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 _________________________________________________________________________________...