Cape May County, New Jersey
Cape May County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is the Cape May Court House section of Middle Township.[1]
| Cape May County, New Jersey | |
| Map | |
| Map of New Jersey highlighting Cape May County Location in the state of New Jersey | |
New Jersey's location in the U.S. | |
| Statistics | |
| Founded | 1685 |
|---|---|
| Seat | Cape May Court House |
| Largest City | Lower Township (population) Middle Township (area) |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
620.31 sq mi (1,607 km²) 251.52 sq mi (651 km²) 368.79 sq mi (955 km²), 59.5 |
| Population - Density |
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| Website: http://capemaycountynj.gov/ | |
| Named for: Cornelius Jacobsen Mey | |
| County flag | Flag of Cape May County, New Jersey |
Cape May County, New Jersey Media
- Cape May, New Jersey 1777.jpg
A 1777 map depicting Cape May County, the scene of the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet on June 29, 1776, in the American Revolutionary War
- Charadrius melodus -Cape May, New Jersey, USA -parent and chick-8 (1).jpg
- Ocean City NJ beach looking north at 12th Street.jpeg
Ocean City, August 2020
- Cape May County, New Jersey Municipalities.png
Index map of Cape May County municipalities (click to see index key)
- Corson’s Inlet and Russ Chatin Bridge.jpg
Corson's Inlet State Park along the Jersey Shore
- Anthropoides virgo -Cape May Zoo, New Jersey, USA -head-8a (1).jpg
- 2021-08-31 11 15 26 View south along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) from the pedestrian overpass between Exit 9 and Exit 10 in Middle Township, Cape May County, New Jersey.jpg
Garden State Parkway southbound in Cape May County
References
- ↑ John P. Snyder (1969). The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968 (PDF). Trenton, New Jersey: Bureau of Geology and Topography.