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The cuisine of New Jersey is derived from the state's long immigrant history [1] and its close proximity to both New York City and Philadelphia. Due to its geographical location, New Jersey can generally be divided by New York City cuisine in the northern and central parts of the state and Philadelphia cuisine in the southern parts .
It was originally called Egg Harbor by the Dutch sailors because of the eggs found in nearby gull nests. The bay is part of the Intracoastal Waterway . The historical spelling for the bay is "Little Egg Harbour" as found on maps provide by Rutgers University: [ 1 ] 1706, 1775, 1777, 1784, 1795, 1826, and 1834.
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Little Egg Harbor Township was formed on February 13, 1740, as Egg Harbour Township from portions of Northampton Township (now Mount Holly), while the area was still part of Burlington County. It was incorporated as one of New Jersey's 104 in the Township Act of 1798 by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798.
Mystic Island (also called Mystic Islands or Mystic) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [7] located within Little Egg Harbor Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Egg Harbor may refer to the following places in the United States of America: New Jersey Egg Harbor City, New Jersey; Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey; Great Egg Harbor River; Mullica River, formerly known as Little Egg Harbor River; Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey; Wisconsin Egg Harbor, Wisconsin; Egg Harbor (town), Wisconsin
U.S. Route 30 (the White Horse Pike) is the most significant highway passing through Egg Harbor City. Egg Harbor City also features the northern terminus of New Jersey Route 50, which ends at an intersection with US 30 near the center of the city. [119] Major county routes passing through the city include County Route 561 and County Route 563.
In Egg Harbor City, the road passes homes and businesses before coming to the northern terminus of Route 50 in the center of town. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] At this intersection, CR 563 splits from US 30 by heading northeast on two-lane undivided Philadelphia Avenue, which continues south as Route 50. [ 1 ]