Mullica Township, New Jersey
Mullica Township, New Jersey | |
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Pleasant Mills | |
Map of Mullica Township in Atlantic County. Inset: Location of Atlantic County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Mullica Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Atlantic County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°35′47″N 74°40′35″W / 39.596486°N 74.6765°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Atlantic |
| Incorporated | March 13, 1838 |
| Named after | Eric Pålsson Mullica |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Edward Hagaman (R, term ends December 31, 2027) |
| • Municipal clerk | Krystel Arana |
| Area | |
• Total | 56.84 sq mi (147.22 km2) |
| • Land | 56.38 sq mi (146.01 km2) |
| • Water | 0.47 sq mi (1.21 km2) 0.82% |
| • Rank | 25th of 565 in state 4th of 23 in county |
| Elevation | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,816 |
• Estimate (2023) | 5,802 |
| • Rank | 356th of 565 in state 14th of 23 in county |
| • Density | 103.2/sq mi (39.8/km2) |
| • Rank | 540th of 565 in state 21st of 23 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08217 – Elwood |
| Area code | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3400149410 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882053 |
| Website | www |
Mullica Township is a township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 5,816, a decrease of 331 (−5.4%) from the 2010 census count of 6,147, which in turn reflected an increase of 235 (+4.0%) from the 5,912 counted in the 2000 census. Geographically, the township, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.
Mullica Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 13, 1838, from the western section of Galloway Township. Egg Harbor City was created from portions of the township on June 14, 1858, while the Town of Hammonton was created and split off on March 5, 1866.
The township and its river were named after Eric Pålsson Mullica, early Swedish settler (with Finnish ancestry) born in 1636 who founded a homestead on the river after moving there from the vicinity of Philadelphia, and who later moved to Mullica Hill in Gloucester County. When used as a common noun, mullikka is the Finnish term for a bull calf.