county of New Jersey

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A county of New Jersey is a primary local government and administrative division within the U.S. state of New Jersey, providing regional services and governance for its constituent municipalities.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf local government unit ⓘ
subdivision of U.S. state ⓘ
type of administrative division ⓘ
appliesTo all territory within New Jersey ⓘ
coordinatesWith New Jersey state government ⓘ
municipal governments ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
firstCountiesCreated 17th century ⓘ
governingBodyElectedBy county residents ⓘ
governs constituent municipalities ⓘ
hasAlternativeName board of chosen freeholders (historical) ⓘ
hasElectedOfficial board of county commissioners members ⓘ
county clerk ⓘ
county sheriff ⓘ
surrogate (probate official) ⓘ
hasExecutiveRole county executive (in some counties) ⓘ
hasFunction administrative division for state programs ⓘ
geographical subdivision for courts and elections ⓘ
regional governance ⓘ
hasGovernmentType county government ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver municipality of New Jersey ⓘ
hasLegislativeBody board of county commissioners ⓘ
hasPower adopt ordinances ⓘ
adopt resolutions ⓘ
levy property taxes ⓘ
hasTypicalSeat county seat municipality ⓘ
higherLevelSubdivision Northeastern United States ⓘ
languageOfOfficialBusiness English ⓘ
legalBasis New Jersey Constitution ⓘ
New Jersey statutes ⓘ
levelOfGovernment intermediate between state and municipal ⓘ
locatedIn New Jersey ⓘ
numberOfCountiesInState 21 ⓘ
partOf state government structure of New Jersey ⓘ
providesService county roads maintenance ⓘ
elections administration support ⓘ
law enforcement support ⓘ
parks and recreation facilities ⓘ
regional services ⓘ
social services ⓘ
responsibleFor county court facilities ⓘ
county jail system (in many counties) ⓘ
county planning and land use at regional scale ⓘ
recording of deeds and official records ⓘ
subdivisionOf New Jersey ⓘ
usedFor delivery of certain public services ⓘ
statistical and demographic reporting ⓘ
uses home rule principles ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cape May County → subdivisionType → county of New Jersey ⓘ
New Jersey Department of Education → oversees → New Jersey county offices of education ⓘ
linked to: county of New Jersey