It is called "artificial" since portions of the island are composed of land reclaimed from Delaware Bay.

This exclave was created as a result of the Twelve-Mile Circle, which was part of the resolution of the colonial-era Penn-Calvert Boundary Dispute among what would become the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and West Virginia.

[2] The other exclave of Delaware is Finns Point north of Artificial Island, in Pennsville Township to the northwest of Fort Mott State Park, New Jersey.

Manufacturing and marshalling projects supported by the Wind Port will drive economic growth in Salem County, in South Jersey, and throughout the state.

The state is committed to using union labor to construct the Wind Port and intends to set a new standard for inclusion of minority and women workers and business owners.