Middle Township, New Jersey
Middle Township, New Jersey | |
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Thomas Beesley Jr. House in Middle Township, May 2010 | |
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Location of Middle Township in Cape May County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Cape May County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). | |
Census Bureau map of Middle Township, New Jersey | |
Middle Township Location in Cape May County Middle Township Location in New Jersey Middle Township Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39°05′36″N 74°50′20″W / 39.093265°N 74.838922°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Cape May |
| Formed | April 2, 1723 |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Timothy C. Donohue (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator | Kimberly Osmundsen |
| • Municipal clerk | Kimberly Osmundsen |
| Area | |
• Total | 82.92 sq mi (214.77 km2) |
| • Land | 70.24 sq mi (181.92 km2) |
| • Water | 12.69 sq mi (32.86 km2) 15.30% |
| • Rank | 8th of 565 in state 1st of 16 in county |
| Elevation | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 20,380 |
• Estimate (2023) | 20,184 |
| • Rank | 135th of 565 in state 2nd of 16 in county |
| • Density | 290.2/sq mi (112.0/km2) |
| • Rank | 477th of 565 in state 13th of 16 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08210 – Cape May Court House |
| Area code | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3400945810 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882045 |
| Website | www |
Middle Township is a township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township, and all of Cape May County, is part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, and is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 20,380, its highest decennial census count ever and an increase of 1,469 (+7.8%) from the 2010 census count of 18,911, which in turn had reflected an increase of 2,506 (+15.3%) from the 16,405 counted at the 2000 census. The township's Cape May Court House section is the county seat of Cape May County.