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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of New Jersey: Judicial District Organization, 1801-present

	Eastern District of New Jersey	Western District of New Jersey
February 13, 1801 2 Stat. 89	Counties of Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Somerset. The statute assigned to the district the part of the state known as East New Jersey.	Counties of Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Morris, Salem, and Sussex. The statute assigned to the district the part of the state known as West New Jersey.
March 8, 1802 2 Stat. 132	The statute reorganized the state as one judicial district.	The statute reorganized the state as one judicial district.
Historical county information obtained from William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries*, at The Newberry Library.

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