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Municipalities and School Districts (ch-F)


The State Archives holds selected records (original or microfilmed) from over eighty existing or defunct municipalities and school districts. However, acquisition of local government records has not been systematic.

Consult the Collecting Policy for additional information about the State Archives' accessioning guidelines.


Series:
Chambersburg Borough (Mercer County)
Common Council
Ordinances, 1872-1888
Control #:
MCGCO001
Format:
0.2 c.f. (1 vol.); 0.5 reel (16-mm)

Series:
Chambersburg Borough (Mercer County)
Common Council
Minutes, 1878-1888
Control #:
MCGCO002
Format:
0.5 c.f. (2 vols.); 1 reel (16-mm)
Arrangement:
Chronological

Series:
Chesterfield Township (Burlington County)
Township Committee
Minutes, 1692-1712
Control #:
MCHCO001
Format:
0.2 c.f. (1 vol.); 1 reel (35-mm)
Arrangement:
Chronological

Series:
Clayton Township (Gloucester County)
Miscellaneous Papers, 1858-1900
Control #:
MCI00001
Format:
1.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Notes:
Includes oaths of township officials.

Series:
Clayton Township (Gloucester County)
Record of Interest on Bonds, 1864-ca. 1870
Control #:
MCI00002
Format:
0.15 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Clayton Township (Gloucester County)
Clerk's Office
Voter Lists, 1858-1880
Control #:
MCICL001
Format:
0.2 c.f. (3 vols.)

Series:
Clayton Township (Gloucester County)
Clerk's Office
Returns of Marriages, Births and Deaths, 1857-1878
Control #:
MCICL002
Format:
0.4 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Clayton Township (Gloucester County)
Township Committee
Day Book, 1858-1878
Control #:
MCICO001
Format:
0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Clayton Township (Gloucester County)
Tax Collector's Office
Tax Warrant Books, 1858-1880
Control #:
MCITC001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (3 booklets)
Notes:
Includes booklets for 1858, 1859 & 1880.

Series:
Clayton Township (Gloucester County)
Tax Collector's Office
Tax Assessment Duplicates, 1860-1861
Control #:
MCITC002
Format:
0.1 c.f. (2 vols.)

Series:
Clayton Township (Gloucester County)
Tax Collector's Office
Bounty Poll Tax Account Ledger, 1864-1867
Control #:
MCITC003
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 book)
Notes:
Also includes a registry of dogs.

Series:
Clementon Township (Camden County)
Seal Presses, ca. 1903-1929
Control #:
MCL00001
Format:
0.4 c.f. (1 box)
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Clementon Township (Camden County)
Financial Journal, 1922-1929
Control #:
MCL00002
Format:
0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Clementon Township (Camden County)
Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1903-1929
Control #:
MCL00003
Format:
0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Clementon Township (Camden County)
Township Committee
Minutes, 1903-1929
Control #:
MCLCO001
Format:
1 c.f. (6 vols.)
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Clementon Township (Camden County)
Township Committee
Ordinance Books, 1903-1929
Control #:
MCLCO002
Format:
0.5 c.f. (3 vols.)
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Clementon Township (Camden County)
Custodian of School Moneys
Financial Record Books, 1917-1928
Control #:
MCLSC001
Format:
1 c.f. (8 vols.)
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Clementon Township (Camden County)
Tax Collector's Office
Record of Tax Delinquents, 1911
Control #:
MCLTC001
Format:
0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Clementon Township (Camden County)
Tax Collector's Office
Assignments of Tax Sales, 1913-1923
Control #:
MCLTC002
Format:
0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Clementon Township (Camden County)
Tax Collector's Office
Tax Assessment Duplicates, 1918-1926
Control #:
MCLTC003
Format:
1 c.f. (9 vols.)

Series:
Clementon Township (Camden County)
Tax Collector's Office
Tax and Assessment Maps, 1923
Control #:
MCLTC004
Format:
1 c.f. (49 diazo sheets)

Series:
Clementon Township School District (Camden County)
Minutes of the Board of Education, 1903-1929
Control #:
MCM00001
Format:
0.5 c.f. (2 vols.)
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Cohansey Township (Cumberland County)
Clerk's Office
Minutes of Annual Town Meetings, 1848-1864
Control #:
MCOCL001
Format:
0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Cohansey Township (Cumberland County)
Township Committee
Minutes, 1848-1865
Control #:
MCOCO001
Format:
0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
East Orange Township (Essex County)
Clerk's Office
Election Records, 1906-1976
Control #:
MEBCL001
Format:
6 c.f. (6 boxes)

Series:
Elizabethtown Borough (Essex County)
Court of Common Pleas/Court of General Quarter Sessions
Papers, 1794-1826
Control #:
MELCP001
Format:
1 c.f. (1 box [88 folders])
Arrangement:
Chron. within court, following minutes

Series:
Elizabethtown Township (Essex County)
Survey Books, 1729-1788
Control #:
MEM00001
Format:
0.4 c.f. (1 vol., 1 photocopy); 1 reel (35-mm)
Notes:
Film includes original Book B at Princeton University Library.
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Englewood Township (Bergen County)
Township Committee
Minutes, 1871-1896
Control #:
MENCO001
Format:
0.5 c.f. (2 vols.)

Series:
Ewing Township (Mercer County)
Clerk's Office
Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1848-1878
Control #:
MEWCL001
Format:
0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)
Arrangement:
Chronological within record type

Series:
Ewing Township (Hunterdon/Mercer County)
Township Committee
Minutes, 1834-1869
Control #:
MEWCO001
Format:
0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
Arrangement:
Chronological

Series:
Fairfield Borough (Essex County)
School Roll Book, no date
Control #:
MFA00001
Format:
0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)
Notes:
This roll book has been attributed to Fairfield; however, it is not clear whether it is from a public or a private school.

Series:
Franklin Township (Bergen County)
Overseer of the Poor
Record Book, 1786-1836
Control #:
MFNPR001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (photocopied vol.); 1 reel (35-mm)

Series:
Franklin Township (Essex County)
Indexes of Property Owners, ca. 1895-1902
Control #:
MFR00001
Format:
0.5 c.f. (2 vols.)
Notes:
The volumes are not dated, but were probably in use ca. 1895-1902.
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Franklin Township (Essex County)
Township Committee
Minutes, 1883-1902
Control #:
MFRCO001
Format:
1 c.f. (5 vols.)
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Franklin Township (Essex County)
Township Committee
Ordinance Book, 1895-1901
Control #:
MFRCO002
Format:
0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Franklin Township (Essex County)
Commissioners of Tax Appeals
Minutes, 1874-1901
Control #:
MFRTA001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Franklin Township (Essex County)
Tax Assessor's Office/Tax Collector's Office
Tax Assessments [Duplicates], 1874-1890
Control #:
MFRTB001
Format:
1 c.f. (12 vols.)
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Franklin Township (Essex County)
Tax Collector's Office
Record of Delinquent Taxes, 1893-1894
Control #:
MFRTC001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Franklin Township (Essex County)
Tax Collector's Office
Record of Tax Warrants and Sales, 1895-1898
Control #:
MFRTC002
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Franklin Township (Somerset County)
Township Committee
Minutes, 1798-1871
Control #:
MFTCO001
Format:
0.2 c.f. (1 vol.); 0.2 reel (35-mm)

Series:
Franklin Township (Warren County)
Township Committee
Minutes, 1839-1924
Control #:
MFWCO001
Format:
1 c.f. (4 vols.); 2.2 reels (35-mm)
Notes:
Volume 1 includes miscellaneous accounts, 1839-1887; volume 4 includes treasurer's accounts, 1914-1924.
Finding Aid:
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 23.15 c.f. of paper records and 6.9 reels of microfilm ~


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This page last updated 05/17/2006