Cape May County, New Jersey

Founding: 1692
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Cape May
Seat: Cape May Court House (1745–)

Land area: 251 square miles

Population (2020): 95,263

Population (historic): 2,571 (1790); 5,324 (1840); 8,349 (1870); 13,201 (1900); 29,486 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1910; 1920s; 1940–2000

Subdivisions: Five cities; seven boroughs; ten CDPs; four townships

National Register listings: 53

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 15,372 (15.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 52%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 28.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,382
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,368
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 629
Average farm size (1920): 29.5 acres
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Cape May Court House

Namesake: Cape May County

Founding: 1703 (founding, as Middletown); 1802 (post office)

Population (2020): 5,573

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 270 (10.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Joseph Falkinburg House (c. 1805). 922 Delsea Drive. Dennis. Georgian.
2. *Townsend House (c. 1870). 1153 Delsea Drive. Dennis. Italianate.
3. *William Townsend House (1811). 1196 Delsea Drive. Dennis. Federal.
4. *Pyne–Stites House (1694/1810s). 609 Sea Grove Avenue. Lower. Federal.
5. *George Hildreth House (c. 1850). 731 Seashore Road. Lower. Gothic Revival/Greek Revival.
6. *Cresse–Holmes House (1704/1830s). 504 US Highway 9. Middle. Federal.
7. *Thomas Beesley House (c. 1870). 605 US Highway 9. Middle. Italianate.
8. *Thomas Beesley House (1816). 12 Beesley's Place. Upper. Federal.
9. *Seaville Friends Meeting House (c. 1716). 3088 Shore Road. Upper.