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South Cape May, New Jersey

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121: 296:. Accessed September 12, 2019. "Situated at the southwest tip of the Cape May peninsula, the South Cape May Meadows Preserve includes more than 200 acres of critical habitat in the globally renowned birding hot-spot of Cape May, New Jersey.... Established in the 1840s, South Cape May was once a Victorian resort town boasting modest vacation cottages until a storm surge washed much of the town away during the 1950s. Today, remnants of the town lie offshore, scattered on the ocean floor." 653: 314: 445: 280:. Accessed September 12, 2019. "Seven months after the hurricane, on April 30, 1945, the borough of South Cape May officially ceased to exist and the land became part of Lower Township." 346: 718: 530: 614: 694: 339: 428: 723: 164:, which hit in September of that year. After the hurricane, the borough was dissolved as of April 30, 1945, and returned to Lower Township. 713: 433: 332: 728: 277: 186:"Fourteenth Census of The United States: 1920; Population: New Jersey; Number of inhabitants, by counties and minor civil divisions" 289: 553: 509: 474: 423: 548: 161: 304: 687: 558: 590: 216: 192: 139: 568: 247: 494: 389: 355: 154: 120: 733: 601: 542: 484: 479: 374: 96: 81: 66: 51: 537: 563: 680: 586: 499: 469: 384: 369: 600:
St. Raymond Catholic School merged into Our Lady Star of the Sea in Cape May which merged into what became
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The remaining land not underwater is part of a bird sanctuary (South Cape May Meadows Preserve).
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Remembering South Cape May: The Jersey Shore Town that Vanished into the Sea
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The borough was formed on August 27, 1894, from portions of
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The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968
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Cape May
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1930

American oystercatcher
borough
Cape May County
New Jersey
Lucy
Lower Township
1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane
"Fourteenth Census of The United States: 1920; Population: New Jersey; Number of inhabitants, by counties and minor civil divisions"
United States Census Bureau
"Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 - Population Volume I"
United States Census Bureau
The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968
Cape May History
Archived
Wayback Machine
Remembering South Cape May: The Jersey Shore Town that Vanished into the Sea
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN
9781614232148
South Cape May Meadows
The Nature Conservancy
Portal
New Jersey
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