Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
1916

Atlantic City, a city and pleasure- and health-resort of Atlantic co., N.J., 60 miles SE. of Philadelphia and on the Atlantic Ocean, is on a narrow sandy island called Absecon Beach, extending from Great Egg Harbor Inlet on the SW. to Absecon Inlet on the NE. It is the SE. terminus of the West Jersey and Seashore and the Atlantic City Rs. The island is about 10 miles long, j of a mile wide, and 4 to 5 miles from the mainland. The beach is one of the finest on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and (together with its proximity to Philadelphia and accessibility from New York) has made the city the most popular sea-side or bathing-resort of the country. Upward of 100,000 people have bathed here in the course of a single day. Atlantic City has hundreds of hotels and boarding-houses, some of the former huge caravanseries, giving accommodation to an almost constant tide of travel during the summer season. During recent years the city has also become a favorite winter- and early spring-resort. There are numerous retail- business houses, and the city is well provided with banks and newspapers. Absecon light-house, at the northern end of the island, is 160 feet high. Atlantic City is connected by electric ears with South Atlantic City and Longport. It was incorporated in 1854. Permanent population in 1870, 1043 ; in 1880, 5477 ; in 1890, 13,055 ; in 1900, 27,838.

Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher

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