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 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 _________________________________________________________________________________ May's Landing Namesake: ...