NEW-JERSEY. 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 



Length 

 Breadth 



Miles. 

 160 

 50 



£ between < t 



74>° 44' and 75° 33' West longitude 



Sq. Miles. 

 £ 8,320 



Boundaries ...New-Jersey is bounded on the west and south-west 

 by Delaware river and bay, which separates it from the states of 

 Pennsylvania and Delaware ; on the south-east and east, by the At- 

 lantic Ocean, the Sound, which separates Staten Island from the con- 

 tinent, and Hudson's river ; and on the north, by Raritan bay and the 

 state of New-York. 



Divisions.. ..This state is divided into 13 counties and 116 towns. 



Counties. 



Population 1810 . Chief Towns. 



Middlesex, 



20,381 



Perth Amboy, New-Brunswick 



Monmouth, . 



22,150 



Shrewsbury, Freehold. 



Essex, 



25,984 



Newark, Elizabethtown. 



Somerset, . 



14,728 



Boundbrook. 



Bergen, 



16,603 



Hackinsac. 



Burlington, 



24,979 



Burlington, Bordenton. 



Gloucester, 



19,744 



Woodbury, Gloucester. 



Salem, 



12,761 



Salem. 



Cumberland, 



12,670 



Hopewell, Bridgeport. 



Cape May, 



3,632 





Hunterdon, 



24,553 



„, ~> 40° 15' N. latitude 



1 RENTON, > „ . , „, ,„ r , 



' 5 74° 1 5' W. long. 



Morris, 



21,828 



Morristown. 



Sussex, 



25,549 



Newton. 



245,562 



Rivers. ...These are the Delaware, Raritan, Passaic, Hackinsac, 

 Great Egg Harbour, Maurice, and Musconecunk. A number of 

 smaller streams flow into the Delaware. On the Passaic is a remark- 

 able cataract : the height of the rock from which the water falls is 

 70 feet perpendicular, and the river there upwards of 50 yards 

 broad. 



Climate, soil, and produce. ...The climate is much the same 

 with that of New-York ; the soil is various ; at least one-fourth part 

 of the state is barren sandy land, producing pines and cedars; 

 the other parts in general are good, and produce wheat, barley, rye, 

 Indian corn, &c. in great perfection. 



