Atlantic County, New Jersey

Founding: 1837
Parent county: Gloucester

Namesake: The Atlantic Ocean
Seat: May's Landing (1837–)

Land area: 556 square miles

Population (2020): 274,534

Population (historic): 8,726 (1840); 11,786 (1860); 18,704 (1880); 46,402 (1900); 124,823 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1930; 1940–2010

Subdivisions: 13 cities; three boroughs; one town; five CDPs; six townships

National Register listings: 52

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 19,821 (15.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,708
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,547
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,726
Average farm size (1920): 18.8 acres
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May's Landing

Namesake: George May, local landowner

Founding: circa 1780 (founding); 1806 (post office)

Population (2020): 5,603

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 323 (27.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. School Number One (c. 1910). 1588 Somers Point Road. Egg Harbor. Classical Revival.