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

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.

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