Ventnor City, New Jersey
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Ventnor City is a city situated on the Jersey Shore on Absecon Island, within Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, on the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 9,210,[11][12] a decrease of 1,440 (−13.5%) from the 2010 census count of 10,650,[21][22] which in turn reflected a decrease of 2,260 (−17.5%) from the 12,910 counted in the 2000 census.[23] The city, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the Atlantic City–Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the Philadelphia–Wilmington–Camden, PA–NJ–DE–MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area.[24]
Ventnor City, New Jersey | |
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City of Ventnor City[1] | |
Motto: Shore'ly the Best![2] | |
Coordinates: 39.342076°N 74.482649°W / 39.342076; -74.482649[3][4] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Atlantic |
Incorporated | March 17, 1903[5] |
Named for | Ventnor, Isle of Wight |
Government | |
• Type | Walsh Act |
• Body | Board of Commissioners |
• Mayor | Lance Landgraf (acting mayor appointed to term ending May 14, 2024)[2][7] |
• Administrator | Tom Ciccarone[2] |
• Municipal clerk | Lisa H. Hand[8] |
Area | |
• Total | 3.52 sq mi (9.13 km2) |
• Land | 1.96 sq mi (5.06 km2) |
• Water | 1.57 sq mi (4.06 km2) 44.52% |
• Rank | 314th of 565 in state 21st of 23 in county[3] |
Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 9,210 |
• Estimate | 9,246 |
• Rank | 258th of 565 in state 8th of 23 in county[14] |
• Density | 4,711.0/sq mi (1,818.9/km2) |
• Rank | 123rd of 565 in state 1st of 23 in county[14] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area code | 609[17] |
FIPS code | 3400175620[3][18][19] |
GNIS feature ID | 0885426[3][20] |
Website | www |
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.[5][25]