The Wildwoods

The Wildwoods are a group of five communities (four distinct municipalities and one census-designated place) in Cape May County, New Jersey. These are situated on the Island of Five Mile Beach, a barrier island facing the Atlantic Ocean. These Jersey Shore communities have relatively small year-round populations that swell significantly during the summer with vacationers.[1]

Wildwoods Communities
The Wildwoods sign, on the boardwalk in Wildwood.

While the communities have no shared governance (other than Cape May County), with each community reporting to a different local government, the term is often used to refer collectively to the area.

From north to south, the five communities are:

Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District
Main article: Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District
Doo-wop styled Wawa Food Market.

The Wildwoods is home to over 200 motels, built during the Doo-Wop era of the 1950s and 1960s,[7] in an area recognized by the state of New Jersey known as the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District.[8] The term doo-wop was coined by Cape May's Mid-Atlantic Center For The Arts in the early 1990s to describe the unique, space-age architectural style, which is also referred to as the Googie or populuxe style.[9]

See also

For other groups of similarly named municipalities in New Jersey, see:

References
  1. https://capemaycountynj.gov/DocumentCenter/View/363/Summer-Population-2011-PDF?, Cape May County, New Jersey. Accessed July 29, 2021.
  2. DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for North Wildwood city, Cape May County, New Jersey Archived 2020-02-12 at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed October 17, 2012.
  3. DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for West Wildwood borough, Cape May County, New Jersey Archived February 12, 2020, at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed October 17, 2012.
  4. DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Wildwood city, Cape May County, New Jersey Archived February 12, 2020, at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 2, 2012.
  5. DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Wildwood Crest borough, Cape May County, New Jersey Archived February 12, 2020, at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 24, 2012.
  6. DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Diamond Beach CDP, New Jersey Archived 2020-02-12 at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed October 18, 2012.
  7. "The '50s and '60s Thrive In Retro Doo-Wop Motels". The Washington Post. 24 June 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
  8. "Doo Wop Preservation League Web site". Doowopusa.org.
  9. "The Doo Wop Architecture of Wildwood Crest". Cresthistory.org.

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