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|subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Cape May |government_footnotes = 〔 |government_type = Walsh Act |governing_body = Board of Commissioners |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Robert J. Moffatt (term ends December 31, 2016)〔(2015 New Jersey Mayors Directory ), New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, as of October 20, 2015. Accessed November 16, 2015.〕 |leader_title1 = Administrator / Clerk |leader_name1 = Kimberley S. Hodsdon〔(Municipal Hall Directory ), Borough of Cape May Point. Accessed October 4, 2014.〕 |established_title = Incorporated |established_date = April 19, 1878 |named_for = Cape May / Cornelius Jacobsen May |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = 〔(2010 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed May 21, 2015.〕 |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 0.816 |area_land_km2 = 0.766 |area_water_km2 = 0.050 |area_total_sq_mi = 0.315 |area_land_sq_mi = 0.296 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.019 |area_water_percent = 6.15 |area_rank = 553rd of 566 in state 16th of 16 in county〔 |population_as_of = 2010 Census |population_footnotes = 〔(DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Cape May Point borough, Cape May County, New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed October 16, 2012.〕〔〔(Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Cape May Point borough ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed October 16, 2012.〕 |population_total = 291 |population_rank = 561st of 566 in state 16th of 16 in county〔(GCT-PH1 Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed October 16, 2012.〕 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = 984.5 |population_density_rank = 384th of 566 in state 7th of 16 in county〔 |population_est = 284 |pop_est_as_of = 2014 |pop_est_footnotes = 〔 |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = Eastern (EDT) |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = 〔, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 5, 2013.〕 |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 7 |coordinates_type = region:US_type:city |coordinates_region = US-NJ |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_footnotes = 〔〔(US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 |latd = 38.936909 |longd = -74.965374 |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 08212〔(Look Up a ZIP Code for Cape May Point, NJ ), United States Postal Service. Accessed December 3, 2011.〕〔(Zip Codes ), State of New Jersey. Accessed September 18, 2013.〕 |area_code = 609 exchanges: 884, 898〔( Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Cape May Point, NJ ), Area-Codes.com. Accessed September 2, 2013.〕 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 3400910330〔〔(American FactFinder ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕〔(A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey ), Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed October 16, 2012.〕 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 0885179〔〔(US Board on Geographic Names ), United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 |website = |footnotes = }} Cape May Point is a borough located at the tip of the Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County. 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.〔(Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed October 16, 2012.〕 Cape May Point is home to the Cape May Light, though Lower Township claims that the lighthouse is located in that municipality.〔Degener, Richard. ("New Lower Township police cars roll in black and white" ), ''The Press of Atlantic City'', May 22, 2009. Accessed July 3, 2011. "The department on Thursday unveiled its new emblem featuring a picture of the Cape May Lighthouse, which is located next to Cape May Point State Park, and, like the park itself, is actually in Lower Township. Mayors in Lower Township Cape May and Cape May Point have sparred in years past over claims to the lighthouse."〕 Cape May Point was called Stites Beach until 1876 when the name was changed to Seagrove.〔(Cape May County: Cape May Point ), getnj.com. Accessed September 9, 2007.〕 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.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 114. Accessed October 16, 2012.〕 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.〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 28, 2015.〕〔Gannett, Henry. (''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States'' ), p. 68. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed August 28, 2015.〕 Cape May Point is a dry town where alcohol cannot be sold.〔New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. New Jersey ABC list of dry towns (May 1, 2013)〕〔Giordano, Rita. ("More towns catching liquor-license buzz; Moorestown considers ending its dry spell" ), ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', June 24, 2007. Accessed February 16, 2014.〕 ==Geography== 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cape May Point, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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