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Present-day Surf City was home to the first big boarding hotel on the Jersey Shore, called the Mansion of Health. The area surrounding this hotel was called “Buzby’s Place” in the 1830s and 1840s, after one of the owners of the Mansion of Health, Hudson Buzby. The Mansion of Health burned down in 1874, but some old-timers still call the cove at the foot of South First Street on the bay side “Mansion Cove.”[25] In 1875, the 20 or so permanent residents of the area decided to call the area Long Beach City, even though the area was still considered part of Stafford Township. In 1894, Surf City was incorporated, changing its name to Surf City in 1899 after the United States Postal Service demanded a name change before the town could incorporate, preventing it from being confused with Long Branch in Monmouth County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.32 square miles (3.43 km2), including 0.74 square miles (1.93 km2) of land and 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2) of water (43.94%). The borough is located 57 miles (92 km) east-southeast of Philadelphia and 71 miles (114 km) south of New York City. Surf City is also 60 miles (97 km) from the capitol of New Jersey, Trenton.
The borough borders the Ocean County municipalities of Long Beach Township, Ship Bottom and Stafford Township.
Surf City Government
Surf City is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 565) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.[42] The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the Borough Council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council is comprised of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.[6] The Borough form of government used by Surf City is a “weak mayor / strong council” government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie.
The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council. As of 2020, the Mayor of Surf City Borough is Republican Francis R. Hodgson Sr., whose term of office ends December 31, 2019. After serving 46 years on the Borough Council, Hodgson succeeded Leonard T. Connors Jr., who had served as the state senator from the 9th Legislative District and 50 years as mayor. Members of the Surf City Borough Council are Council President John H. Klose (R, 2021), John G. Hadash III (R, 2020), Peter M. Hartney (R, 2022), William D. Hodgson (R, 2020), James B. Russell (R, 2021) and Jacqueline L. Siciliano (R, 2022). In January 2016, John G. Hadash III was appointed to fill the seat expiring in December 2017 that had been held by Francis R. Hodgson Sr., until he stepped down in January 2016 to take office as mayor. Hadash served on an interim basis until the November 2016 general election, when voters chose him to serve the balance of the term of office. Information Provided By: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf_City,_New_Jersey