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Cape May County, New Jersey

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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 _________________________________________________________________________________...