Wildwood is a city in Cape May County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is portion of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 United States census, the city’s year-round population was 5,157, a fade away of 168 (−3.2%) from the 2010 census append of 5,325, which in aim reflected a subside of 111 (−2.0%) from the 5,436 counted in the 2000 census. A popular Jersey Shore resort destination, the population can total to 250,000 during the summer. Wildwood was the first city in New Jersey to have a female mayor, Doris W. Bradway, who was ousted in a 1938 remember election.

The Wildwoods is used as a gather together term to describe four communities upon the island behind the post Wildwood attached to them: North Wildwood, West Wildwood, Wildwood, and Wildwood Crest. Also share of The Wildwoods are Diamond Beach and a share of Lower Township upon the island. The city, and the surrounding communities that allowance the name, derives its herald from the wild flowers found in the area. Wildwood is part of the South Jersey region of the state.

Wildwood was originally incorporated as a borough by an combat of the New Jersey Legislature upon May 1, 1895, from portions of Middle Township, based upon the results of a referendum held the previous day. On January 1, 1912, Wildwood was incorporated as a city, replacing both Wildwood borough and Holly Beach City.

The Wildwoods began developing as a resort in the last decade of the 19th century. A building boom began in the 1950s, due partially to the construction and realization of the Garden State Parkway in 1955.