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Sussex County

county in New Jersey, United States
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Summary

Sussex County is a county of New Jersey[1]. It draws 1,064 Wikipedia views per month (county of new jersey category, ranking #14 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: New Jersey[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Newton[5]
  • Shares border with: Passaic County[6], Morris County[7], Warren County[8], Monroe County[9], Pike County[10], Orange County[11]
  • Named after: Sussex[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Newton[13], Sussex[14], Ogdensburg[15], Sparta[16], Sandyston Township[17], Walpack Township[18], Fredon Township[19], Stillwater[20], Franklin[21], Andover Borough[22], Stanhope[23], Hamburg[24], Branchville[25], Hopatcong[26]
  • Commons category: Sussex County, New Jersey[27]
  • Inception: June 8, 1753[28]
  • Highest point: High Point[29]
  • Coordinate location: 41.14, -74.69[30]
  • Official website: https://www.sussex.nj.us/[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sussex County, New Jersey[32]
  • Population: 149,265[33], 148,792[34], 148,157[35], 147,192[36], 145,992[37], 143,673[38], 144,221[39]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Sussex County, New Jersey[40]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Sussex County, New Jersey[41]
  • Number of households: 54,166[42]
  • Native label: Sussex County[43]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109480[44]
  • Different from: Sussex County[45]
  • Area: 1388[46]
  • Water as percent of area: 3.12[47]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Sussex County include sussexite[48], a mineral species[49].

Why It Matters

Sussex County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Entities named for it include sussexite[48], a mineral species[49].

Related Entities

New Jersey United States

References

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . 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/Sussex County, New
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Sussex County, New Jersey.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presiden"
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 41.14, 'longitude': -74.69}
    Official website → https://www.sussex.nj.us/
    Named after → —
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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