New Egypt is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[9] located within Plumsted Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

One possibility is it was a reference by George Washington in December 1776 after the victory at the Battle of Trenton.

[5][18] Author Henry Charlton Beck gave Timmins Mill the distinction of the approximate geographical center of New Jersey.

[19] Upon reading the estimate by Beck, a Christmas tree farmer used their own methods to approximate the geographic center of New Jersey to be on their farm.

They have since placed a marker on the location they determined as the geographic center of New Jersey (Coordinates 40° 05’02” N Latitude 74° 32’ 01” W longitude).

The marker is on their farm located across the street from the New Egypt High School.

McGuire Air Force Base is immediately south of New Egypt.

The 2010 United States census counted 2,512 people, 902 households, and 652 families in the CDP.

[13] As of the 2000 United States Census[6] there were 2,519 people, 913 households, and 664 families residing in New Egypt.

[24] New Egypt was a major stop on the Pennsylvania Railroad's Pemberton & Hightstown line; it was abandoned in 1979.