Miami Beach, New Jersey

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Miami Beach, New Jersey
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Looking south from Miami Avenue along the bay shore
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Coordinates: 39°02′04″N74°56′13″W / 39.03444°N 74.93694°W / 39.03444; -74.93694 Coordinates: 39°02′04″N74°56′13″W / 39.03444°N 74.93694°W / 39.03444; -74.93694
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  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, 640
GNIS feature ID879865 [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, 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.

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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. ISBN   9780813517841.