Essex County, New Jersey (U.S.)

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image by Jens Pattke, 4 May 2001

• Description of the flag
• Variants of the flag

- indicates flag is known.
- indicates it is reported that there is no known flag.

Municipal flags in Essex County:

• Belleville Township
• Bloomfield Township
• Caldwell
• East Orange
• Essex Fells
• Glen Ridge
• Livingston Township
• Maplewood Township
• Millburn Township
• Montclair Township
• Newark
• Nutley
• Orange Township
• South Orange Township
• Verona
• West Caldwell
• West Orange

See also:

• County and Municipal flags of New Jersey
• New Jersey
• United States of America

Description of the flag

The Essex County flag was adopted on 25 April 1957.

Source: David Martucci: "The flags of New Jersey" in Flag Bulletin X:2-3 (from III.ICV); Flag Research Center Winchester

Jens Pattke, 4 May 2001

Variant of the flag

At a press conference held by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. I noticed that the flag on his left (viewer's right) was the flag of Essex County, NJ. However, it was not the same as the design shown above. The flag can be seen in this video from the press conference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0lZFBoD9LM

The same flag can also be seen in a photo from this article: thealternativepress.com/towns/west-essex/articles/governor-chris-christie-opens-turtle-back-zoo-sea.

The main differences in design are the addition of "COUNTY OF ESSEX" in the blue area above the seal, and "NEW JERSEY" in the blue area below the seal. In addition, the seal is gold/yellow on white which makes it difficult to see.
Andy S., 7 May 2013

image located by Dave Fowler, 5 July 2021

image located by Dave Fowler, 5 July 2021

These variants show differences from the flag shown above on this page. One has text in white and the seal in blue and white. The other is like the one in the video with the text in yellow.
Dave Fowler, 5 July 2021