,887
Kingwood township 1,694
Lebanon township 2,701
Earitan township 4,190
Eeadington township 3,104
Tewksbury township 2,108
Union township. 1,167
West Amwell township 1,039
Lambertville:
First Ward 1,354
Second Ward 1,281
Third Ward 1,648
4,183
Town of Clinton 842
Borough of Frcnchlown 1,039
Total 38,527
* From report of (he supervisor of the census, in advance of the print-
ing and issue "I the census returns by the United Slates government.
EDUCATIONAL AND STATISTICAL.
157
The population of the several villages of the county
for 1880 is: Bloomsbury, 587 ; Annandale, 379 ; Leb-
anon, 814; Locktown, 29 ; Raven Rock, 56 ; Sergeant-
vine, 139; Stockton, .".77; Riniros, :»IX; U'ertsville,
41; Pittetown, 100; Chenyville, 50; High Bridge,
1084; Milford, 554 ; Baptisttown, 112; Glen Gardner,
1 Il'7 ; Flemington,1754; Califon, 130; Mountainville,
118; New Germantown, 249; Stanton, 109; Three
Bridges, 166; Mechanicsville,200; Pleasant Run, 185;
White House Station, lioO; Cent IVY i lie. ."i I â– |!e;ulitlg-
Iiim, 59.
The number of farms in each township of both
counties al the present time I lSXOpmiy be seen al a
glance by the following table:
iir.vratiioN i mi sty.
Ales tndrta ....
Bethlehem
Clinton
Delaware
Bob) Amwi 11..
Franklin
ii b Brtdg.
Holland
Kingw I
Lebanon
Rarltan
Raadlngton ...
'I'. « ksbUT] ....
Union
Weal Imwell
Clinton town
Prenchtown, i
i.mi:i:si r mi sty.
I'.. .1 mi iii-tor
Hi. in< lilmrg
lii Idgewater
IV. "Mi M
1 1 1 11-.I iik'li
Montgomery
North Plainfleld..
Warren
Iii order thai the reader may draw true conclusions
from the above tables, the following, showing the ana
I "ii 1 1 in square miles and in am 3, i- given :
in s n ia».\ 001 am
1 iwnahipa. Sqnaro 3Iiles. Acres.
Alexandria (Including Holland 12.08 83,831
Bethlehem - " 16,191
"i.
Delaware J -is 29,107
Baal Imwell 26.06 17,248
ii inkltn 23.04 14,746
â– I
Lebanon 83.48 21,427
Rarltan 36.78
lt.ii.liiiti.il 1 1
Towkeburj 36.82
Union 21.82
« i Imwoll 19.04
LambertTlllo cii.v 1.21 771
4:'.7.:>1 280,000
SOMl RSI I I "INTY.
Townships. Square Uflea. Acres.
Bedmlnata 9
i i. 41.47
hburg 1>.7I
Brldgowater H
i ranklln I
1 1 ill borough 59.21
si . .i 1 1 i. 80.81
North PluintloUl and Warren
:«r..7l 196,654
VITAL STATISTICS OF HI NTBRDON AND SOMER-
SET COUNTIES FOIt Till-: YK\K ENDING JULY 1,
1879:
Hunterdon Somoraet
County.
Hirtlis 800 507
Marriages 286 169
D ii9
Dentin, nnder 6 v. in- 128 97
front 6 to 20 years 47 42
tr.ini ji toOOyeore 124 104
" ovor GO yeurs — Jul 164
" nndellned 29 9
PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH
n rdon Somerset
County. County.
Romlttont fevor 1 3
Typhoid forer 9 5
- irlet fever 9 8
Heasles 2 1
f'r.>u|i niul d!|ihthoriu Id 42
Itlarrlni'ul diseases 29 :il
Consumption ■'• 55
a. in- lung dlaeasee 65 46
Brain dleeeaee (children] 20
!â– ' ee hoart and circulation 82 23
nisriiM'- urinary i-oriiii- Is 18
Brain ami >i>iiiiil 'li-.-i-'s .I'luli- 62
â– and Intestinal dlaeasee 87 30
Cancer 19 10
Puerperal 2 3
Erysipelas 4
Acute rheumatism 1 1
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF GOVERNORS OF NEW
JERSEY PROM 1665 TO 1884.
GOVERNORS OF EAST JERSEY.
1666-81, Philip Carteret; 1682-83, Robert Bat la] 1688, Thomas Eud-
Di put] Govern u ; 16! I, G tv in Li II I
Campbell; 1692-97, tndrew SamlltoD; 169 I I Masse.
QOI ERN0BS or w EST JERSBY.
1081, Samuol Jennings, deputy ; 1681-86, Thomas Olivor; 1685-87, John
Bkeln, deputy; 1686, William Welsh, deputy; 1687, Daulol Coxo;
1692-SI7, Andrew Hamilton; 1697-99, Jercniiuli Itiisse, deputy; 10U9
-1702, Andrew Hamilton.
In 1702 the gover enl was surrendered to the
crown, and thenceforth the Governors were for
BAST \M' VI RSI JEESKV UNITED."
1703-8, John, Lord Cornbury; 1708, John Lovel Dee); 1709
i" Rli hard (ngoldsby, IJeutonant-Govi rnor; 1710-20, Gen. Andrew
Hunter; 1720-27, William Burnett; 1728 II, John Montg rle;
iv I i I ; 1782-36, William l
Hamilton,
COLON1 w, GOVERNORS, SEPAB \n: 1 ROM NEW YORK.
1738-46, Lewis Morris; 1740 47, John Hamilton; 1717 67, Jonathan
Bi ii. r; n â– . - .i I-" R idle la Barnard; 1760-
01, Tl i.i- Boon; 1761 Bardl . William
i ranklln.
FROBJ mi Minn i"S nr in ERA! CONSTITUTION.
1770-90, Willi:, ii i i Patanon iFe.1);
1792 1801, Richard He Fed.); 1 vice-
D
WIS I l-i : i .. William s. Pennington
(Dam.); 1816 17, Hahl I H. Wil-
liamson (Tod.); 1829, •
I ird <WIiIk); 1833-
34, B3lu P. Seoley (We
lllom Pennington
i-l ; ii. Donl :
i...\ 1 RNOBG I sia t; i in m \% CONSTm TION.f
1845-48, <
I
1863 â–
f Assuuk' their oBlelal dntles In January i
158
HUNTEEDON AND SOMEKSET COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY.
1869-72, Theodore F. Randolph (Dem.) ; 1872-75, Joel Parker (Dem.) ;
1875-78, Joseph D. Bedle (Dem.); 1878-81, George B. McClellan
(Dem.) ; 1881-84, Richard G. Ludlow (Dem.).
POST-OFFICES HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET COUN-
TIES (OFFICIAL), 1879.
HUNTERDON COUNTY.
Annandale, Anthony, Baptisttuwn, Bethlehem, Bloomshury, Califon,
Centreville, Cherryville, Clinton, Clover Hill, Copper Hill, Croton,
Everittstown, Fairmount, Flemington, French town, Glen Gardner,
Hamden, High Biidge, Holland, Junction, Kingwood, Lambertville,
Lebanon, Little York, Locktown, Milford, Mountain ville, Mount
Pleasant, New Germantown, New Hampton, Norton, Oak Dale, Oak
Grove, Pattenburg, Perry ville, Pittstown, Pleasant Run, Potters-
ville, Quakertown, Raven Rock, Readington, Reaville, Itingoes,
Rowland Mills, Sand Brook, Sergeantsville, Sidney, Stanton, Stock-
ton, Sunny Side, Three Bridges, Tumble, Wertsville, White House,
"White House Station.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Basking Ridge, Bedminster, Bernardsville, Black well's Mills, Blawen-
burg, Bound Brook, East Millstone, Fiuderne, Frankfort, Griggs-
town, Harlingen, Hillsborough, Kingston, Lamington, Liberty Cor-
ner, Lyons, Martinsville, Middlobush, Millstone, Montgomery,
Neshanic, North Branch, North Branch Depot, Peapack, Plainville,
Pluckamiu, Raritan, Rocky Hill, Roysfield, Somerville, South
Branch, Stoutsburg, Warrenville, Weston.
POPULATION.
The population of the State in 1865 was 773,700,
being 102 persons for every square mile. The fol-
lowing tabular statement shows the population by
counties at various periods during the last one hun-
dred and thirty years. The counties are grouped so
that those which have been formed last may be near
those from which they were taken.
POPULATION
OF NEW JERSEY AT