Atlantic County Resources

• Beaches   
• Bait Shops   
• Boat Ramps
• Organic Farms     
• Farmers Markets 
• State Representatives
• Fresh Water Lakes
• NJ Environmental Centers
• NJ Fishing Resources
• Useful NJ Shore Links for Other Counties

• Daytrips in Atlantic County- The Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
  

Atlantic County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2000 Census, the population is 252,552. Its county seat is Mays Landing^[1].

This county is part of the Delaware Valley area.

National protected areas

• Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (part)
• Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River (part)

All of what is known today as Atlantic County was once calledEgg Harbor Township, the eastern half of the originalCounty 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 theMullica River), and on the south by theGreat Egg Harbor Riverand its southern branch theTuckahoe River. Its eastern boundary was the Atlantic Ocean, but the western boundary in the South Jersey interior was not fixed until 1761.

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Compiled for Shore11 by Jim Shaffer