Miami Beach, New Jersey

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 / 39.03444°N 74.93694°W / 39.03444; -74.93694Coordinates: 39°02′04″N 74°56′13″W / 39.03444°N 74.93694°W / 39.03444; -74.93694
Country  United States
State  New Jersey
County Cape May
Township Lower
Elevation 0.9 m (3 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 609
GNIS feature ID 879865[1]

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

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]

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. 1 2 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.


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