Cologne, NJ

Cologne is an Atlantic County census-designated place within Galloway Township, about 2.5 miles southeast of Egg Harbor City along U.S. 30. The 2020 census counted 1,461 residents. The community has a post office with ZIP Code 08213 and sits in the inland part of South Jersey, between the older Egg Harbor City street grid and Galloway’s broader township landscape. Cologne first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 census, so its mapped boundaries are relatively new. Schools give Cologne its clearest everyday civic connection.

Elementary students are served by Galloway Township School District, while older students move into the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District and Absegami High School. Egg Harbor City is close for local shopping and rail-oriented regional connections, while Atlantic City and Hammonton sit farther out on the wider South Jersey map. Cologne’s local scoop is a named New Jersey CDP where a post office, U.S. 30, and two school districts do the work a traditional downtown might handle elsewhere.