Unincorporated area (New Jersey)
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Unincorporated areas in the state of New Jersey are communities that are part of one or more incorporated municipalities. Some of the areas have official recognition as a Census-designated place, such as Somerset, New Jersey which is part of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. Other communities have their own ZIP Code because they have their own post office such as Deans, New Jersey, which is part of South Brunswick Township, New Jersey. Other communities were once single-owner large farms that were later incorporated into a neighboring township such as Middlebush, New Jersey. Some smaller communtities are incorporated into larger urban areas, such as when Greenville was merged into Jersey City
In New Jersey, all unincorporated areas belong to, and are part of, a City, Township, Town, Borough or Village and pay property taxes to that entity. In other parts of the United States, unincorporated areas don't belong to any municipality and the residents don't pay property taxes to any local government, and thus have no local services to maintain roads and educate the populace.
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