New Jersey Cities/Counties Trivia Quiz

Answer: Salem

Salem County in the southwestern corner of the state has only about 65,000 citizens! Cape May, Warren, and Sussex Counties have all surpassed the 100,000 citizen mark.

Answer: Bridgeton

While Vineland, home to many immigrants, is the biggest city in the county in both population and size, Bridgeton is the county seat. Millville is also one of the biggest towns in souther New Jersey. Mays Landing is the county seat of Atlantic County, not Cumberland.

Answer: Edison & Woodbridge

Edison and Woodbridge both have over 90,000 citizens! New Brunswick is the county seat, with about 50,000 people, and Perth Amboy is a smaller, very urbanized city, where Middlesex County has its only connection to New York City, Staten Island, at the Outerbridge crossing.

Answer: Bergen, Essex, and Middlesex

Bergen, Essex, and Middlesex counties all have a population over 750,000! Camden has one of the largest populations of southern counties and Hudson is the most densely populated county in the state, containing tightly-packed towns such as Jersey City, Bayonne, Guttenburg, Weehawken, Secaucus, West New York, and Union City.

Answer: Middletown

Middletown is the largest, with over 70,000 habitants. Freehold is the county seat with about 35,000 people. Asbury Park is the birthplace of Bruce Springsteen, and Red Bank is a coastal town that is a mecca of the arts.

Answer: Hudson

Hudson County is the smallest county in area in New Jersey, and one of the smallest in the country, even though it ranks high in population, due to cities like Jersey City and Bayonne. Camden and Gloucester are the smallest in the south.

Answer: Burlington

Burlington County borders a long segment of the Delaware, and barely touches the Atlantic Ocean in its southern tip. Burlington is also the largest county in size in New Jersey. Atlantic and Ocean Counties border the Atlantic on their east side, while Monmouth borders it on its east and north side (the north resides on Raritan Bay).

Answer: Trenton and Hamilton

Trenton and Hamilton are also two of the nine most populated cities in the state. Ewing and White Horse are northern suburbs of Trenton, while East Windsor is on the other side of the county, near Middlesex County.

Answer: Atlantic

Salem and Cumberland Counties border the bay, Atlantic County only borders the Atlantic Ocean, while Cape May County borders both. Salem is the mouth of the Delaware River, where the river flows into the Delaware Bay.

Answer: True

The second largest lake is Greenwood Lake, which is shared by both New Jersey and New York. The lake is in the northern part of the state, not quite in the 'mountains' in Sussex county, but in the Highlands of North Central New Jersey.