As this is the third quiz in this series, some of the clues (particularly from the counties with fewer municipalities) are starting to get more prominent.
Sitting across the Passaic from Woodland Park, its western portions rise up toward higher ground in Wayne, hence a name that may derive from the Lenape for 'between mountains and water'.
Folsom
A near-perfect rectangle bordering another near-perfect rectangle (Hammonton), it was named for Grover Cleveland's wife, Frances Folsom.
Cranbury Twp.
The least-densely populated place in the county, one of its homes was used by Alexander Hamilton and the Marquis de Lafayette as a headquarters in 1778.
West New York
Perched on the Hudson looking east at New York, the town is the third-most-densely-populated incorporated place in the country ... trailing neighbors Guttenberg and Union City.
Hardwick Twp.
Though the populated areas are located along the Sussex County border to the east, a large chunk of its area is found along the Delaware River to the west, thanks to the absorption of Pahaquarry Twp. in 1997—the first N.J. municipality to go belly-up since 1965.
Plumsted Twp.
Located at the tripoint of Ocean, Burlington and Monmouth counties, it's better known for the community of New Egypt, which accounts for about a quarter of the township population.
Mine Hill Twp.
Nestled along U.S. 46 in western Morris County, it was named after the iron ore mines in the area, though the last of those closed in the 1960s.
Woodbine
Pinned between Upper and Dennis townships, it's one of only three landlocked municipalities in the county ... and the other two (West Wildwood, West Cape May) are just a smidge closer to water.
Green Twp.
Located in southern Sussex near Andover, it was created in 1824 from the portions of Hardwick and Independence that were left behind when those townships became part of the new Warren County.
Bass River Twp.
Hiding out amid the Pinelands in the southernmost reaches of Burlington County, it is home to a short stretch of the Garden State Parkway—making Burlington the only county in South Jersey to host both the Parkway AND the Turnpike.
Quinton Twp.
A rural tract of southern Salem County, it's the only incorporated place in New Jersey that begins with a 'Q'.
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National Park
Settled along the Delaware at the site of the Battle of Red Bank during the Revolutionary War, it has nothing to do with any national park; instead, a Gloucester County park commemorates the battle.
North Caldwell
The least populous of the Caldwells, it was the fictional home of the titular family in HBO's The Sopranos.
Chesilhurst
Located way down in lower Camden County, its population quadrupled between 1960 and 1980 but has held steady ever since.
Upper Deerfield Twp.
The northernmost township in Cumberland's western arm, it only broke off of Deerfield Twp. in 1922.
Glen Gardner
About halfway between Clinton and Washington on N.J. 31, it boasts a colorful history of names, including Eveland's Tavern, Spruce Run Mills and Sodom.
Farmingdale
One of five boroughs in western Monmouth completely or nearly surrounded by a single township, it's the one that's smallest relative to its neighbor (Howell).
Kenilworth
Indirectly named for an English town (by way of a literary society named for a novel named for a castle named for that town), its high school is named for U.S. Constitution signer David Brearley.
Glen Rock
Situated roughly where the Bergen-Passaic border shifts from running north-south to east-west, its high school football team won five straight sectional titles from 1998 to 2002.
Robbinsville Twp.
Located in the crosshairs of the New Jersey Turnpike and Interstate 195, it was called Washington from 1859 until 2008.
Watchung
Wedged between I-78 to the north and U.S. 22 to the south, it's found along the ridge of the First Watchung Mountain as it rises toward Summit.
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