New Jersey License Plates 1952-1956

Passenger Plates
1952 - 1956

From "List of License Plates Assigned to Agencies - 1952" (Division of Motor Vehicles)
These prefixes were for the A/A 000 and A/A 00A series initially issued in 1952.

COUNTY CODES 1952

AA-AL = Atlantic	HA-IZ = Hudson	MA-MZ = Monmouth	SI-SU = Somerset	WT-WZ = Hunterdon
AM-AZ = Burlington	JA-JZ = Essex	NA-NZ = Union	SV-SZ = Sussex	YA-YN = Passaic
BA-BZ = Bergen	KA-KZ = Middlesex	PA-PZ = Passaic	UA-UZ = Union	ZA-ZK = Gloucester
CA-CZ = Camden	LA-LS = Mercer	RA-RZ = Bergen	VA-VT = Morris expanded to VZ after 1952	ZL-ZV = Cumberland
EA-FZ = Essex	LT-LZ = Ocean	SA-SH = Salem	WA-WH = Warren	ZW-ZZ = Cape May

In 1952, new plates were issued with slots for validation tabs.
The initial allocation of plates documented for 1952 were A/A 000, then A/A 00A, and finally A/A 0000.

After the initial 1952 plates were exhausted, the additional numbering patterns of A/A 0A0 and then A/A A00 were used.
The plates issued after the initial 1952 allocations are denoted as '1952+' below.

1952 - 19561952: A/A 000, A/A 00A, A/A 0000
1953-56: A/A 0A0, A/A A00, A/A 0000

1952/53Atlantic
New Jersey License Plate 1953

1952/54Burlington
New Jersey License Plate 1954

1952/56Bergen
New Jersey License Plate 1956

1952+Camden
New Jersey License Plate 1954

1952+/54Essex
New Jersey License Plate 1954

1952Essex
New Jersey License Plate 1952

1952+/54Hudson
New Jersey License Plate 1954

1952+/55Hudson
New Jersey License Plate 1955

1952+Hudson
New Jersey License Plate 1952

1952Essex
New Jersey License Plate 1952

1952+/54Essex
New Jersey License Plate 1954

1952+/53Mercer
New Jersey License Plate 1953

1952/55Monmouth
New Jersey License Plate 1955

1952/56Monmouth
New Jersey License Plate 1956

1952Union
New Jersey License Plate 1952

1952+Union
New Jersey License Plate 1952

1952+Passaic
New Jersey License Plate 1952

1952/56Bergen
New Jersey License Plate 1956

1952Somerset
New Jersey License Plate 1952

1952/56Sussex
New Jersey License Plate 1954

1952Union
New Jersey License Plate 1952

1952/56Morris
New Jersey License Plate 1956

1952/53Hunterdon
New Jersey License Plate 1953

1952+/56Gloucester
New Jersey License Plate 1956

1952Cumberland
New Jersey License Plate 1952

1952+/55Cape May
New Jersey License Plate 1955

1952+Cape May
New Jersey License Plate 1952

1952Cape May
New Jersey License Plate 1952

The longe-sized A/A 0000 plates were issued in at least twelve counties.
They had the stacked 2-letter prefix followed by 4 digits.

After the initial allcations in 1952, there were additional plates issued beyond the original ranges (and at least one new county issued long plates).
The ranges issued in 1952 and any overflow plates issued after 1952 are documented in the table below.

County	1952	1953-1956
Burlington	(none)	AM1000 - AM2845
Bergen	BA1000 - BE9999	(none known)
Camden	CA1000 - CC6999	CC7000 - CE1786
Essex	EA1000 - EH5999	(none known)
Hudson	HA1000 - HC9999	HD1000 - HF3818
Middlesex	KA1000 - KA2999	KA3000 - KA3121
Mercer	LA1000 - LB8999	(none known)
Ocean	LT1000 - LT3999	LT4000 - LT4009
Monmouth	MA1000 - MB9999	MC1000 - MC2603
Union	UA1000 - UB4999	(none known)
Cumberland	ZL1000 - ZL5499	(none known)
Cape May	ZW1000 - ZW3499	(none known)