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Ocean City originated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 3, 1884, from portions of Upper Township, based on results from a referendum on April 30, 1884, and was reincorporated as a borough on March 31, 1890.
Ocean City, officially the Town of Ocean City, is an Atlantic resort town in Worcester County, Maryland, along the East Coast of the United States. The population was 6,844 at the 2020 U.S. census, although during summer weekends the city hosts between 320,000 and 345,000 vacationers and up to eight million visitors annually.
- Indigenous Peoples to Thomas Fenwick to Isaac Coffin
- The Ladies Resort to The Ocean
- Storm of 1933
- Bridges
- High Rises
- Today’S Ocean City
An Englishman named Thomas Fenwick,the namesake of the Delaware resort that borders Ocean City to the north, once owned the land that our Ocean City of today rests upon. Thomas Fenwick obtained the lands from the Assateague and Nanticoke indigenous peoples who had roamed these beaches for thousands of years. Isaac Coffin opened the first inn to tak...
Shortly after this, the town was surveyed and the decision was made to develop 250 beachfront lots. The corporation that was formed to develop the land sold 4000 shares of stock at $25 each. Ocean City at this time was known as the “ladies resort to the ocean”. The Atlantic Hotel, for many years the northern-most attraction of Ocean City, was opene...
Ocean City was slowly developing during the interim years as a true summer resort. In 1933 a major hurricane separated the resort from Assateague Island. The Army Engineer Corps that responded to the disaster had the foresight to see the merits of the stormed-carved inlet and reinforced it to make this new gateway between the Atlantic Ocean and the...
In 1952 and 1964 respectively, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel were completed. This increased access to the resort from the south and west and the fame of Ocean City as the Mid- Atlantic’s premier resort grew. The importance of these two gateways to the shore cannot be underestimated as prior to their completion the only ...
The Ocean City, Maryland tourism industry exploded in the 1970s with the high-rise condominium as the preferred form of architecture. This distinguishes Ocean City from the Delaware resorts to the north which primarily offered small cottages at the time and now single-family homes are commonplace. Panoramic ocean views became a signature of Ocean C...
Ocean City is most famous for its boardwalk, salt-water taffy, and its status as the White Marlin Capital of the World. Yet, few know Ocean City produced the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, Charles Calhoun and that Ocean City has had 22 mayors over a period of 126 years, the first being William S. Wilson, elected in 1894. There...
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Sep 6, 2024 · The history of Ocean City is one of growth but also one of small town roots and Eastern Shore culture. Ocean City is the small town by the sea reborn as the famous resort destination in an endless cycle of summer and winter. The heart of the town is the ocean and its future is bound with the waves and winds that blow off the sea and its people.
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In 1879, four Methodist ministers (Ezra B. Lake, James Lake, S. Wesley Lake and William Burrell) purchased Peck’s Beach to create a Christian seaside resort and camp meeting place. The men came together under a cedar tree (which still stands at 6th and Asbury) and formed the Ocean City Association.
Jul 28, 2020 · In 1686, Lord Baltimore granted the land with Ocean City, originally chartered by Cecilius Calvert, to Thomas Fenwick. As Fenwick took over the land, the Treaty of 1722 exposed his intentions of pushing out the Indians.
Ocean City originated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 3, 1884, from portions of Upper Township, based on results from a referendum on April 30, 1884, and was reincorporated as a borough on March 31, 1890. Ocean City was incorporated as a city, its current government form, on March 25, 1897.
