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Essex County is governed by the County Executive and the nine-member Board of County Commissioners, who administer all county business. Essex county joins Atlantic, Bergen, Hudson and Mercer counties as one of the 5 of 21 New Jersey counties with an elected executive. [41] The County Executive is elected by a direct vote of the electorate.
ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES PLANS TO CONSTRUCT NEW COMMUNITY CENTER IN ESSEX COUNTY INDEPENDENCE PARK IN NEWARK DIVINCENZO PROPOSES TO DEDICATE THE BUILDING AS “ESSEX COUNTY SHERIFF ARMANDO AND MARY FONTOURA COMMUNITY CENTER” 7,600-Square-Foot Building Would Provide Modern Space for Community Activities, Programs and Events
Sep 13, 2024 · Essex, county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., bounded by Newark Bay to the southeast and the Passaic River to the east and west. The county’s topography ranges from coastal lowland in the east to hilly piedmont in the west.
THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE: A New Leader for Essex County The County Executive, elected from the County at-large, for a four-year term, is the chief political and administrative officer of the County. The duties and powers of the County Executive are contained in Article 4 of the Administrative Code.
Essex County was officially established in 1682 by the East Jersey Legislature as one of the four original counties of present day New Jersey ( Bergen, Monmouth and Middlesex were the others.) By the time of the American Revolution, Essex County had become quite prosperous.
Essex County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of 2020, 863,728 people lived there, [3] making it the third most populous county in the state, behind Bergen County and Middlesex County, and the second most densely population county in the state after Hudson County.
Essex County, New Jersey has 126.1 square miles of land area and is the 19th largest county in New Jersey by total area. Topics in the Essex County, New Jersey data profile include: Populations and People; Income and Poverty; Education; Employment; Housing; Health; Business and Economy; Families and Living Arrangements; Race and Ethnicity
