Atlantic County

All of what is known today as Atlantic County was once called Egg Harbor Township, the eastern half of the original County of Gloucester. Named as an official district as early as 1693, it was bounded on the north by the Little Egg Harbor River (now known as the Mullica River), and on the south by the Great Egg Harbor River and its southern branch the Tuckahoe River. Its eastern boundary was the Atlantic Ocean, but the western boundary in the South Jersey interior was not fixed until 1761.

Key Demographics:

Area : 561.01 Sq. Miles
Population: 269,993
Median Household income: $55,349
Percent below poverty level: 10.50%
Political subdivisions: 21, consisting of 13 cities, three boroughs, and six townships.

CFSJ Grants & Support

A $5,000 grant from was awarded to A Place for US Atlantic County Women’s Center to support the Home to work program, To support the Home to Work program serving families at-risk due to abusive situations, offering a variety of services including life skills development and career and educational programs.

Fun Facts

The world’s largest elephant statue, Lucy the Elephant, is in Margate.
The first airplane passenger flight flew from New York and landed in Atlantic City on May 3, 1919.
Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world, which was the first one built in the world in 1870.
Atlantic City is where the street names came from for the game Monopoly.