Ocean View, New Jersey

Ocean View is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)^[4] located within Dennis Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[5] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08230. The post office was established in 1872, with William Doolittle as the first postmaster.^[6]

Ocean View, New Jersey
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 39°10′35″N 74°44′01″W
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Cape May
Township	Dennis
Area [1]
• Total	2.98 sq mi (7.72 km2)
• Land	2.91 sq mi (7.53 km2)
• Water	0.07 sq mi (0.19 km2)
Elevation	20 ft (6 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	685
• Density	235.64/sq mi (90.97/km2)
ZIP Code	08230
Area codes	609, 640
GNIS feature ID	0878941[3]

United States Census Bureau map of ZCTA 08230 Ocean View, New Jersey

As of the 2000 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08230 was 5,589.^[7]

Ocean View is located at 39°10′35″N 74°44′01″W.^[8]

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 685.^[2]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	685		—
U.S. Decennial Census[9] 2020[2]

Education

Dennis Township Public Schools is the local K-8 school district, which feeds into Middle Township High School of Middle Township Public Schools.

Countywide schools include Cape May County Technical High School and Cape May County Special Services School District.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden operates Bishop McHugh Regional School, which the Press of Atlantic City describes as being in Ocean View,^[10] though it lies outside of the CDP,^[11] and which has a Cape May Courthouse postal address.^[12] As of 2020^[update] students from the following Cape May County locations attended the school: Dennis Township, Avalon, Cape May, Lower Township, Middle Township, North Wildwood, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Stone Harbor, Upper Township, Wildwood, and Woodbine. It also received students from Egg Harbor Township in Atlantic County and Millville in Cumberland County.^[13]