Surf City has more layers than most visitors realize. Before it was the beach town people know today, it was Long Beach City, Old Mansion, a railroad stop, a bay-to-ocean community, and a small borough still becoming itself.
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What Charles Edgar Nash’s 1940 map reveals about Long Beach City, the railroad ghost, Mansion Cove, and the bay-to-ocean town still hiding inside modern Surf City. A look at Surf City caught between its railroad past and its automobile future—76 year-round residents, a brand-new name, and a town still becoming itself.