Miami Beach, New Jersey

Miami Beach is an unincorporated community in Lower Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.[1][2]

Miami Beach, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Looking south from Miami Avenue along the bay shore
Miami Beach
Miami Beach
Miami Beach
Coordinates: 39°02′04″N 74°56′13″W
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyCape May
TownshipLower
Elevation
0.9 m (3 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)609, 640
GNIS feature ID879865[1]

Miami Beach is located on Delaware Bay, north 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 Millerman Lane

Education

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
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miami Beach
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miami Beach
  4. Dorwart, Jeffery M. (1992). Cape May County, New Jersey: The Making of an American Resort Community. Rutgers University. p. 198. ISBN 9780813517841.


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