Atlantic County Courthouse

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The Atlantic County Courthouse is the historical courthouse for Atlantic County, New Jersey located in the county seat of Mays Landing, itself a part of Hamilton Township, U.S. It now houses the Office of County Clerk. The Atlantic County Sheriff's Office and older county jails are behind the building.

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The building was originally constructed in 1838 and expanded over the years [1][2][3] It was renovated in 2010. It is a contributing property to the Mays Landing Historic District listed in 1990 on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places (#338) and the National Register of Historic Places (#90001245).[4]

The building has been superseded by the Atlantic County Criminal Courts Complex, (1978) also in Mays Landing (

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39°26′18″N 74°41′28″W / 39.4383°N 74.6912°W / 39.4383; -74.6912 (Atlantic County Criminal Courts Complex)) and the Atlantic County Civil Courts Complex in Atlantic City (
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39°21′50″N 74°25′36″W / 39.3640°N 74.4266°W / 39.3640; -74.4266 (Atlantic County Civil Courts Complex)
),[5] which are part of the 1st vicinage.[6]

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References[]

  1. ^ Lee, Michelle (September 1, 2010). "County complex in Mays Landing will have different look by year's end". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. ^ "New Jersey Atlantic". Courthouse History. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlantic County". library.princeton.edu.
  4. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection-Historic Preservation Office.
  5. ^ "New Jersey Courts Atlantic/Cape May". State of New Jersey Department of Judiciary. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Vicinage". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

Coordinates: 39°27′07″N 74°43′34″W / 39.452°N 74.726°W / 39.452; -74.726 (Atlantic County Courthouse)

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