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Ship Bottom is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 1,156,〔〔〔 reflecting a decline of 228 (-16.5%) from the 1,384 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 32 (+2.4%) from the 1,352 counted in the 1990 Census.〔(Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed January 1, 2013.〕 The borough is located on Long Beach Island and borders the Atlantic Ocean. The borough's name derives from an incident in March 1817, in which a woman was saved from a wrecked ship that had flipped over, after her rescuers used axes to cut through the bottom of the hull.〔(History of Ship Bottom ), Borough of Ship Bottom. Accessed October 3, 2015. "Ship Bottom is one of the oldest place names on Long Beach Island. According to the local historian John Bailey Lloyd, author of "Six Miles at Sea," the name dates from an unusual shipwreck that occurred in March, 1817.... With an ax, Willets chopped a hole in the ship's bottom near the keel and, after much struggling, freed the young woman trapped inside.... But the place of the shipwreck and the rescue became known as 'Ship Bottom'."〕〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 3, 2015.〕 What is now Ship Bottom was originally incorporated as the borough of Ship Bottom-Beach Arlington by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 3, 1925, from portions of Long Beach Township, based on the results of a referendum held on May 23, 1925. The borough name was shortened to Ship Bottom in 1947.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 205. Accessed October 23, 2012.〕 The borough is known as the "Gateway to Long Beach Island", as Route 72 provides the sole road access from Manahawkin in Stafford Township, ending in Ship Bottom as it crosses Manahawkin Bay via the Manahawkin Bay Bridge (formally known as the Dorland J. Henderson Memorial Bridge). ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.001 square miles (2.592 km2), including 0.713 square miles (1.847 km2) of land and 0.288 square miles (0.745 km2) of water (28.73%).〔〔 Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include Beach Arlington.〔(Locality Search ), State of New Jersey. Accessed May 21, 2015.〕 The borough borders the Ocean County municipalities of Long Beach Township, Stafford Township and Surf City.〔(Areas touching Ship Bottom ), MapIt. Accessed August 12, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ship Bottom, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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