Cape May Point is a borough located at the tip of the Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the resident population was 291, reflecting an increase of 50 (+20.7%) from the 241 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 7 (-2.8%) from the 248 counted in the 1990 Census. The summer population can be as much as 4,500.
Cape May Point is home to the Cape May Light, though Lower Township claims that this lighthouse is located in that municipality.
Cape May Point is a dry town where alcohol cannot be sold. Cape May Point, Ocean City and Wildwood Crest are Cape May County’s three remaining dry municipalities.
Cape May Point was called Stites Beach until 1876 when the name was changed to Seagrove. It was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 19, 1878, from portions of Lower Township, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier. It was reincorporated on August 19, 1891 and returned to Lower Township on April 8, 1896. Cape May Point re-emerged as an independent municipality on April 6, 1908, based on the results of a referendum held on April 21, 1908. The borough’s name derives from Cape May, which was named for 1620 Dutch captain named Cornelius Jacobsen May who explored and charted the area between 1611–1614, and established a claim for the province of New Netherland.
The remains of the SS Atlantus World War I-era concrete ship are located of the coast of Cape May Point, next to Sunset Beach.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Cape May Point borough had a total area of 0.315 square miles (0.816 km2), including 0.296 square miles (0.766 km2) of land and 0.019 square miles (0.050 km2) of water (6.15%).
Cape May Point borders Lower Township, the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay.
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 291 people, 164 households, and 100 families residing in the borough. The population density was 984.5 per square mile (380.1/km2). There were 619 housing units at an average density of 2,094.2 per square mile (808.6/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 94.50% (275) White, 2.75% (8) Black or African American, 0.00% (0) Native American, 0.34% (1) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 0.34% (1) from other races, and 2.06% (6) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.34% (1) of the population.
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