EGG HARBOR CITY, NEW JERSEY

'Egg Harbor City' is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 4,545.
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."The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 68.

Contents

History

Geography

Demographics

Government

Local government

Federal, state and county representation

Education

Notable natives

References

External links

History

Egg Harbor City was founded in 1854 by German Americans from Philadelphia as a refuge for those being persecuted in the anti-immigrant violence known as the Know-Nothing movement. It remained an island of German language and culture in South Jersey for more than 50 years.

Geography

Egg Harbor City is located at (39.549881, -74.617501).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 29.9 km² (11.5 mi²). 28.8 km² (11.1 mi²) of it is land and 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²) of it (3.73%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 4,545 people, 1,658 households, and 1,150 families residing in the city. The population density was 158.0/km² (409.2/mi²). There were 1,770 housing units at an average density of 61.5/km² (159.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 66.80% White, 14.19% African American, 0.37% Native American, 1.25% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 13.49% from other races, and 3.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 24.55% of the population.
There were 1,658 households out of which 34.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.7% were married couples living together, 20.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.6% were non-families. 24.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.20.
In the city the population was spread out with 28.3% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $32,956, and the median income for a family was $40,040. Males had a median income of $27,978 versus $23,560 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,151. About 11.7% of families and 13.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.5% of those under age 18 and 15.5% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Local government

The City of Egg Harbor City is governed by a Faulkner Act form of Government under the Small Municipality Plan. The elected officials that head the government are comprised of a mayor and nine council members.
Each year, three council members are elected to serve three-year terms of office. The mayor is elected every fourth year to a four-year term of office. Annual elections are slated for the first Tuesday that follows the first Monday in November.
The mayor is the statutory head of the Police department and the Chief Executive Officer of the City. The City Council makes local laws, sets an agenda pertaining to the direction that the governments programs and approves budgets for various programs. The City Administrator takes the elected officials programs and sets policy and procedures in order to carry out the day-to-day operations of the municipality. The City Administrator also deals with Federal, State, County and neighbor Municipal officials to implement the community's needs.
The Mayor of Egg Harbor City is Joseph A. Kuehner, Jr., whose four-year term of ends on December 31, 2008. Members of the City Council are Council President John "Jack" Peterson (2007), President Pro Tempore Edward D. Dennis (2009), Brian Beals (2008), Douglas L. Dickinson (2008), Jonathan Farrell (2008), Lisa Jiampetti (2009), Carol Kienzle (2009), Thomas Penza (2007) and Elizabeth "Betty" Schoenstein (2007).^[1]

Federal, state and county representation

Egg Harbor City is in the Second Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 2nd Legislative District.^[2]

Education

The Egg Harbor City School District is responsible for education of public school children in pre-Kindergarten through Eighth Grade. Schools in the district (with 2003-04 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics are Charles L. Spragg School with 302 students in pre-K to Grade 4 and Fanny D. Rittenberg School with 230 students in grades 5 - 8.
Students in public school for grades 9 - 12 attend Absegami High School, located in Galloway Township, which serves students from both Galloway Township and Egg Harbor City. 1,545 students attend the school. The High School is part of the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District, a regional high school district serving approximately 3,700 in the constituent districts of Egg Harbor City, Galloway Township, Hamilton Township and Mullica Township, together with the districts of the City of Port Republic and Washington Township (in Burlington County) whose students attend as part of sending/receiving relationships.
Recently, a third high school has been proposed for the district to alleviate overcrowding at Oakcrest and Absegami, which will serve more than 3,900 students combined in the 2006-07 school year. Under this plan, the new school would serve approximately 1,000 students from both Mullica Township and Egg Harbor City at a site in Egg Harbor City. A plan for a 200,000 square foot, $70 million facility have been recommended by a district task force.^[3]
The Pilgrim Academy is private Christian school. Founded by Dr. Warren Allem in 1971, the school teaches children from Kindergarten through 12th Grade. The name is taken from John Bunyan's allegorical novel ''The Pilgrim's Progress''.

Notable natives

★ Frank Morgenweck (1875-1941), basketball player, coach and administrator, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.^[4]

References

1. Egg Harbor City Council, accessed March 3, 2007.
2. 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women Voters, p. 56. Accessed August 30, 2006.
3. Design picked for new high school in EHC, ''Press of Atlantic City'', August 12, 2006.
4. Frank Morgenweck enshrined as contributor in 1962, Basketball Hall of Fame. Accessed July 14, 2007.

External links

★ Egg Harbor City website

★ Egg Harbor City Historical Society

★ Egg Harbor City School District

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★ National Center for Education Statistics data for the Egg Harbor City School District

★ Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District

★ Absegami High School website

★ Egg Harbor City: New Germany in New Jersey

★ Wikitravel Egg Harbor City