Miami Beach, New Jersey

Miami Beach, New Jersey
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 / 39.03444; -74.93694
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyCape May
TownshipLower
Elevation
0.9 m (3 ft)
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Area code(s)609, 640
GNIS feature ID879865[1]

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 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]

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. ^ a b 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.