Cape May Point, New Jersey
Cape May Point is a borough located at the tip of the Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough, and all of Cape May County, is part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, and is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 305, an increase of 14 (+4.8%) from the 2010 census count of 291, which in turn reflected an increase of 50 (+20.7%) from the 241 counted in the 2000 census. The summer population can reach 4,500.
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Saint Peter's-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church | |
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Location of Cape May Point in Cape May County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Cape May County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). | |
Census Bureau map of Cape May Point, New Jersey
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| Coordinates: 38.936909°N 74.965374°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Cape May |
| Incorporated | April 19, 1878 |
| Named for | Cape May / Cornelius Jacobsen May |
| Government | |
| • Type | Walsh Act |
| • Body | Board of Commissioners |
| • Mayor | Robert J. Moffatt (term ends December 31, 2024) |
| • Administrator | Ed Grant |
| • Municipal clerk | Elaine L. Wallace |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.31 sq mi (0.81 km2) |
| • Land | 0.29 sq mi (0.76 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) 5.81% |
| • Rank | 553rd of 565 in state 16th of 16 in county |
| Elevation | 7 ft (2 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 305 |
| • Estimate (2022) | 301 |
| • Rank | 560th of 565 in state 16th of 16 in county |
| • Density | 1,034.0/sq mi (399.2/km2) |
| • Rank | 380th of 565 in state 7th of 16 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08212 |
| Area code(s) | 609 exchanges: 884, 898 |
| FIPS code | 3400910330 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885179 |
| Website | www |
The Cape May Light is located in Lower Township, but is also a point of identity for Cape May Point as it uses the lighthouse as a logo for municipal-owned vehicles. Mayors of the two municipalities previously had a conflict over in which municipality it was located.
Cape May Point is a dry town, one of three municipalities in Cape May County where the sale of alcohol is prohibited by law. Cape May Point, Ocean City and Wildwood Crest are Cape May County's only remaining dry municipalities.