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Egg Harbor Township is a township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 47,842, [9] [10] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 4,519 (+10.4%) from the 2010 census count of 43,323, [19] [20] which in turn reflected an increase of 12,597 (+41.0%) from the 30,726 counted in the 2000 census.
The B.L. England Generating Station, also called Beesley's Point Generating Station, was a power plant in Upper Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, on the Great Egg Harbor River. The facility provided approximately 450 megawatts of generating capacity from three generating units.
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. [114] Major county routes passing through the city include County Route 561 and County Route 563.
Currently, where Patcong Creek meets Great Egg Harbor River is still called Jeffries Landing. John Sr. and his wife, Judiah, had three sons, one of whom was John Jeffries Jr. (1789-1834). [ 4 ] [ 7 ] In 1819 John Jeffries Jr. was named wharf master at Jeffries Landing, responsible for collecting the wharfage of 30 cents per day to dock there. [ 7 ]
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Bargaintown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [4] located within Egg Harbor Township, in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [5] [6] The Egg Harbor Township municipal building is located in Bargaintown, about 0.25 mi (0.40 km) east of the Garden State Parkway.
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.
Great Egg Harbor Bay (or Great Egg Harbor) is a bay between Atlantic and Cape May counties along the southern New Jersey coast. The name derives from Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobsen May 's description of the plentiful birds laying eggs, naming the waters Eyren Haven , which translates to Egg Harbor in English.