Town of the week:
Atlantic City, NJ
Atlantic City is an Atlantic County city of 38,497 people. Here are its schools and the grades each one teaches, how to get there by train and by Expressway, and how the city and its Boardwalk began.
- 38,497 residents on about 11 square miles of land, by the 2020 Census
- The Absecon Lighthouse is 171 feet tall and was first lit in 1857
- The first Boardwalk, built in 1870, was eight feet wide
Town of the week. Written by The JK Realty Group.
Atlantic City covers about 11 square miles of land in Atlantic County and counted 38,497 residents in the 2020 Census. The Absecon Lighthouse, pictured above, in the Inlet section of the city, stands 171 feet tall, the tallest in New Jersey by the lighthouse's own count. It was first lit on January 15, 1857, and visitors can climb 228 steps to its watch room. George Meade, who later led the Union Army at Gettysburg, took over its construction.
Schools, grade by grade
Atlantic City Public Schools runs pre-K through 12th grade. Its schools through grade 8 include Chelsea Heights and Richmond Avenue, and Atlantic City High School teaches grades 9 to 12. The high school also serves students from Brigantine, Ventnor, Margate and Longport.
By train and by Expressway
NJ Transit's Atlantic City Rail Line runs daily to Philadelphia's 30th Street Station, from a terminal next to the Atlantic City Convention Center. The Atlantic City Expressway runs 44.5 miles; construction began in 1962, and the road reached Atlantic City in 1965.
How the city began
Richard Osborne, the civil engineer who laid out the city, proposed the name Atlantic City. It became a city in 1854, formed from parts of Egg Harbor and Galloway Townships. The first Boardwalk opened in 1870. It was eight feet wide, built to keep sand out of the hotels and rail cars.
What to know
Atlantic City has daily NJ Transit trains to Philadelphia's 30th Street Station and the Atlantic City Expressway. If you would still go into Philadelphia after a year-round move to the shore, both are already here.
Thinking about a year-round move to Atlantic City? Let's talk.
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Add The JK Realty Group as a preferred source on GoogleSources: the 2020 Census, Atlantic City Public Schools, the U.S. Department of Education, NJ Transit, the South Jersey Transportation Authority, Atlantic City, its public library, the New Jersey Geological Survey and the Absecon Lighthouse. General information, not advice about any specific property. The JK Realty Group, brokered with OMNI Real Estate Professionals. Equal Housing Opportunity. See our Terms of Use for how we source and credit these posts.
