Ocean City

Ocean City
a town in SE New Jersey. 13,949.

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      resort town, Worcester county, southeastern Maryland, U.S. Ocean City lies along a 10-mile (16-km) barrier (sandbar) beach between a chain of bays (bay) (Sinepuxent, Isle of Wight, and Assawoman) and the Atlantic Ocean, 29 miles (47 km) east of Salisbury. It is the state's largest seaside resort, with a summer population of 300,000. The Ocean City Inlet (which had long been silted up until it was opened by a great storm in 1933) connects the bays with the ocean. The bays offer safe harbour for boats and amenities for deep-sea fishing, bathing, and surfing. The site, with its sandy beaches, began to attract tourists after the building of the Atlantic Hotel in 1875. The arrival of the railroad in 1878 facilitated the development of this resort town; later highways from the Baltimore–Washington, D.C., area provided access to the city. Ocean Downs Raceway is noted for harness racing. Assateague Island, a narrow barrier island and national seashore, is across the ocean inlet at the southern end of Ocean City's barrier beach. Stephen Decatur (Decatur, Stephen), the naval hero, was born (1779) on a farm near Berlin, a few miles west on the mainland. Inc. 1880. Pop. (1990) 5,146; (2000) 7,173.

      resort, city, Cape May county, southeastern New Jersey, U.S., on a barrier island between Great Egg Harbor (bridged to Somers Point and Longport) and the Atlantic Ocean, 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Atlantic City. Laid out in 1879 by Methodist ministers as a Christian seaside resort, it has remained faithful (by public vote) to its founders' stipulation that no alcoholic beverages be sold; this has made it a popular place for religious conventions and family vacations. In the 1950s the evangelist Billy Graham (Graham, Billy) broadcast his radio program from Ocean City. It has developed as a fishing and summer resort with marinas and boatyards, 8.5 miles (14 km) of public beaches, and a 2.5-mile (4-km) boardwalk, built in 1928.

      A number of large mansions, built by wealthy Philadelphians at the beginning of the 20th century, has left a Victorian imprint on the city. The nearby Richard Somers House (1726), home of the U.S. naval hero of Barbary Coast fame, is a state historic site. The Ocean City Historical Museum contains valuable relics salvaged from industrialist John D. Rockefeller (Rockefeller, John D.)'s ship Sindia, which was wrecked offshore in 1901. To the south lie the Marmora Coastal Wetlands, and across the harbour to the east is the Tuckahoe–Corbin City Fish and Wildlife Management Area. Aside from tourism, boatbuilding is the city's economic mainstay. Inc. 1897. Pop. (1990) 15,512; (2000) 15,378.

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