Cape May, New Jersey Cape May, New Jersey Cape May City highlighted in Cape May County.
Inset map: Cape May County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Cape May City highlighted in Cape May County.
Inset map: Cape May County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Enumeration Bureau map of Cape May, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Cape May, New Jersey Reincorporated March 9, 1869, as Cape May City Cape May is a town/city at the southern tip of Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey, where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the town/city had a year-round populace of 3,607, reflecting a diminish of 427 (-10.6%) from the 4,034 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 634 (-13.6%) from the 4,668 counted in the 1990 Census. In the summer, Cape May's populace is period by as many as 40,000 to 50,000 visitors. The entire town/city of Cape May is designated the Cape May Historic District, a National Historic Landmark due to its concentration of Victorian buildings.
Cape May was recognized as one of America's top 10 beaches by the Travel Channel and its beach was ranked fifth in New Jersey in the 2008 Top 10 Beaches Contest sponsored by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium. The town/city was titled for 1620 Dutch captain Cornelius Jacobsen Mey who explored and charted the region between 1611 1614, and established a claim for the province of New Netherland. It was later settled by New Englanders from the New Haven Colony.
What is now Cape May was originally formed as the borough of Cape Island by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1848, from portions of Lower Township.
It was reincorporated as Cape Island City on March 10, 1851, and finally became Cape May City as of March 9, 1869. A Stroll along Beach Avenue, Cape May, New Jersey (Video 3:35) In 1976, the entire town/city of Cape May was officially designated a National Historic Landmark as the Cape May Historic District, making Cape May the only town/city in the United States wholly designated as such. That designation is intended to ensure the architectural preservation of these buildings.
Because of the World War II submarine threat off the East Coast of the United States, especially off the shore of Cape May and at the mouth of the Delaware Bay, various United States Navy facilities were positioned here in order to protect American coastal shipping.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city had a total region of 2.743 square miles (7.103 km2), including 2.404 square miles (6.226 km2) of territory and 0.339 square miles (0.877 km2) of water (12.35%). Cape May is generally low-lying; its highest point, at the intersection of Washington and Jackson Streets, is 14 feet (4.3 m) above sea level. Cape May borders West Cape May Borough, Lower Township, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Delaware Bay.
Cape May Harbor, which borders Lower Township and close-by Wildwood Crest allows fishing vessels to enter from the Atlantic Ocean, was created as of 1911, after years of dredging instead of the harbor which covers 500 acres (200 ha). Cape May Harbor Fest jubilates life in and around the harbor, with the 2011 event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the harbor's creation. Cape May is the southernmost point in New Jersey; it is at approximately the same latitude as Washington, D.C. According to the Koppen climate classification system, Cape May has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa), typical of coastal New Jersey, with hot, humid summers and cool winters.
Being the southernmost point in New Jersey, Cape May has fairly mild wintertime temperatures, with a January daily average temperature of 35.1 F (1.7 C).
Climate data for Cape May, New Jersey (1981 2010 normals) The town hosts the Cape May Jazz Festival, the Cape May Music Festival and the Cape May, New Jersey Film Festival. Cape May Stage, an Equity theater established in 1988, performs at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse on the corner of Bank and Lafayette Streets. East Lynne Theater Company, an Equity experienced business specializing in American classics and world premieres, has its mainstage season from June December and March, with school residencies throughout the year. Cape May is home to the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (MAC), established in 1970 by volunteers who succeeded in saving the 1879 Emlen Physick Estate from demolition.
MAC offers a wide range of tours, activities and affairs throughout the year for inhabitants and visitors and operates three Cape May region historic sites the 1879 Emlen Physick Estate, the Cape May Lighthouse and the World War II Lookout Tower. The Center for Community Arts (CCA) offers African American history tours of Cape May, arts programs for young citizens and is transforming the historic Franklin Street School, constructed in 1928 to home black students in a segregated school, into a Community Cultural Center. Cape May is the home of the so-called "Cape May Diamonds".
With over 400 bird species having been recorded in this region by hundreds of small-town birders, Cape May is arguably the top bird-watching region in the entire Northeastern United States.
The Cape May Bird Observatory is based close-by at Cape May Point. The memorial is maintained by the City of Cape May and administered by the Friends of the Cape May Fisherman's Memorial.
Cape May Municipal Office, formerly the Cape May High School Effective July 1, 2004, the City of Cape May switched to a Council-Manager form of government under the Faulkner Act, after having used Plan A of the Faulkner Act Small Municipality form since 1995. The governing body consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising four council members, with all positions propel at large in non-partisan elections.
A town/city manager is responsible for the city's executive functions, managing Cape May's activities and operation. Voters allowed a November 2010 popular vote to shift the city's elections from May to November, with town/city officials estimating that the change would save $30,000 in costs associated with each May election. Cape May City is positioned in the 2nd Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 1st state legislative district. New Jersey's Second Congressional District is represented by Frank Lo - Biondo (R, Ventnor City). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019). Bruce Land (D, Vineland). The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham Township). The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach). Cape May County is governed by a Board of Chosen Freeholders consisting of five members, propel at-large in partisan elections to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year; At an annual reorganization held each January, the freeholders select one member to serve as Director and another to serve as Vice-Director. As of 2015, Cape May County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director Gerald M.
Cape May City Elementary School For pre-Kindergarten through sixth grade, enhance school students attend Cape May City Elementary School as part of the Cape May City School District.
Also attending are students from Cape May Point, a non-operating district, as part of a sending/receiving relationship, with most students in the precinct coming from the United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May. As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 145 students and 20.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 7.00:1. As of 2010, discussions were under way regarding a possible consolidation of the districts of Cape May City, Cape May Point and the West Cape May School District. For seventh through twelfth grades, enhance school students attend the schools of the Lower Cape May Regional School District, which serves students from Cape May City, Cape May Point, Lower Township and West Cape May. Schools in the precinct (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Richard M.
The private Catholic schools serving Cape May are Cape Trinity Regional School (Pre - K 8) and Wildwood Catholic High School serve all students from Cape May County under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden. Colleges in the Cape May region include Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Atlantic Cape Community College.
The Cape May Branch of the Cape May County Public Library is positioned in Cape May City. Route 109 leads into Cape May from the north and provides access to the southern end of the Garden State Parkway along with US 9 in neighboring Lower Township. US 9 leads to the Cape May-Lewes Ferry, which heads athwart the Delaware Bay to Lewes, Delaware. The Delaware River and Bay Authority operates a shuttle bus in the summer months which joins the Cape May Transportation Center with the Cape May-Lewes Ferry terminal. The town/city is served by rail from the Cape May City Rail Terminal, offering excursion train service on the Cape May Seashore Lines from the terminal positioned at the intersection of Lafayette Street and Elmira Street. Cape May is served by a several media outlets including WCFA-LP 101.5 FM, a commercial-free jazz and improve station, the weekly Cape May Star and Wave, as well as no-charge weekly newspapers, The Cape May Gazette and Exit Zero, and small-town websites Cape - May.com and Cape May Times.
The United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, New Jersey is the nation's only Coast Guard Recruit Training Center.
During the Prohibition era, a several cutters were assigned to Cape May to foil rumrunners operating off the New Jersey coast.
Cape May is the subject of the song "On the Way to Cape May", originally sung by Cozy Morley. See also: Category:People from Cape May, New Jersey.
Hand was the mayor of Cape May from 1937 1944, and was the publisher of the Cape May Star and Wave from 1940 until his death. (1921-1985), politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional precinct and was the party's candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1973. a b c d e f 2010 Enumeration Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions, United States Enumeration Bureau.
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Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Cape May city, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
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Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Cape May, NJ, Area-Codes.com.
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"The southern part of New Jersey largely in Cape May County contains other prominent resorts.
Cape May City, the southernmost part of New Jersey, is said to be the earliest vacation resort in the United States." Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011.
"At one time, Cape May was known as the serene Victorian getaway of four Presidents and scores of wealthy New York and Philadelphia industrialists.
But recently, Cape May, the nation's earliest seaside resort, has begun to attract a new breed of beachgoer....
"Neighboring Wildwood Crest came in second, followed by Ocean City, North Wildwood, Cape May, Asbury Park in Monmouth County, Avalon, Point Pleasant Beach in northern Ocean County, Beach Haven in southern Ocean County and Stone Harbor." The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945.
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Victorian Cape May, Cape May Times.
Cape May Ponders Parking Garage", The New York Times, November 9, 1997.
'Cape May is unique in America in that, since 1977, the entire town/city has been designated a National Historic Landmark District,' Mr.
Floodplain Management Plan, City of Cape May, September 10, 2009.
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"Cape May, New Jersey's Battle Against Nature", The Earth Institute, June 20, 2011.
"Cape May Harbor Fest offers activities on territory and sea", Shore News Today, June 9, 2011.
Saturday, June 18 in and along the banks of Cape May Harbor on Delaware Avenue, with many of the land-based activities taking place at the Nature Center of Cape May.This year's festival memorializes the 100th anniversary of Cape May Harbor." "Cape May is a world away from the raffish reputation of the Jersey Shore; The seaside resort is full of quaint shops, Victorian homes, great beaches and top-rated restaurants", New York Daily News, July 27, 2014.
"Located on the southernmost point of New Jersey in the Cape May Peninsula, the town/city is also a big draw for nature lovers and birdwatchers due to its wetlands and wildlife refuges." Gazetteer, the latitude of Cape May, New Jersey, the Garden State's southernmost tip, is actually 38.96 degrees north while our fair National Geographic Headquarters in Washington, D.C., is 38.90 degrees north." Enumeration Estimates for New Jersey April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015, United States Enumeration Bureau.
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DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Cape May city, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States Enumeration Bureau.
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"Cape May, N.J., targets Canadian tourists." "Jazz festival returns to Cape May next month, but without the initial event's founders", The Press of Atlantic City, October 28, 2012.
'Classical ensembles from athwart the region, from the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players to the Bay-Atlantic Symphony, will take the stage for the 24th Cape May Festival.
About, Cape May Film Festival .
"The Cape May NJ State Film Festival is New Jersey's premiere weekend film festival dedicated exclusively to the support and presentation of creative, challenging, groundbreaking, film/video works by New Jersey filmmakers....
History and Mission, Cape May Stage.
"Cape May Diamonds", Cape May magazine, August 2009.
Cape May Bird Observatory, New Jersey Audubon Society.
"Cape May will study impact of ecotourism and agritourism - Read More: Cape May will study impact of ecotourism and agritourism", WKXW, November 9, 2016.
"Group has new goal for Cape Fishermen's Memorial", The Press of Atlantic City, June 3, 2009.
"CAPE MAY GOVERNMENT-CHANGE VOTE CHALLENGED", The Press of Atlantic City, July 8, 2003.
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Cape May County Statement of Vote Summary 2016 Cape May County General Election, Cape May County, New Jersey, November 18, 2016.
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"Councilman Jerry Inderwies, a retired Cape May Fire Chief and one of the three new members of the council propel this past November, spoke out vehemently in Sheehan's defense....
"Furlin Takes Seat on Cape May Council, Mall Improvement District Budget Seen", Cape May County Herald, November 17, 2015.
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Thornton, Cape May County, New Jersey.
Desiderio, Cape May County, New Jersey.
Kristine Gabor, Cape May County, New Jersey.
Marie Hayes, Cape May County, New Jersey.
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"Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Cape May County" (PDF).
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2004 Presidential Election: Cape May County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 13, 2004.
"Governor - Cape May County" (PDF).
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Cape May City School District 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education.
60% of the students come from the United States Coast Guard Training Center based in Cape May; 25% from Cape May City residents; and 15% from the Low-income Housing Authority, and three students from the sending precinct of Cape May Point." District knowledge for Cape May School District, National Center for Education Statistics.
Cape May County Report on Consolidation and Regionalization, New Jersey Department of Education, March 15, 2010, available through the Asbury Park Press.
"The school districts of Cape May City, West Cape May, and Cape May Point (non-operating) are presently conducting a feasibility study to merge the districts.
Teitelman Middle School, Lower Cape May Regional School District.
Teitelman RMT Middle School is part of the Lower Cape May Regional School District.
RMT consists of students in the 7th and 8th grades from Cape May, Lower Township, West Cape May and Cape May Point." Lower Cape May Regional High School, Lower Cape May Regional School District.
"Lower Cape May Regional High School is a four-year enhance school that serves students from four communities including Cape May, Lower Township, West Cape May and Cape May Point." School Data for the Lower Cape May Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics.
Teitelman Middle School, Lower Cape May Regional School District.
Lower Cape May Regional High School, Lower Cape May Regional School District.
"Lower Cape May Regional High School is a four year enhance school that serves students from four communities including Cape May, Lower Township, West Cape May and Cape May Point." New Jersey School Directory for the Lower Cape May Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education.
Cape May County Schools, Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden.
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"KILLING KITSCH - GOING BEYOND THE QUAINT IN CAPE MAY; CAPE CRUSADER", New York Post, August 28, 2007.
After 25 years in North Jersey, a k a 'the very West Side,' I'd never ventured down the shore to Cape May.
"From rum to subs: The Coast Guard in Cape May", Cape May Magazine, November 1, 2000.
History of Training Center Cape May, United States Coast Guard.
"Graduation Day (1980, Cape May), The Prowler (1980, Cape May)" "Nan interval up in Cape May, New Jersey, and studied advertising design at the University of the Arts (formerly PCA) in Philadelphia." Dent was born in Cape May, New Jersey, on August 17, 1922." "Born in Cape May, New Jersey on August 27, 1876, Grace was the son of a sea captain." "Started by lead singer, Chris Jay, who moved as a teenager by himself to California from his hometown of Cape May, New Jersey, and met fellow AOF members, Aaron Goldberg, Owen Bucey, Dan Clark and Kai Dodson at a small-town coffeehouse where he was performing, the band first made a name for themselves in the Ventura County area." Early in the Summer he sustained his first stroke of paralysis in his Summer home at Cape May, N.J., but he recovered sufficiently to return to this town/city at the end of July.
" "Ki - XX agree to terms with three vets, Cape May native Anthony Maher", Our - Sports - Central, October 22, 2008.
"Reagan's debate adviser to share stories in Cape May", The Press of Atlantic City, October 16, 2014.
Volcker was born on September 1927 in Cape May, New Jersey." He was born August 24, 1904 in Cape May, New Jersey, to Harry Clayton and Helen Millward Walthour." Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cape May, New Jersey.
Cape May City Elementary School Cape May City Elementary School's 2015 16 School Performance Report from the New Jersey Department of Education Data for the Cape May City Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics Cape May New Jersey Information, Directions and History Cape May Star and Wave Newspaper Serving as Cape May's paper of record since 1854 The Cape May Gazette Weekly journal covering Cape May Exit Zero Magazine Weekly printed announcement in Cape May with the latest news, pictures from around the island, history and feature articles Cape May NJ news and affairs Cape May affairs online.
Victorian Cape May - Facebook page dedicated to Cape May's Victorian Architecture.
Municipalities and communities of Cape May County, New Jersey, United States
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