Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Hunterdon County · Flemington · a highland seat still hires a county
Flemington is the seat. Trenton is still Mercer.
Hunterdon is a western New Jersey county on the Delaware River, created 1714. Flemington is the seat. It is a small borough. It is not the capital. Trenton is the capital of New Jersey and sits in Mercer. Princeton is Mercer. Jersey City is Hudson. Newark is Essex.
Twenty-six municipalities include Flemington, Lambertville, Clinton, Frenchtown, High Bridge, Readington, Raritan Township, Tewksbury, and the rest. Flemington is this county. Princeton is Mercer. Trenton is Mercer. Jersey City is Hudson.
This page is Side One for the place. The Sheriff’s job — Justice Center court security, process, and the jail at 71 Park Avenue — is taught at Office of the Sheriff — Hunterdon County.
Five Commissioners, no County Executive
Hunterdon is governed by a Board of County Commissioners of five, elected at-large on a stagger, with a County Administrator. There is no County Executive. That is not Hudson. That is not Essex. That is not Mercer.
The Sheriff is a constitutional officer, three years, Article VII, Section II, paragraph 2. The board does not hire this badge. Last regular sheriff general was 4 November 2025. Next regular is Tuesday, 7 November 2028. Tuesday, 3 November 2026 is not this oval. The County Clerk is 2026 — a different desk. The Governor is 2029.
Delaware highlands, not the PATH
The Delaware River, the South Branch of the Raritan, the Hunterdon Plateau, and the Sourland are this land. I-78, Route 31, and Route 202 are this pavement. Round Valley and Spruce Run are reservoirs on this map. No PATH as the county hall. No gold capitol dome as the county story — that dome sits in Mercer. Staff who paste a Jersey City skyline onto Main Street are on the wrong county.
How a highland public actually files a paper
Each municipality has a site. Lambertville’s site does not speak for Tewksbury. The Sheriff’s listing speaks for court, process, warrants, transport, and the jail. The Division of Corrections at 71 Park Avenue is this Sheriff. The County Clerk sits at the Hall of Records, 71 Main Street. Do not send a Readington family to Trenton for a county paper. Do not send them to Princeton for a Hunterdon writ.
Historic courthouse, a jail this Sheriff still holds
Crime in Flemington is often Flemington Police. Crime in Raritan Township is often Raritan Township Police. New Jersey State Police is the state. Civil process, Superior Court security at 65 Park Avenue, sheriff sales, and fugitive work are this Sheriff. Jail as a local house is still this badge — confirm the live listing. Rights do not change at the Holland line. Remedy for borough police is the Borough. Remedy for a Sheriff’s paper is the Sheriff. Relief when the South Branch floods Flemington is this count first.
A student who stays on Main Street
A student uses town pages, the county jobs board, or the Sheriff’s official listing at 71 Main Street. The historic 1828 Courthouse is a landmark. It is not the whole job. Outreach that only knows one trial from 1935 is not doing Tewksbury or Holland.
Place snapshot (verify official sources)
- Seat: Flemington · Capital of New Jersey: Trenton (Mercer)
- Government: five Commissioners + Administrator · no Executive
- Sheriff: three years · next regular 2028 · still holds the jail
- Not Mercer · Not the capital · Not Princeton · Not Hudson
What this is not
- Not the capital of New Jersey. Not Trenton. Not Mercer. Not Princeton.
- Not Hudson. Not Jersey City. Not the PATH.
- Not Essex. Not Newark.
- Not Flemington Police as this Sheriff. The jail is this Sheriff.
- Not a campaign flyer.