This area was once the home of the Lenni-Lenape First Nations People. When European settlers arrived in nearby Town Bank, this area became farmland with homes few and far between. When the railroads were built to transport people to nearby Cape May, the Nation's oldest seashore resort, this area became more populated. In 1942 the US Navy built this airport, which became NAS Wildwood, to train pilots for World War II. After the war, the airport was tranferred to the County of Cape May. Other points of interest in the immediate area are the NAS Wildwood Museum, The Forgotten Warriors Museum, and local businesses.