Explore Port Republic, New Jersey, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Port Republic, New Jersey. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of New Jersey or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Port Republic.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Port Republic |
| State | New Jersey (NJ) |
| County | Atlantic County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.534798 |
| Longitude | -74.476099 |
| Population | 1,101 |
| Density | 57.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 08241 |
| Area Code | 609, 640 |
| County Seat | Mays Landing |
| School District | Port Republic City School District |
Port Republic reveals itself through the dark, tea-colored veins of Nacote Creek, which winds sluggishly past salt marshes toward the distant Atlantic Ocean. It lies 2.5 miles northwest of Galloway, NJ (from Galloway, NJ: bearing 325°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-northeast of Egg Harbor. The landscape here resists the frantic pace of the coast, favoring instead a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the low-lying fields and the dense, pine-scented air radiating from Green Bank State Forest. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain flattens into a mosaic of cedar swamp and scrub, where the light at dusk turns a bruised, singular violet, illuminating the reeds that sway in the salty breath of the tides. To the west, the horizon remains stubbornly flat, lacking the jagged silhouette of Sandy Ridge, which sits far enough away to remain a mere ghost of a memory in the minds of the locals. Within the quietude, the calm waters of Mill Pond offer a reflective mirror to the sky, marking a point of stillness in a region defined by the slow, inevitable movement of water toward the sea.
Port Republic maintains a stoic independence, its character carved from a long, quiet history of maritime trade and small-scale industry that has left the pace of life here deliberate and unhurried. The Nacote Creek Preservation serves as a vital anchor for the local identity, protecting the fragile marshlands that once supported the laborers and shipwrights who looked toward the Hog Islands for their livelihood. While the economic tides have shifted, the rhythm of the place remains tethered to the natural cycles of the creek, far removed from the neon glow of the distant Atlantic Ocean boardwalks. The inhabitants move with a familiarity born of long winters and the isolation of the surrounding woods, finding a certain grace in the endurance of their wooden homes and the persistent, brackish scent of the incoming tide. Here, the legacy of the past is not a performance but a quiet weight, felt in the way the morning fog lingers over the water and how the residents navigate their days with a steady, watchful eye on the changing horizon.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Port Republic, New Jersey. Coordinates: 39.534798, -74.476099. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Port Republic includes the ZIP code (08241), telephone area code (609, 640), county seat of Atlantic County (Mays Landing), and school district assignment (Port Republic City School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |