New Jersey has 566 municipalities, shown on this map (pdf). There are five different types of municipal government that became recognized by the Home Rule Act of 1917: borough, township, city, town and village. The most common is the borough. Each municipality can be classified as one of 12 different forms of government: Borough, Township, City, Town, Village, Commission, Council-Manager Act of 1923, OMCL Mayor-Council Plan, OMCL Council-Manager Plan, OMCL Small Municipality Plan, OMCL Mayor-Council-Administrator Plan, and Special Charters. The modern forms of government were created by the Walsh Act and the 1923 Municipal Manager Law: three or five member commissions (Walsh Act) and council-manager (Municipal Manager Law) Passed in 1950 and amended in 1981, the Faulkner Act added four forms of government: Mayor-Council, Council-Manager, Small Municipality and Mayor-Council-Administrator For detailed information on all 12 forms of government, visit the NJ League of Municipalities website.