North Wildwood, New Jersey | |
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 Location of North Wildwood in Cape May County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Cape May County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). | |
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| Coordinates: 39°00′21″N 74°47′51″W / 39.005944°N 74.797505°W[1][2] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County |  Cape May |
| Incorporated | June 13, 1885 as Borough of Anglesea |
| Reincorporated | May 16, 1906 as Borough of North Wildwood |
| Reincorporated | April 30, 1917 as City of North Wildwood |
| Government | |
| • Type | City |
| • Body | City Council |
| • Mayor | Patrick T. Rosenello (R, term ends December 31, 2025)[3][4] |
| • Administrator | Nicholas Long[5] |
| • Municipal clerk | W. Scott Jett[6] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.50 sq mi (6.46 km2) |
| • Land | 1.73 sq mi (4.47 km2) |
| • Water | 0.77 sq mi (2.00 km2) 30.80% |
| • Rank | 374th of 565 in state 10th of 16 in county[1] |
| Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,621 |
• Estimate (2023)[11] | 3,585 |
| • Rank | 426th of 565 in state 7th of 16 in county[12] |
| • Density | 2,099.0/sq mi (810.4/km2) |
| • Rank | 285th of 565 in state 3rd of 16 in county[12] |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08260[13] |
| Area code | 609[14] |
| FIPS code | 3400953490[1][15][16] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885328[1][17] |
| Website | www |
North Wildwood is a city located on the Jersey Shore in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The city and all of Cape May County are part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area.[18] As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 3,621,[10] a decrease of 420 (−10.4%) from the 2010 census count of 4,041,[19][20] which in turn had reflected a decline of 894 (−18.1%) from the 4,935 counted at the 2000 census.[21] North Wildwood is home to the Hereford Inlet Lighthouse.[22]
The city's beaches were ranked the fourth-best in New Jersey in the 2008 Top 10 Beaches Contest sponsored by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium.[23] North Wildwood is one of five municipalities in the state that offer free public access to oceanfront beaches monitored by lifeguards, joining Atlantic City, Wildwood, Wildwood Crest and Upper Township's Strathmere section.[24]
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- ^ City Clerk, City of North Wildwood. Accessed April 19, 2023.
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- ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for North Wildwood, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed December 5, 2011.
- ^ Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for North Wildwood, NJ, Area-Codes.com. Accessed October 20, 2014.
- ^ U.S. Census website, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
- ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.
- ^ US Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.
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LWD2010was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.
- ^ History, Hereford Inlet Lighthouse. Accessed December 5, 2011.
- ^ Urgo, Jacqueline L. "Sandy laurels for South JerseySeven of the Top 10 N.J. beaches are in Cape May County", The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 23, 2008. Accessed September 11, 2015. "Neighboring Wildwood Crest came in second, followed by Ocean City, North Wildwood, Cape May, Asbury Park in Monmouth County, Avalon, Point Pleasant Beach in northern Ocean County, Beach Haven in southern Ocean County and Stone Harbor."
- ^ Spoto, MaryAnn. "Surfers fighting to save dwindling free beaches", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 20, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2015. "New Jersey has five free guarded ocean beaches – Atlantic City, Wildwood, North Wildwood, Wildwood Crest and the Strathmere section of Upper Township."