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Egg Harbor City was officially incorporated as a city by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on June 14, 1858, from portions of Galloway Township and Mullica Township. The city was reincorporated on February 13, 1868. The city's growth was slowed due to an economic crisis in 1857, and then further during the Civil War.
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Egg Harbor City incorporated as a city by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on June 14, 1858, from portions of Galloway Township and Mullica Township. The city was reincorporated on February 13, 1868.
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Sep 17, 2012 · The land located north of the harbor and east of the river was incorporated as Egg Harbor City in 1858 after being settled by German immigrants many years earlier. Egg Harbor Township...
The City of Egg Harbor was incorporated in the year 1858. The first Mayor of the City was Philip Mathias Wolsieffer, and his term lasted from June 18, 1858, until January 18, 1860.
Dec 25, 2011 · Other sources have placed the date of discovery in 1897, while the facility was incorporated into Egg Harbor City in 1905.
Probably the most visible sign of Egg Harbor City's German founding are the street signs. The street names were planned and laid out with very specific themes. For a ten-mile stretch along US Route 30 (also known as the White Horse Pike) most of the major cross-streets, (running southwest/northeast) bear the names of cities with some German ...
Atlantic City was incorporated in 1854, Egg Harbor City in 1858, Hammonton in 1865, Buena Vista in 1867, Absecon in 1872, and Somers Point, Pleasantville, Linwood, Brigantine City, and South Atlantic City more recently.
