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History · Germania

21% of Germania’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1890 on.

0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Germania’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Germania are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18906 editions of the USGS map, 1890 to 1997. Watch Germania change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Germania’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Germania on the map, 1890 to 1997

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Germania. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Germania on the 1890 USGS mapGermania on the 1919 USGS mapGermania on the 1942 USGS mapGermania on the 1956 USGS mapGermania on the 1972 USGS mapGermania on the 1997 USGS map1890Mullica sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Germania.

The story so far

Germania, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Germania yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Germania is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is in the east-central part of the county, in western Galloway Township. It is bordered to the south by the unincorporated community of Cologne, and Egg Harbor City is 3 miles (5 km) to the northwest. U.S. Route 30 touches the southern border of Germania, leading northwest through Egg Harbor City 15 miles (24 km) to Hammonton and southeast 13 miles (21 km) to Atlantic City. As of the 2020 census, Germania had a population of 297. Clarks Mill Stream, a northeast-flowing tributary of Nacote Creek and thence the tidal Mullica River, forms the southeastern border of the Germania CDP. Germ…

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Germania

Nobody well known was born in Germania itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Robert EttingerAmerican academic, trans humanist and cryonics … · b. 1918
Allan KaprowAmerican artist · b. 1927
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Benjamin BurnleyAmerican rock musician · b. 1978
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Norman Joseph WoodlandInventor of the barcode · b. 1921
Rodney JerkinsAmerican record producer and rapper · b. 1977
Jacob LawrenceAfrican American painter and art professor · b. 1917
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

CologneIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.