Ventnor City, New Jersey
| Ventnor City, New Jersey | |
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| City | |
| City of Ventnor City | |
Atlantic Ocean shoreline
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| Motto: Shore'ly the Best! | |
 Map of Ventnor City in Atlantic County. Inset: Location of Atlantic County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Ventnor City, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 39°20′31″N 74°28′58″W / 39.342066°N 74.482818°WCoordinates: 39°20′31″N 74°28′58″W / 39.342066°N 74.482818°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Atlantic |
| Incorporated | March 17, 1903 |
| Named for | Ventnor, Isle of Wight |
| Government | |
| • Type | Walsh Act |
| • Body | Board of Commissioners |
| • Mayor | Beth Holtzman (term ends May 17, 2020) |
| • Administrator | Sandra M. Biagi |
| • Clerk | Janice K. Callaghan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.522 sq mi (9.123 km2) |
| • Land | 1.951 sq mi (5.054 km2) |
| • Water | 1.571 sq mi (4.068 km2) 44.60% |
| Area rank | 313th of 566 in state 20th of 23 in county |
| Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 10,650 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 10,486 |
| • Rank | 228th of 566 in state 8th of 23 in county |
| • Density | 5,457.4/sq mi (2,107.1/km2) |
| • Density rank | 98th of 566 in state 1st of 23 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08406 |
| Area code(s) | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3400175620 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885426 |
| Website | www |
Ventnor City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 10,650, reflecting a decrease of 2,260 (-17.5%) from the 12,910 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,905 (+17.3%) from the 11,005 counted in the 1990 Census.
Ventnor City was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1903, from portions of Egg Harbor Township.
Mrs. S. Bartram Richards, the wife of the secretary-treasurer of the Camden and Atlantic Land Company, suggested the name "Ventnor" for the area then being developed by the company south of Atlantic City, having recently visited the seashore resort in England on the Isle of Wight with the same name. The name was chosen in January 1889. The city was formally incorporated by the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1903.
Chapter 51 of the laws and Sessions of the State of New Jersey provided the beginning to Ventnor City stating, "Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of New Jersey that all part or portion of the County of Atlantic, formerly a part of Egg Harbor Township, situated on Absecon Beach, lying between the Westwardly limit of Atlantic City and the Eastwardly limit of South Atlantic City, the Atlantic Ocean on the south as far as the jurisdiction of the State extends, and to the center of Beach Thoroughfare on the North, be, and is hereby constituted as a City of this State, and all of the inhabitants of the State residing within the limits aforesaid be and they are hereby ordained, constituted and declared to be from time to time forever hereafter one body politic and corporate, in fact and in name, by the name, Ventnor City. This act shall take effect immediately, and was approved on March 17, 1903."
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