Atlantic County, NJ

Headnote
ATLANTIC COUNTY, situated in the southeast part of New Jersey, on the Atlantic ocean, and watered by Great and Little Egg-Harbor rivers. Area, 550 square miles. The surface is generally level, with numerous marches, bays, and islands on the southeast, and a light sandy soil, which is productive only from cultivation. Courts are held at May’s Landing. Pop., in 1840, 8,726; in 1850, 8,962. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
New Jersey

Atlantic County, New Jersey (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
ATLANTIC COUNTY, situated in the southeast part of New Jersey, on the Atlantic ocean, and watered by Great and Little Egg-Harbor rivers. Area, 550 square miles. The surface is generally level, with numerous marches, bays, and islands on the southeast, and a light sandy soil, which is productive only from cultivation. Courts are held at May’s Landing. Pop., in 1840, 8,726; in 1850, 8,962.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 29.
Date Type
A passenger steamship runs aground on a New Jersey beach and seven people are drowned. Crime/Disasters
Name Type
Atlantic City, NJ City or Town
Mays Landing, NJ City or Town
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