Woodbine, New Jersey
| Woodbine, New Jersey | |
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| Borough | |
| Borough of Woodbine | |
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| Motto: "Gateway to the Jersey Cape" | |
 Woodbine 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 Woodbine, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 39°13′42″N 74°48′35″W / 39.228399°N 74.809726°WCoordinates: 39°13′42″N 74°48′35″W / 39.228399°N 74.809726°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Cape May |
| Incorporated | March 3, 1903 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | William Pikolycky (R, term ends December 31, 2018) |
| • Clerk | Lisa Garrison |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.020 sq mi (20.773 km2) |
| • Land | 8.020 sq mi (20.773 km2) |
| • Water | 0.000 sq mi (0.000 km2) 0.00% |
| Area rank | 233rd of 566 in state 6th of 16 in county |
| Elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 2,472 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 2,482 |
| • Rank | 472nd of 566 in state 10th of 16 in county |
| • Density | 308.2/sq mi (119.0/km2) |
| • Density rank | 477th of 566 in state 13th of 16 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08270 |
| Area code(s) | 609 Exchanges: 628, 861 |
| FIPS code | 3400981890 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885446 |
| Website | www |
Woodbine 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 2,472, reflecting a decline of 244 (-9.0%) from the 2,716 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 38 (+1.4%) from the 2,678 counted in the 1990 Census.
Woodbine was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 3, 1903, from portions of Dennis Township.
Woodbine was founded in 1891 as a settlement for Eastern European Jews. The Baron DeHirsch Fund, organized by philanthropist Maurice de Hirsch, purchased 5,300 acres (21 km2) of land in Dennis Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey to start a settlement. Immigrants from Poland and Russia were invited to settle the new community. Within two years, they cleared the forest and built a town and thriving farms. 800 acres (3.2 km2) of land were set aside as town lots. The residential center of Woodbine still uses the same grid that was originally laid out in 1891. Using modern agricultural practices under the direction of agriculturist and chemist Hirsch Loeb Sabsovich, the first colonists (Woodbine was sometimes called the "Jewish Colony" in the early days) turned Woodbine into a model agricultural community.
Woodbine was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 3, 1903, from portions of Dennis Township. Because most of the original settlers were Jewish, Woodbine became known as "the first self-governing Jewish community since the fall of Jerusalem."
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