Welcome to Cape May ...The coastal city of Cape May is located in Cape May County<1> and is the County Seat for Cape May County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Cape May, you might consider that their post office opened in 1803. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Cape May has a population of 3,422 people<2> (see below for details). Cape May is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: Cape May lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Cape May: 609 & 640<4> The ZIP code for Cape May: 08204<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Cape May had an population of 3,422 people. This is a decrease of 5.13% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 15.17% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Cape May had a population of 3,607 people. This makes Cape May the county's 4th most populous community. The population of Cape May represents 0.04% of the total population of New Jersey (which has 8,791,894 people), making it the state's 64th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 3,607 people, the population of Cape May decreased 10.59% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 4,034 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Cape May. Websites for Cape May ...Official Website: www.capemaycity.com/ Chamber of Commerce: www.capemaycountychamber.com/ Communities near Cape May ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cape May.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cape May. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cape May. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cape May. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cape May. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cape May. See our Newspapers Page for Cape May. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cape May ...Looking for more information about Cape May? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cape May, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cape May. Adding Cape May to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Cape May in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cape May was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (1803). For more details, see References and Mentions for Cape May. Footnotes ...
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