. Essex county, , illustrated . lso low meadow land, and as does that of Caldwell,borders the Passaic river, which forms their westeriy boundary,as well as that of the County of which they are a part; Mill-burn, 6,234; Newark, 9,126, with a few acres additional takenfrom East Orange; of Newarks average, about 4,282 are tidemarsh lands; Orange, about 1,800; South Orange, 6,118;West Orange, 3,725 ; Verona, a new township erected from theeasteriy edge of Caldwell, and containing about 4,000 acres,more or less. These above-named townships (thirteen in num-ber), with the cities of Newark and Or
. Essex county, , illustrated . lso low meadow land, and as does that of Caldwell,borders the Passaic river, which forms their westeriy boundary,as well as that of the County of which they are a part; Mill-burn, 6,234; Newark, 9,126, with a few acres additional takenfrom East Orange; of Newarks average, about 4,282 are tidemarsh lands; Orange, about 1,800; South Orange, 6,118;West Orange, 3,725 ; Verona, a new township erected from theeasteriy edge of Caldwell, and containing about 4,000 acres,more or less. These above-named townships (thirteen in num-ber), with the cities of Newark and Orange, the boroughs ofVailsburg, Glen Ridge and Caldwell, the villages of SouthOrange, Montclair, Irvington and Bloomfield, constitute thepolitical divisions of Essex County. GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY. NO county in the State of New Jersey, and few indeed, inany of our sister states, is more happily situated andderives a greater benefit, industrially and commercially speak-ing, from her geographical position. A glance at the map ought. ^ ^^>i VIEWS OF NE\\RK, N. J., IX 14 n^si-x corxrv. n. illvstkathd. to salisfy llie most skeptical that Esst-x Counly is pLCuliarlyfortunate in this respect, she being by nature a focal high position which she now liolcls. tlie grandeur of hersurroundings, the many lines of coiui-aunication with the out-side world, the concentration of traffic to her trade marts, andwithal, the six great railroads, the river and canal which pouralmost unbroken streams of wealth and into her lap,without considering the miglity concentration of manufacturinginterests, are all in the of irrefutable evidences that her•• lines have been cast in pleasant places, and that she is pecul-iarly fortunate in her geography and geographical relations. lissex County, in her wonderful growth and prosperity, isonly another offer in support of the truthfulness of the asser-tion that location lias much, if not all, to do in the upbuildingiif places
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