While the communities have no shared governance (other than Cape May County), with each community reporting to a different local government, the term is often used to refer collectively to the area. All of the communities are part of the greater
Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area.
The Wildwoods is home to over 200
motels, built during the
Doo-Wop era of the 1950s and 1960s,[7] in an area recognized by the state of New Jersey known as the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District.[8] The term doo-wop was coined by
Cape May's Mid-Atlantic Center For The Arts in the early 1990s to describe the unique, space-age architectural style, which is also referred to as the
Googie or
populuxe style.[9]
See also
For other groups of similarly named municipalities in New Jersey, see: