Whitesboro, New Jersey
| Whitesboro, New Jersey | |
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| Census-designated place | |
Whitesboro School
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 Map of the former Whitesboro-Burleigh CDP in Cape May County. Inset: Location of Cape May County in New Jersey. |
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| Coordinates: 39°02′32″N 74°52′05″W / 39.042252°N 74.868134°WCoordinates: 39°02′32″N 74°52′05″W / 39.042252°N 74.868134°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Cape May |
| Township | Middle |
| Named for | George Henry White |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.632 sq mi (9.406 km2) |
| • Land | 3.614 sq mi (9.360 km2) |
| • Water | 0.018 sq mi (0.047 km2) 0.50% |
| Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 2,205 |
| • Density | 610.2/sq mi (235.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08252 - Cape May |
| Area code(s) | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3480855 |
| GNIS feature ID | 02390509 |
Whitesboro is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Middle Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. Until the 2000 Census the area had been part of the Whitesboro-Burleigh CDP, which was split in 2010 into separate CDPs for Burleigh and Whitesboro. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 2,205. Whitesboro was founded as a planned residential community for African Americans and has the majority-black population of the township.
Whitesboro was founded about 1901 by the Equitable Industrial Association, which had prominent black American investors including Paul Laurence Dunbar, the educator Booker T. Washington and George Henry White, the leading investor and namesake. He was an attorney who had moved to Philadelphia after serving as the last black Republican congressman representing North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. White and his fellow entrepreneurs wanted to create a self-reliant community for blacks without the discrimination faced by black residents of the southern states. Shares in the planned community were sold to African Americans from North and South Carolina and Virginia.
In 2006, the Johnson Family Historical Trust discovered the value of its original deed to Whitesboro property from the George H. White Realty Company. It has been called one of "America's Untold Treasures" by appraiser Phillip Merrill. The Johnson Family Historical Trust holds rare items important to Whitesboro, such as a 1936 radio formerly owned by James L. Johnson, a nationally recognized ham radio operator. His radios are of interest to Whitesboro and national history in technology.
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