Editing Surf City, New Jersey (section)

==History==
Present-day Surf City was home to one of the earliest big [[Boarding House|boarding hotels]] on the [[Jersey Shore]], called the Mansion of Health, one of whose owners was Hudson Buzby. In the 1830s and 1840s, the area surrounding this hotel was called "Buzby's Place". 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."<ref>Lloyd, pgs. 31-33.</ref>

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 part of [[Stafford Township, New Jersey|Stafford Township]]. In 1894, Surf City was incorporated, changing its name to Surf City in 1899 after the [[United States Postal Service]] required a name change before the town could incorporate, preventing it from being confused with [[Long Branch, New Jersey|Long Branch]] in [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth County]].<ref>Lloyd, pg. 32.</ref><ref>Africano, Lilian; and Africano, Nina. [https://books.google.com/books?id=yzaJyiESPqkC&pg=PA12 ''Jersey Shore''], p. 12. [[Globe Pequot Press]], 2004. {{ISBN|9780762730032}}. Accessed September 24, 2013.</ref>