Atlantic County Court House

Atlantic County Court House is a New Jersey historical marker in Atlantic County.

Marker is on Main Street (US 40).

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After the NJ legislature created Atlantic County on February 7, 1837,Weymouth Ironmaster Samuel Richards donated land to build this courthouse. Renovated in 1978. Mays Landing Historic District entered on National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1828 · New Jersey (T. Gordon, 1828) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1834 · New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1834) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1834 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1847 · New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Atlantic Co., N.J. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1834), 1834, covering the location of Atlantic County Court House, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1834), 1834, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Atlantic County Court House

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