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History · Strathmere

Strathmere’s post office opened in 1912, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1888 on and the census since 2000.

1912first post office
0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
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How Strathmere began

When was Strathmere founded?

1912

The Strathmere post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 175 in 20002020 census: 137114 years
Founding year: the first Strathmere post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Strathmere’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Strathmere are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18885 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1972. Watch Strathmere change.Old housesHalf of Strathmere’s homes were built before 1959.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Strathmere’s history is told.

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On the map

Strathmere on the map, 1888 to 1972

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Strathmere. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Strathmere on the 1888 USGS mapStrathmere on the 1894 USGS mapStrathmere on the 1941 USGS mapStrathmere on the 1952 USGS mapStrathmere on the 1972 USGS map1888Sea Isle sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Strathmere.

The story

How Strathmere came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Strathmere.

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The earliest known people on Ludlam Island (where Strathmere is located) were the Lenape Native Americans, who came to the island in the summertime to hunt fish and crustaceans. Along the northern 1.5 mi (2.4 km) portion of the island was a community named Corson's Inlet, after the waterway separating the island and Ocean City to the north. A part of Upper Township and Dennis Township became a part of neighboring Sea Isle City in 1905, also on Ludlam Island. That same year, Sea Isle City sold Corson's Inlet to Upper Township for $31,500 (equivalent to $1,130,000 in 2025) to pay off municipal debt. In 1912, the community of Corson's Inlet was renamed Strathmere.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Strathmere, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Beaches on the New Jersey shore2017Beaches on the New Jersey shore
People over time

Strathmere, census by census

010020002020Peak: 175

Between 137 and 175 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Strathmere’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Upper Township6 historic placesAOcean City6 historic placesB+Sea Isle CityIts storyC−

Questions about Strathmere’s history

What year was Strathmere founded?

The Strathmere post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.