Place:Alexandria, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States

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NameAlexandria
Alt namesAlexandriasource: WeRelate abbreviation
TypeTownship
Located inHunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
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Alexandria Township is a township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 4,938,[1][2][3] reflecting an increase of 240 (+5.1%) from the 4,698 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,104 (+30.7%) from the 3,594 counted in the 1990 Census.

Alexandria was formed by Royal charter on March 5, 1765, from portions of Bethlehem Township, and was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial 104 townships by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken to form Frenchtown (April 4, 1867), Holland Township (April 13, 1874, restored to Alexandria on March 4, 1878, and recreated on March 11, 1879) and Milford (April 15, 1911). The township was named for James Alexander, a surveyor who served as New Jersey Attorney General and who had acquired of land in the area in 1744.[4]

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