Mays Landing

Atlantic County, New Jersey

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Photo: Champion House located on Main Street in the Mays Landing Historic District. The District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Photographed by username:Zeete (own work), 2023, [cc-4.0], via Wikimedia Commons, accessed July, 2024.

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See also: Mays Landing Historic District.

Mays Landing is a census-designated-place within the boundaries of Hamilton Township, lying roughly in the center of the county. Mays Landing was established as the seat of government for Atlantic County in 1837; the Atlantic County courthouse was built in 1838.

Beginnings [1]

Mays Landing was founded in 1760 by George May, a Philadelphia native, who exchanged local bog iron and timber for sale, rice, and indigo from the Carolinas. In 1939 a cotton mill was the sole industrial enterprise in town.

1. Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New Jersey, New Jersey: A Guide to Its Present and Past, American Guide Series, The Viking Press, 1939, New York

Nearby Towns: Hamilton Twp •