Egg Harbor Township got its name from the Dutch Explorer Cornelius Mey, who in 1614 sailed upon this area. He discovered the meadows so covered with shorebirds and waterfowl eggs that he called it “Eyren Haven” Egg Harbor. In 1710, by an act of the Legislature, the legal territory of Gloucester was set and Egg Harbor Township encompassed all of what is now modern day Atlantic County. In 1837, Atlantic County was set apart from Gloucester County and Egg Harbor Township developed what is now its present day boundaries.
Egg Harbor Township is located in the geographical center of Atlantic County, about eight miles west of Atlantic City. There are two State Highways which cross inside our Township: the Garden State Parkway (North to South) and the Atlantic City Expressway (East to West). Other major roadways that go through Egg Harbor Township are U.S. 40 and U.S. 322.
A bedroom community for Atlantic City’s gambling and tourist industry, Egg Harbor Township is sixty nine square miles and is surrounded by more waterfront then any other municipality in New Jersey. We have marinas, major shopping centers, industrial parks, restaurants, motels and hotels, arts center, schools, churches, and thousands of homes. We are home to the Atlantic City International Airport, the FAA Research Center, the Federal Air Marshals Training Center and the United States Coast Guard Search and Rescue Base. Currently, we have more golf courses than any other municipality in the State of New Jersey. Egg Harbor Township has approximately 40,000 residents who enjoy a quality life!!
The police department was formed in 1968 as a full time police agency and currently has 96 sworn members and over 50 non-sworn personnel and volunteers. We recently moved into a state of the art building and continue to actively recruit diverse individuals into our ranks.
Our patch provides a distinctive uniform emblem which identifies all members of the Department to the Public and engenders great esprit de corps. It’s center contains the Official Emblem of the Municipality. It features an early Dutch settler and a native Leni Lenape living in harmony, with a ship in the background to represent the early ship building trade in the Township’s Great Egg Harbor |
