The Mission Of the galloway Township Police Department is to enhance the wellness of the community,protect life and property,maintain order,understand and serve community needs,and enforce the law in fair and impartial manner while safeguarding the consitutional rights of all peopl

The Township of Galloway was created by Royal Patent of King George III of England on April4, 1774 At that time it was part of Old Gloucester County, and comprised of what is now Hammonton, Mullica Township, Egg Harbor City, Port Republic, Brigantine, Atlantic City, and the northem part of Absecon.

Historians are unsure as to how Galloway got its name One opinion is that is was named after an area in Scotland known as Galloway Mull. The other theory is that it was named after Joseph Galloway, a Loyalist delegate to the Continental Congress.


Galloway Township has a rich history Its first inhabitants were Lenni-Lenape native Americans followed by European settlers. During the Revolutionary War Galloway was an important shipping area and the site of the Battle of Chestnut Neck (Chestnut Neck is now a part of Port Republic) A stagecoach route ran through Galloway from 1773 until the railroad arrived in 1854 (Great Creek Road was once a railroad line to Brigantine) The legend of the Jersey Devil originated in the Leeds Point section of Galloway.