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Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 128,349,〔(DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Hunterdon County, New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed May 30, 2012.〕 increasing by 6,360 (+5.2%) from the 121,989 counted in the 2000 Census,〔 retaining its position as the state's 14th-most populous county; The percentage increase since 2000 was the largest in New Jersey, almost triple the statewide increase of 4.5%, and the absolute increase in residents was the third highest.〔(NJ Labor Market Views ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, March 15, 2011. Accessed October 5, 2013.〕 It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Flemington.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 19th-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States (and the third highest in New Jersey) as of 2009.〔(250 Highest Per Capita Personal Incomes of the 3113 Counties in the United States, 2009 ), Bureau of Economic Analysis. Hunterdon has the highest Per Capita Personal Income for counties with under 250,000 people. Accessed April 9, 2012.〕 It is part of the Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.〔(May 2012 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Definitions ), Bureau of Labor Statistics. Accessed October 5, 2013.〕〔(Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas ), Office of Management and Budget, February 28, 2013. Accessed October 5, 2013.〕 Hunterdon County was established on March 11, 1714, separating from Burlington County, at which time it included all of present-day Morris, Sussex and Warren counties.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 153. Accessed May 30, 2012.〕 The rolling hills and rich soils which produce bountiful agricultural crops drew Native American tribes and then Europeans to the area. Hunterdon County is noted for having the second-lowest level of child poverty of any county in the United States.〔(Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates - Table 1: 2011 Poverty and Median Income Estimates - Counties ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 8, 2015.〕 == Geology == Around 500 million years ago, a chain of volcanic islands shaped like an arch collided with proto North America and rode over the top of the North American plate. The rock from the islands created the highlands of Hunterdon County as there was a shallow sea where Hunterdon County is now located. Then around four hundred million B.C., a small continent that was long and thin, collided with proto North America. This collision created compression, which caused heat. The Paleozoic sediment of shale and sandstone folded and faulted. The heat allowed the igneous rock to bend, thus Hunterdon County was born. The African plate which later collided with North America created more folding and faulting, especially in the southern Appalachians. Then the African and North America plates tore and drifted away from each other. The Wisconsin glacier that entered into New Jersey around 21,000 BC and then melted around 13,000 BC, did not reach Hunterdon County. However, there are glacial outwash deposits from streams and rivers that flowed from the glacier southward depositing rock and sediment. Hunterdon County has two geophysical provinces. The first is the Highlands which is the western section of the county. The other is the Piedmont which is the eastern and southern section of the county. The Highlands account for one third of the area and the Piedmont accounts for two thirds of the county. The Highlands are part of the Reading Prong. Limestone and shale over igneous rock comprise the Highlands. The Piedmont includes the Hunterdon Plateau and the Raritan Valley Lowlands which are above sea level. The Piedmont is made up of shale and sandstone. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hunterdon County, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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