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Essex County

county in New Jersey, United States
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Summary

Essex County is a county of New Jersey[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of county of new jersey entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,651 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: New Jersey[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Newark[5]
  • Shares border with: Passaic County[6], Bergen County[7], Hudson County[8], Union County[9], Morris County[10]
  • Named after: Essex[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Newark[12], Essex Fells[13], Caldwell[14], East Orange[15], Maplewood[16], Belleville[17], Millburn[18], Livingston[19], Bloomfield[20], South Orange[21], Montclair[22], West Orange[23], Cedar Grove[24], North Caldwell[25]
  • Twinned administrative body: Rishon LeZion[26]
  • Commons category: Essex County, New Jersey[27]
  • Inception: March 7, 1683[28]
  • Coordinate location: 40.79, -74.25[29]
  • Official website: http://www.essex-countynj.org/[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Essex County, New Jersey[31]
  • Population: 783,969[32], 784,476[33], 786,337[34], 786,943[35], 789,565[36], 797,434[37], 863,728[38]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey[39]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Essex County, New Jersey[40]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Essex County, New Jersey[41]
  • Number of households: 290,680[42]
  • Native label: Essex County[43]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109468[44]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Essex County, New Jersey[45]
  • Different from: Essex County[46]
  • Area: 336[47]

Why It Matters

Essex County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Related Entities

New Jersey Rishon LeZion United States

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Essex County, New J
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Essex County, New Jersey.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States president"
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Essex County, Essex County, Essex County +1
    Inception → +1683-03-07T00:00:00Z
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Essex County, New Jersey
    Country → —
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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