Genealogy Brick Walls - Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America

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Sussex County, New Jersey

Sussex County, New Jersey was created on 8 June 1753 from the four municipalities of Walpack Township, Greenwich Township, Hardwick Townshipand Newtown Township, which had been part of Morris County when Morris stretched over all of northwestern New Jersey. Sussex County at this time encompassed present-day Sussex and Warren Counties and its boundaries were drawn by the New York-New Jersey border to the north, the Delaware River to the west, and the Musconetcong River to the south and east.