Ventnor City is a city located in Atlantic County, New Jersey on the Atlantic Ocean shore of Absecon Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 12,910.
Ventnor City is located at 39°20'32" North, 74°28'55" West (39.342299, -74.481922).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.2 km2 (3.5 mi2). 5.5 km2 (2.1 mi2) of it is land and 3.6 km2 (1.4 mi2) of it is water. The total area is 39.44% water.
As of the census of 2000, there are 12,910 people, 5,480 households, and 3,255 families residing in the city. The population density is 2,329.2/km2 (6,023.2/mi2). There are 8,009 housing units at an average density of 1,445.0/km2 (3,736.6/mi2). The racial makeup of the city is 77.10% White, 2.94% African American, 0.19% Native American, 7.45% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 9.37% from other races, and 2.93% from two or more races. 17.14% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 5,480 households out of which 23.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.5% are married couples living together, 12.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 40.6% are non-families. 33.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.35 and the average family size is 3.02.
In the city the population is spread out with 20.0% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $42,478, and the median income for a family is $52,701. Males have a median income of $31,300 versus $26,788 for females. The per capita income for the city is $22,631. 7.0% of the population and 3.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 7.8% of those under the age of 18 and 6.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
In the latter part of the 19th Century, an American couple visiting England became so impressed with the beauty of the locality, that in 1889, when the Camden and Atlantic Land Company decided to name the section of the land south of Atlantic City, they remembered Ventnor, England.
Mrs. S. Bartram Richards, suggested that the name, Ventnor, would be an ideal fit for this exciting new area. This name was suggested on January 8, 1889 by Mrs. Richards, who was the wife of the secretary-treasurer of the land company.
This name was formally adopted the following day. Although the City received its name in January of 1889, it was not officially recognized until it received its incorporation by the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1903.
Chapter 51 of the laws and Sessions of the State of New Jersey provided the noble beginning to Ventnor City stating, Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of New Jersey that all part or portion of the County of Atlantic, formerly a part of Egg Harbor Township, situated on Absecon Beach, lying between the Westwardly limit of Atlantic City and the Eastwardly limit of South Atlantic City, the Atlantic Ocean on the south as far as the jurisdiction of the State extends, and to the center of Beach Thoroughfare on the North, be, and is hereby constituted as a City of this State, and all of the inhabitants of the State residing within the limits aforesaid be and they are hereby ordained, constituted and declared to be from time to time forever hereafter one body politic and corporate, in fact and in name, by the name, Ventnor City. This act shall take effect immediately, and was approved on March 17, 1903."
These meeting were originally held in the Carisbrooke Inn, which was located behind the present City Hall, on Ocean Avenue between Cambridge and Sacramento Avenues. The first meeting was held on April 20th, 1903, with a follow up meeting being conducted on April 27th, 1903.
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