Headnote
HUNTERDON COUNTY, situated on the western boundary of New Jersey, with Delaware river on the southwest. Area, 345 square miles. Face of the country mountainous and hilly; soil generally productive. Seat of justice, Flemington. Pop. in 1810, 24,553; in 1820, 28,604; in 1830, 31,066; in 1840, 24,789; in 1850, 28,981. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
New Jersey

Hunterdon County, New Jersey (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
HUNTERDON COUNTY, situated on the western boundary of New Jersey, with Delaware river on the southwest. Area, 345 square miles. Face of the country mountainous and hilly; soil generally productive. Seat of justice, Flemington. Pop. in 1810, 24,553; in 1820, 28,604; in 1830, 31,066; in 1840, 24,789; in 1850, 28,981.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 161.
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