North Wildwood, New Jersey
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). | |
Census Bureau map of North Wildwood, New Jersey | |
Location in Cape May County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°00′21″N 74°47′51″W / 39.005944°N 74.797505°W | |
| 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) |
| • Administrator | Nicholas Long |
| • Municipal clerk | W. Scott Jett |
| 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 |
| Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,621 |
• Estimate (2023) | 3,585 |
| • Rank | 426th of 565 in state 7th of 16 in county |
| • Density | 2,099.0/sq mi (810.4/km2) |
| • Rank | 285th of 565 in state 3rd of 16 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08260 |
| Area code | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3400953490 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885328 |
| 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. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 3,621, a decrease of 420 (−10.4%) from the 2010 census count of 4,041, which in turn had reflected a decline of 894 (−18.1%) from the 4,935 counted at the 2000 census. North Wildwood is home to the Hereford Inlet Lighthouse.
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. 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.