{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Atlantic County Courthouse | partof = Mays Landing Historic District | nrhp_type = cp | nocat = yes | image = Atlantic County Courthouse, Mays Landing, NJ.jpg | caption = 1838 Atlantic County Courthouse in Mays Landing | location = 5901 Main Street<br >Mays Landing, New Jersey | coordinates = {{coord|39|27|07|N|74|43|34|W|region:US-NJ_type:landmark|name=Atlantic County Courthouse|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = USA New Jersey Atlantic County#New Jersey#USA | built = {{start date|1838}} | architect = | designated_nrhp_type = August 23, 1990 | partof_refnum = 90001245<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a|refnum=90001245}}</ref> }} The historic 1838 '''Atlantic County Courthouse''' is located at 5901 Main Street in Mays Landing, the county seat of Atlantic County, in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, United States.
==History and description== The courthouse was built shortly after the county was created in 1837. The building was originally constructed in 1838 and expanded over the years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/hamilton/county-complex-in-mays-landing-will-have-different-look-by/article_6227a0fd-00d3-5ac0-819c-bb5eb6dbb625.html|title=County complex in Mays Landing will have different look by year's end | last=Lee|first=Michelle|publisher= Press of Atlantic City|date = September 1, 2010|access-date=12 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = New Jersey Atlantic | publisher = Courthouse History |url = http://courthousehistory.com/gallery/states/new-jersey/counties/atlantic |access-date = 6 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.princeton.edu/njmaps/counties/atlantic.html|title=Atlantic County|website=library.princeton.edu}}</ref> It was renovated in 2010. The courthouse complex, which includes the courthouse, old sheriff's office, jail, and power plant, was added as a contributing property to the Mays Landing Historic District in 1990.<ref name="nrhpdoc2">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=90001245}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mays Landing Historic District |publisher=National Park Service|first1=Priscilla M. |last1=Thompson |date=December 1987 }}</ref> It now houses the Office of County Clerk. The Atlantic County Sheriff's Office and older county jails are behind the building. thumb|none|Former Atlantic County Sheriff's House in Mays Landing, built {{circa|1910}}
==Current courthouses== The historic courthouse complex has been superseded by the '''Atlantic County Criminal Courts Complex''' (1978) in Mays Landing (<small>{{coord|39.4383|-74.6912|format=dms|region:US-NJ_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Atlantic County Criminal Courts Complex}}</small>) and the '''Atlantic County Civil Courts Complex''' in Atlantic City (<small>{{coord|39.3640|-74.4266|format=dms|region:US-NJ_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Atlantic County Civil Courts Complex}}</small>),<ref name =NJatlcm>{{cite web |title = New Jersey Courts Atlantic/Cape May |publisher = State of New Jersey Department of Judiciary | url = https://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/courts/vicinages/atlcm.html |access-date = 6 October 2017}}</ref> which are part of the 1st vicinage.<ref>{{cite news| title= Vicinage |publisher= Ballotpedia |url = https://ballotpedia.org/Vicinage |access-date = 10 October 2017}}</ref>
thumb|none|upright=1|Atlantic County Criminal Courts Complex in Mays Landing
==See also== *List of county courthouses in New Jersey *Federal courthouses in New Jersey *Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} * {{cite web|title=Atlantic County Court House |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=92339 |publisher=The Historical Marker Database}}
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Category:County courthouses in New Jersey Category:Government buildings completed in 1838 Category:1838 establishments in New Jersey Category:Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey Category:National Register of Historic Places in Atlantic County, New Jersey Category:Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Category:Buildings and structures in Atlantic County, New Jersey Category:Historic district contributing properties in New Jersey