Wildwood Crest, New Jersey
| Wildwood Crest, New Jersey | |
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| Borough | |
| Borough of Wildwood Crest | |
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 Wildwood Crest Borough highlighted in Cape May County. Inset map: Cape May County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Wildwood Crest, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 38°58′N 74°50′W / 38.97°N 74.83°WCoordinates: 38°58′N 74°50′W / 38.97°N 74.83°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Cape May |
| Incorporated | April 6, 1910 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Walsh Act |
| • Body | Board of Commissioners |
| • Mayor | Carl H. Groon (term ends December 31, 2017) |
| • Clerk | Patricia A. Feketic |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.309 sq mi (3.390 km2) |
| • Land | 1.134 sq mi (2.937 km2) |
| • Water | 0.175 sq mi (0.454 km2) 13.38% |
| Area rank | 470th of 566 in state 13th of 16 in county |
| Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 3,270 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 3,182 |
| • Rank | 442nd of 566 in state 9th of 16 in county |
| • Density | 2,884.0/sq mi (1,113.5/km2) |
| • Density rank | 221st of 566 in state 2nd of 16 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08260 |
| Area code(s) | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3400981200 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885445 |
| Website | www |
Wildwood Crest is a borough in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 3,270, reflecting a decline of 710 (−17.8%) from the 3,980 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 349 (+9.6%) from the 3,631 counted in the 1990 Census.
Wildwood Crest was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 6, 1910, from portions of Lower Township. The area of the borough was first developed by Philip Baker in the 1910s as a southern extension to the resort of Wildwood. The borough's name comes from Wildwood, which in turn was named for the area's wild flowers.
It is a dry town, where alcohol cannot be sold, affirmed by the results of a referendum held in 1940, joining Cape May Point, Ocean City and West Cape May among municipalities in Cape May restricting the sale of alcohol.
The borough was ranked the second-best beach in New Jersey in the 2008 Top 10 Beaches Contest sponsored by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium. Wildwood Crest is one of five municipalities in the state that offer free public access to oceanfront beaches monitored by lifeguards, joining Atlantic City, North Wildwood, Wildwood and Upper Township's Strathmere section.
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