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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Cape May came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Cape May in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cape May. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Cape May data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Cape May:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Cape May was listed as Cape May Courthouse.

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Cape May was listed as Cape May Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

Cape May was listed as Cape May Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Cape May is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Cape May in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Cape May for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Cape May. See our Misc Page for Cape May for more information.

The official website for Cape May: www.capemaycity.com/

The official website for Cape May County: www.co.cape-may.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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