Welcome to Midland Beach ...

Midland Beach is located in Richmond County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Midland Beach, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

A typical abbreviation for Midland Beach: Midland Bch.

Midland Beach is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Midland Beach lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Midland Beach ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Midland Beach.

• New York
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • New York is located in Kings County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,253,213 people
• Newark
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Newark is located in Essex County (NJ)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
• Jersey City
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jersey City is located in Hudson County (NJ)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
• Elizabeth
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Elizabeth is located in Union County (NJ)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 128,382 people
• Passaic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Passaic is located in Passaic County (NJ)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
• Union City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Union City is located in Hudson County (NJ)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
• Bayonne
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bayonne is located in Hudson County (NJ)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayonne
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,165 people
• East Orange
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • East Orange is located in Essex County (NJ)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orange
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
• New Brunswick
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • New Brunswick is located in Middlesex County (NJ)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brunswick
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,182 people
• West New York
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • West New York is located in Hudson County (NJ)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New York
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,132 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Midland Beach. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Midland Beach.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Midland Beach. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Midland Beach.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Midland Beach. See our Newspapers Page for Midland Beach.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Midland Beach ...

Looking for more information about Midland Beach? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Midland Beach, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Midland Beach.

Adding Midland Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Midland Beach in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Midland Beach was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Midland Beach post office opened in 1912. The Midland Beach post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Midland Beach.