Place:Brigantine, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States

Watchers
  • no watchers
Larger map


NameBrigantine
Alt namesBrigantine Citysource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS34000765
Brigintinesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS34000765
TypeCity
Coordinates39.402°N 74.379°W
Located inAtlantic, New Jersey, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Brigantine (or simply The Island) is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 9,450,[1][2][3] reflecting a decline of 3,144 (-25.0%) from the 12,594 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,240 (+10.9%) from the 11,354 counted in the 1990 Census.

What is now the City of Brigantine has passed through a series of names and re-incorporations since it was first created. The area was originally incorporated as Brigantine Beach Borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on June 14, 1890, from portions of Galloway Township, based on the results of a referendum held on June 3, 1890. On April 23, 1897, the area was reincorporated as the City of Brigantine City. This name lasted until April 9, 1914, when it was renamed the City of East Atlantic City. On March 16, 1924, Brigantine was incorporated as a city, replacing East Atlantic City and incorporating further portions of Galloway Township. The borough was named for the many shipwrecks in the area, including those of brigantines.

New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Brigantine as its 36th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey. NJ.com designated Brigantine fourth in its rankings of "The 25 best Jersey Shore towns, ranked" in 2021.

[edit]

History

the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia


[edit]

Research Tips

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Brigantine, New Jersey. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Brigantine%2C_Atlantic%2C_New_Jersey%2C_United_States"