West Wildwood, New Jersey
West Wildwood, New Jersey | |
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Entrance sign | |
| Motto: Small Town Charm on the Back Bay | |
Location of West Wildwood in Cape May County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Cape May County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). | |
Census Bureau map of West Wildwood, New Jersey | |
Location in Cape May County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°00′02″N 74°49′25″W / 39.000598°N 74.823573°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Cape May |
| Incorporated | April 21, 1920 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Walsh Act |
| • Body | Board of Commissioners |
| • Mayor | Matthew J. Ksiazek (term ends December 31, 2024) |
| • Municipal clerk | Donna L. Frederick |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.36 sq mi (0.94 km2) |
| • Land | 0.29 sq mi (0.74 km2) |
| • Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.20 km2) 21.67% |
| • Rank | 551st of 565 in state 15th of 16 in county |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 540 |
• Estimate (2023) | 542 |
| • Rank | 550th of 565 in state 15th of 16 in county |
| • Density | 1,887.7/sq mi (728.8/km2) |
| • Rank | 301st of 565 in state 4th of 16 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08260 |
| Area code | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3400980210 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885441 |
| Website | www |
West Wildwood is a borough in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The city, and all of Cape May County, is part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, and is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 540, a decrease of 63 (−10.4%) from the 2010 census count of 603, which in turn reflected an increase of 155 (+34.6%) from the 448 counted in the 2000 census. The summer population grows to as much as 5,000.
West Wildwood was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 21, 1920, from portions of Middle Township.