New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen . , thenone hundred and thirty thousand, with three hun-dred and eighty-six thousand in 1900. Essexs andHudsons increase between 1890 and 1900 wasforty per cent. From 1870 to 1900, the growth ofUnion County was less dramatic, ranging betweenforty-two thousand and one hundred during these thirty years increased fromforty-six thousand five hundred to one hundred andfifty-five thousand, and Middlesex County fromforty-five thousand to eighty thousand. Morrisadded twenty-two thousand to her population of1870. Brief
New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen . , thenone hundred and thirty thousand, with three hun-dred and eighty-six thousand in 1900. Essexs andHudsons increase between 1890 and 1900 wasforty per cent. From 1870 to 1900, the growth ofUnion County was less dramatic, ranging betweenforty-two thousand and one hundred during these thirty years increased fromforty-six thousand five hundred to one hundred andfifty-five thousand, and Middlesex County fromforty-five thousand to eighty thousand. Morrisadded twenty-two thousand to her population of1870. Briefly and generally stated, in the Coun-ties of Bergen, Passaic, Morns, Essex, Hudson,Middlesex, and Union, comprising the area of di-rect New York metropolitan influence, are to befound three-fifths of the residents of New lesser metropolitan area, that of Philadel-phia, is much less definite in its direct implication it may be made to include all ofSouthern and Central New Jersey, although theNew York influence is strong in Atlantic City and. 280 NEW JERSEY AS A COL along the shore of Ocean County, and is felt inVineland and Bridgeton. Trenton marks thepoint of separation between the influences of NewYork and Philadelphia, although the towns of theDelaware Valley between Trenton and Phillips-burg are in closer touch with Philadelphia thanwith New York City. Warren and Sussex Coun-ties are unassociated, however, with Philadelphia. Strictly speaking the metropolitan area of Phila-delphia embraces Burlington County, Trenton inMercer County, Camden, Gloucester, Cape May,and Salem Counties, and a large portion of Cum-berland County, together with Atlantic City. Incities, towns, and villages within these countiesthere are those who daily transact business inPhiladelphia, are in fact of the well-defined ^ com-muter class. It has been from 1870 that the in-fluence of Philadelphia has been felt most directly,as it has only been within the past thirty yearsthat Ph
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