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Miami Beach, New Jersey
Miami Beach is an unincorporated community in Lower Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1][2]
Miami Beach, New Jersey | |
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Looking south from Miami Avenue along the bay shore | |
Miami Beach Miami Beach Miami Beach | |
| Coordinates: 39°02′04″N 74°56′13″W / 39.03444°N 74.93694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Cape May |
| Township | Lower |
| Elevation | 0.9 m (3 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 609, 640 |
| GNIS feature ID | 879865[1] |
Miami Beach is located on Delaware Bay, and is part of Villas. A beach with the same name as the settlement is also located there.[3]
The area was surveyed in the 1920s by the Miami Beach Builders Corporation of Philadelphia, who established the settlement there.[4]
- House on Millman Lane
Education edit
As with other parts of Lower Township, it is served by Lower Township School District for primary grades and Lower Cape May Regional School District for secondary grades; the latter operates Lower Cape May Regional High School.
References edit
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miami Beach
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miami Beach
- ^ Dorwart, Jeffery M. (1992). Cape May County, New Jersey: The Making of an American Resort Community. Rutgers University. p. 198. ISBN 9780813517841.