LOCAL NAMES
FOR CAPE MAY COUNTY PLACES
Local Name / Municipality
Angelsea / North Wildwood City
Avalon / Avalon Borough
Beesleys Point / Upper Township
Belleplain / Dennis Township
Belleplain State Forest / Dennis Township
Bennett / Lower Township
Blackmans Island / Upper Township
Burleigh / Middle Township
Cape May / Cape May City
Cape May Court House / Middle Township
Cape May Point / Cape May Point Borough
Cedar Springs / Upper Township
Clermont / Dennis Township
Cold Spring / Lower Township
Cold Spring Inlet / Lower Township
Corsons Inlet / Upper Township
Del Haven / Middle Township
Dennis Township / Dennis Township
Dennisville / Dennis Township
Dias Creek / Middle Township
East Creek / Dennis Township
Eldora / Dennis Township
Ephraims Island / Lower Township
Erma / Lower Township
Fishing Creek / Lower Township
Five Mile Beach / Wildwood City
Formosa / Upper Township
Goshen
/ Middle Township
Goshen Landing / Middle Township
Green Creek / Middle Township
Greenfield / Upper Township
Higbees Landing / Lower Township
Holly Beach / Middle Township
Lower Township / Lower Township
Ludlam Beach / Sea Isle City
Marmora / Upper Township
Marshallville / Upper Township
Mayville / Middle Township
Miami Beach / Lower Township
Middle Township / Middle Township
Middletown / Upper Township
Miramar / Upper Township
Mount Pleasant / Dennis Township
Norburys Landing / Middle Township
North Cape May / Lower Township
North Dennis / Dennis Township
North Wildwood / North Wildwood City
Nummytown / Middle Township
Ocean City / Ocean City
Ocean View / Dennis Township
Palermo / Upper Township
Peck Beach / Ocean City
Peermont / Avalon Borough
Petersburg / Upper Township
Pierces / Middle Township
Pierces Point / Middle Township
Poverty Beach / Cape May City
Reeds Beach / Middle Township
Rio Grande / Middle Township
Savage Pond / Dennis Township
Schellingers Landing / Lower Township
Sea Isle City / Sea Isle City
Seaville / Upper Township
Seven Mile Beach / Stone Harbor Borough
Sewells Point / Lower Township
Shellbed Landing / Middle Township
South Cape May / Lower Township
South Dennis / Dennis Township
South Seaville / Dennis Township
Steelmantown / Upper Township
Stipsons Island / Dennis Township
Stone Harbor / Stone Harbor Borough
Strathmere / Upper Township
Sunset Beach / Lower Township
Swain Point / Middle Township
Swainton / Middle Township
Town Bank / Lower Township
Townsends Inlet / Sea Isle City
Tuckahoe / Upper Township
Two Mile Beach / Lower Township
United States Naval Air Sta. / Lower Township
Upper Township / Upper Township
Villas / Lower Township
Weers Landing / Lower Township
West Cape May / West Cape May Borough
West Creek Landing / Dennis Township
West Ocean City / Upper Township
West Wildwood / West Wildwood Borough
Whale Beach / Upper Township
Whitesboro / Middle Township
Wildwood / Wildwood City
Wildwood Crest / Wildwood Crest Borough
Wildwood Gables / Lower Township
Wildwood Gardens / Middle Township
Wildwood Junction / Middle Township
Wildwood Villas / Lower Township
Woodbine / Woodbine Borough
The Following
are the Postal Lists for Cape May County from 1886 and 1939 and
Cape May County - 1886
Anglesea
Beesley's Point
Cape May
Cape May C. H. (ch)
Cape May Point
Cold Spring
Dennisville
Dias Creek
East Creek
Fishing Creek
Goshen
Holly Beach
Green Creek
Ocean City
Ocean View
Palermo
Petersburgh
Rio Grande
Sea Isle City
Seaville
South Dennis
South Seaville
Townsend Inlet
Tuckahoe
Cape May County - 1939
Avalon - P70
Cape May - R456
Cape May C. H. (ch) - R435 P234
Cape May Point - P32
Dennisville - P42
Goshen - P54
Green Creek - P42
Marmora - P6 S19
Ocean City - S203
Ocean View - P27 S156
Petersburg - P45
Rio Grande - P28
Sea Isle City - P28
South Dennis - P40
South Seaville - P64
Stone Harbor - P125
Strathmere - P64
Townsends Inlet - P11
Tuckahoe - P75
Villas - P100
Whitesboro - P11
Wildwood
Woodbine - R300 P159
Legend:
R - boxes on rural routes emanating therefrom
P - post-office boxes at offices not having city letter-carrier
service
S - boxes on star routes emanating therefrom
Cape May was
identified as a Money Order office. It was further identified
as an International Money Order office.
