If you find a tick, there are may be options for identification: Check your county's cooperative extension office or mosquito control agency for assistance regarding Tick ID.
Lone Star Ticks in New Jersey: Risk, Ecology, and Prevention-- from Rutgers University, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station.
Longhorned (and Other) Ticks in New Jersey -- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Fish & Wildlife.
Longhorned Tick: What You Need to Know -- from the New Jersey Department of Health.
TickSpotters -- upload a photo of your tick, answers a few questions about your tick encounter, receive an email reply, usually within 24 hours. (Credit: Tick Encounter, the University of Rhode Island.)