1. Sea Isle City is located on Ludlam Island and was founded by Charles Landis in 1882. His original plan for Sea Isle based on Venice Italy and envisioned a town of canals. The bay front homes on 43rd Place through 47th Place and Venetian Road are a result of this initial design. (These streets would never be built today because of wet land protection regulations.) Landis was a busy guy, as he also founded Vineland NJ.
3. Sea Isle was recorded as having 2,114 residents in the 2010 census. This is down significantly (25%) from 2000 when the census recorded 2,835 residents. However in late July and early August, Sea Isle's population soars to over 40,000. (No wonder parking is tight on the weekends.)
5. Sea Isle has a smart phone app for buying beach tags. You still need to get the physical tags after buying the tag with your smart phone.
6. Sea Isle has no public school or parochial schools. Sea Isle's public grade school was closed a few years ago due to low enrollment and St Joseph's parish school closed quite a while ago. Sea Isle spends about $15,000 per student to send kids to the Ocean City school system. This is far less than Sea Isle was paying to keep their public school open.
8. Sea Isle's rail line was torn up during World War II in order to supply much needed steel for the war effort. The rail line ran along what is now Pleasure Ave.
9. The streets in Sea Isle were not always numbered. Originally the streets had names like Italia, Minerva, and Paris.