Margate City, New Jersey
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Margate City is a city situated on the Jersey Shore on Absecon Island, within Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, on the Atlantic Ocean shoreline. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 5,317,[11][12] a decrease of 1,037 (−16.3%) from the 2010 census count of 6,354,[21][22] which in turn had reflected a decline of 1,839 (−22.4%) from the 8,193 counted in the 2000 census.[23] Geographically, the city, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.[24]
Margate City, New Jersey | |
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City of Margate City[1] | |
Coordinates: 39.330913°N 74.506849°W / 39.330913; -74.506849[2][3] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Atlantic |
Incorporated | September 7, 1885 (as Borough of South Atlantic City) |
Reincorporated | April 23, 1897 (as city) |
Renamed | April 20, 1909 (as Margate City) |
Named for | Margate, Kent, England |
Government | |
• Type | Walsh Act |
• Body | Board of Commissioners |
• Mayor | Michael Collins (term ends May 16, 2027)[5][6] |
• Administrator | Ken Mosca[7] |
• Municipal clerk | Johanna Casey[8] |
Area | |
• Total | 1.63 sq mi (4.22 km2) |
• Land | 1.42 sq mi (3.67 km2) |
• Water | 0.21 sq mi (0.56 km2) 13.19% |
• Rank | 435th of 565 in state 22nd of 23 in county[2] |
Elevation | 7 ft (2 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 5,317 |
• Estimate | 5,216 |
• Rank | 369th of 565 in state 15th of 23 in county[14] |
• Density | 3,754.9/sq mi (1,449.8/km2) |
• Rank | 177th of 565 in state 2nd of 23 in county[14] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area code | 609[17] |
FIPS code | 3400143890[2][18][19] |
GNIS feature ID | 0885292[2][20] |
Website | www |
Margate City was originally incorporated as the borough of South Atlantic City by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 7, 1885, from portions of Egg Harbor Township, based on the results of a referendum held on August 1, 1885. South Atlantic City was reincorporated as a city on April 23, 1897, and then reincorporated with the name Margate City on April 20, 1909.[25][26] The city was named for Margate in Kent, England.[27]
The city is located on Absecon Island, which stretches for 8.1 miles (13.0 km) and is also home of Atlantic City and Ventnor City to the northeast, and Longport on the southwest.[28] The city stretches about eight blocks from the Atlantic Ocean to the bay at most points in town. Margate is a popular Jersey Shore destination, especially during the summer, and is the home of Lucy the Elephant, a 65-foot (20 m)-tall wooden and metal-clad elephant recognized as America’s Oldest Surviving Roadside Attraction and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976,[29] and of Marven Gardens, of Monopoly board game fame.[30]