Cape May (NJ)
| Cape May, New Jersey | |
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| City | |
| City of Cape May | |
Beach Avenue, from the sea
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| Motto: The Nation's Oldest Seashore Resort | |
 Cape May City highlighted in Cape May County. Inset map: Cape May County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Cape May, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 38°56′27″N 74°54′12″W / 38.940782°N 74.903198°WCoordinates: 38°56′27″N 74°54′12″W / 38.940782°N 74.903198°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Cape May |
| Founded | 1611–1614 |
| Incorporated | March 8, 1848, as Cape Island Borough |
| Reincorporated | March 10, 1851, as Cape Island City |
| Reincorporated | March 9, 1869, as Cape May City |
| Named for | Cornelius Jacobsen Mey |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (Council-Manager) |
| • Body | City Council |
| • Mayor | Clarence F. Lear III (term ends December 31, 2020) |
| • Manager | Bruce A. MacLeod |
| • Municipal clerk | Louise F. Cummiskey |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.743 sq mi (7.103 km2) |
| • Land | 2.404 sq mi (6.226 km2) |
| • Water | 0.339 sq mi (0.877 km2) 12.35% |
| Area rank | 359th of 566 in state 8th of 16 in county |
| Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 3,607 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 3,500 |
| • Rank | 428th of 566 in state 8th of 16 in county |
| • Density | 1,500.6/sq mi (579.4/km2) |
| • Density rank | 336th of 566 in state 6th of 16 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08204 |
| Area code(s) | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3400910270 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885178 |
| Website | www |
Cape May is a city at the southern tip of Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey, where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean. One of the country's oldest vacation resort destinations, it is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a year-round population of 3,607, reflecting a decline of 427 (-10.6%) from the 4,034 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 634 (-13.6%) from the 4,668 counted in the 1990 Census. In the summer, Cape May's population is expanded by as many as 40,000 to 50,000 visitors. The entire city of Cape May is designated the Cape May Historic District, a National Historic Landmark due to its concentration of Victorian buildings.
Cape May was recognized as one of America's top 10 beaches by the Travel Channel and its beach was ranked fifth in New Jersey in the 2008 Top 10 Beaches Contest sponsored by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium.
The city was named for 1620 Dutch captain Cornelius Jacobsen Mey who explored and charted the area between 1611–1614, and established a claim for the province of New Netherland. It was later settled by New Englanders from the New Haven Colony.
What is now Cape May was originally formed as the borough of Cape Island by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1848, from portions of Lower Township. It was reincorporated as Cape Island City on March 10, 1851, and finally became Cape May City as of March 9, 1869.
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