Ship Bottom, New Jersey
Ship Bottom, New Jersey | |
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Long Beach Boulevard in Ship Bottom | |
| Motto: "Gateway to Long Beach Island" | |
Map of Ship Bottom in Ocean County. Inset: Location of Ocean County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Ship Bottom, New Jersey | |
Location in Ocean County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°38′43″N 74°10′59″W / 39.645354°N 74.183003°W | |
| Country | United States |
| state | New Jersey |
| County | Ocean |
| Incorporated | March 3, 1925 as Ship Bottom-Beach Arlington |
| Renamed | 1947 as Ship Bottom |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | William Huelsenbeck (R, term ends December 31, 2026) |
| • Administrator | Kathleen Flanagan |
| • Municipal clerk | Kristy DeBoer |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.99 sq mi (2.58 km2) |
| • Land | 0.71 sq mi (1.84 km2) |
| • Water | 0.28 sq mi (0.73 km2) 28.48% |
| • Rank | 500th of 565 in state 24th of 33 in county |
| Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,098 |
• Estimate (2023) | 1,114 |
| • Rank | 527th of 565 in state 28th of 33 in county |
| • Density | 1,541.8/sq mi (595.3/km2) |
| • Rank | 332nd of 565 in state 17th of 33 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08008 – Beach Haven |
| Area code(s) | 609 exchanges: 207, 361, 492, 494 |
| FIPS code | 3402967110 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885394 |
| Website | www |
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Ship Bottom is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore, within Ocean County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,098, a decrease of 58 (−5.0%) from the 2010 census count of 1,156, which in turn had reflected a decline of 228 (−16.5%) from the 1,384 counted in the 2000 census. The borough is located on Long Beach Island and borders the Atlantic Ocean. The summer population can climb as high as 20,000.
The borough's name was derived from a March 1817 incident in which a woman was saved from a wrecked ship that had capsized as her rescuers used axes to cut through the bottom of the hull.
What is now Ship Bottom was originally incorporated as the borough of Ship Bottom-Beach Arlington by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 3, 1925, from portions of Long Beach Township, based on the results of a referendum held on May 23, 1925. The borough name was shortened to Ship Bottom in 1947.
The borough is known as the "Gateway to Long Beach Island", as Route 72 provides the sole road access from Manahawkin in Stafford Township, ending in Ship Bottom as it crosses Manahawkin Bay via the Manahawkin Bay Bridge (formally known as the Dorland J. Henderson Memorial Bridge).