Cape May Court House, New Jersey Cape May Court House, New Jersey Map of Cape May Court House CDP in Cape May County Map of Cape May Court House CDP in Cape May County Cape May Court House is an unincorporated improve and census-designated place (CDP) positioned inside Middle Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's populace was 5,338. It is the governmental center of county of Cape May County and serves as the principal administrative core for the township.
Cape Regional Medical Center, known as Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital until April 2007, is the only hospital in Cape May County. The Cape May County Park and Zoo is also positioned in Cape May Court House. Cape May Court House was laid out in 1703 by Jeremiah Hand and was first called Rumney Marsh and afterward Middleton before the adoption of its present name.
The Court of Cape May County met in private homes and the First Baptist Church until 1764, when Daniel Hand set 1-acre (4,000 m2) of his own property to construct a court home and jail.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP had a total region of 9.899 square miles (25.639 km2), including 8.926 square miles (23.118 km2) of territory and 0.973 square miles (2.520 km2) of water (9.83%). The Cape May County Park & Zoo in Cape May Court House provides no-charge year-round admission to a compilation of over 550 animals representing 250 species in 85 acres of exhibits.
The zoo is positioned in the center of Cape May County's Central Park, and together the zoo and the park cover about 220 acres.
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 5,338 citizens , 2,165 homeholds, and 1,396 families residing in the CDP.
The Enumeration Bureau's 2006-2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median homehold income was $56,773 (with a margin of error of +/- $14,695) and the median family income was $73,618 (+/- $19,854).
People who were born in, inhabitants of, or otherwise closely associated with Cape May Court House include: a b c d Gazetteer of New Jersey Places, United States Enumeration Bureau.
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New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Enumeration of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32), United States Enumeration Bureau, August 2012.
GCT-PH1 - Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 for Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States Enumeration Bureau.
Cape May County, NJ, National Association of Counties.
"Bye bye, Burdette: Hospital has new name / Switch to Cape Regional Medical Center reflects new services, officials say", The Press of Atlantic City, April 3, 2007.
"Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital's name became history Monday morning, as Cape May County's only hospital changed its name abruptly to Cape Regional Medical Center." Home Page, Cape May County Zoo.
Cape May County, getnj.com.
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DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: Enumeration 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Cape May Court House CDP, New Jersey, United States Enumeration Bureau.
DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Cape May Court House CDP, New Jersey, United States Enumeration Bureau.
"The school is part of the Diocese of Camden, and is supported by the four county-wide churches of Avalon/Stone Harbor, Cape May Court House, Marmora/Woodbine and Sea Isle City." "These days, Bramble builds the 32-pound aluminum and steel contraptions in a converted woodshop behind the two-story home that he assembled for his parents in Cape May Court House, N.J., before the accident.
"Like Van Meter, who interval up in Stone Harbor and Cape May Court House, many saw part of themselves in Skinny, the working stiff who made good." Municipalities and communities of Cape May County, New Jersey, United States
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Census-designated places in Cape May County, New Jersey - County seats in New Jersey - Middle Township, New Jersey
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