North Cape May is an

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and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, suc ...

(CDP) located within Lower Township in Cape May County,

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, United States. It is part of the Ocean City

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. At the

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, the CDP's population was 3,226.DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for North Cape May CDP, New Jersey
,

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. Accessed October 18, 2012. The

Cape May–Lewes Ferry The Cape May–Lewes Ferry is a ferry system in the United States that traverses a crossing of the Delaware Bay connecting North Cape May, New Jersey with Lewes, Delaware. The ferry constitutes a portion of U.S. Route 9 and is the final crossin ...

departs from the area. North Cape May is mostly a residential community, with no hotels but many vacation homes. Many people retire to the community. North Cape May had existed as an independent

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, formed by an act of the

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on March 19, 1928, from portions of Lower Township. The borough remained independent until April 30, 1945, when it was returned to Lower Township.Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 115. Accessed October 18, 2012. The borough had a population of 5 at the

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, which increased to 8 by 1940.

Geography

According to the

, the CDP had a total area of 1.494 square miles (3.870 km²), including 1.457 square miles (3.773 km²) of land and 0.037 square miles (0.096 km²) of water (2.49%).US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990

. Accessed September 4, 2014.

Demographics

Census 2010

Census 2000

As of the

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there were 3,618 people, 1,544 households, and 1,008 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 997.8/km² (2,583.4/mi²). There were 2,090 housing units at an average density of 576.4/km² (1,492.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.42%

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, 2.79%

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, 0.44% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.75% from

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, and 1.13% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.16% of the population.DP-1 - Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for North Cape May CDP, New Jersey
,

. Accessed October 18, 2012. There were 1,544 households, out of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.1% were

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living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.88. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 22.8% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 20.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.3 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $37,071, and the median income for a family was $42,161. Males had a median income of $33,036 versus $26,875 for females. The

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for the CDP was $18,420. About 1.0% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the

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, including 3.1% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over.

Wineries

* Cape May Winery & Vineyard * Turdo Vineyards & Winery

Parks and recreation

North Cape May has the Lower Township municipal pool.

Education

As with other parts of Lower Township, it is served by

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for primary grades and Lower Cape May Regional School District for secondary grades. David C. Douglass Memorial Elementary School (Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten) is in Villas CDP. The other three elementary schools are in Cold Spring: Carl T. Mitnick (grades 1-2), Maud Abrams (grades 3-4), and Sandman Consolidated (grades 5-6). The LCMR schools (Richard Teitelman Middle and Lower Cape May Regional High School) are in the Erma area. Students are also eligible to attend

Cape May County Technical High School Cape May County Technical High School, located in Middle Township, which provides vocational and technical education to students in ninth through twelfth grades from Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Cape May ...

in Cape May Court House, which serves students from the entire county in its comprehensive and vocational programs, which are offered without charge to students who are county residents. Special needs students may be referred to Cape May County Special Services School District in Cape May Court House. South Cape Christian Academy, a private Christian school, opened sometime after 1976, - Available from

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and was located in a campus with a North Cape May postal address; as of 2010 it was outside of the North Cape May CDP. Circa 1990 it merged into

Cape Christian Academy Cape Christian Academy is a private Christian school serving students in preschool to twelfth grade, located in Middle Township, in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It has a Cape May Court House postal address and is located ...

, which is now in a consolidated campus in Middle Township, with a

Cape May Court House Cape May Court House is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Middle Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.

postal address and located in the CMCH CDP. Richard Degener of the ''

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'' described the consolidated campus as being in Burleigh. The nearest private Catholic school serving North Cape May is Wildwood Catholic Academy (PreK-12) in

North Wildwood North Wildwood is a city located on the Jersey Shore in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 3,621, a decrea ...

, which the

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has under its supervision. Previously the area Catholic school was Our Lady Star of the Sea School in

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, which served as the parish school for St. John of God Church in North Cape May. In 2010 Our Lady Star of the Sea merged into Cape Trinity Regional School (PreK – 8) in North Wildwood. - The author was the principal of Our Lady Star of the Sea Regional School. That school in turn merged into Wildwood Catholic Academy in 2020.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with North Cape May include: * Bob Andrzejczak (born 1986), politician who represented the 1st Legislative District in the

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from 2013 to 2019 and in the

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in 2019. *

Chris Jay Chris Jay is a musician, songwriter, screenwriter, producer, actor, journalist and podcaster best known as the frontman and founder of the Rock music, rock band Army of Freshmen and for co-writing and acting in the comedy film ''The Bet (2016 film) ...

, (born 1978), musician, screenwriter, actor, member of the band,

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.Weinberg, Davi
"Cape musician Chris Jay forms unlikely friendship with Russian boxer Magomed Abdusalamov"
''

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'', March 8, 2013. Accessed January 11, 2018. "The 34-year-old Lower Township native grew up in a musical household. Both of his parents, Ed and Lisa Jurewicz, are retired music teachers and own Mr. J's Music Shop in North Cape May, which is connected to their home." File:CMLF-CMTerminal.jpg,

terminal North Cape May shoreline.JPG, Shoreline near the ferry terminal

References

External links

The Cape May Gazette Newspaper serving North Cape May
{{Authority control 1928 establishments in New Jersey 1945 disestablishments in New Jersey Census-designated places in Cape May County, New Jersey Former boroughs in New Jersey Lower Township, New Jersey