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Place Name
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Cape May
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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4,668 (1990)
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Location
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Cape May County, New Jersey (NJ), United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°56'N
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Longitude
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74°54'W
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Cape May
, city (1990 pop. 4,668), Cape May co., S N.J., at the
end of Cape May peninsula, on the Atlantic Ocean; 38°56'N 74°54'W.
One of the nation's oldest beach resorts, it became popular in the
mid-19th cent., when it was known as the “President's Playground”;
Lincoln, Grant, Arthur, Buchanan, Hayes, and Benjamin Harrison
vacationed here. There are various mansions and Victorian hotels that
display 19th-cent. architecture. The city is connected by ferry to
Del., and a coast guard base is nearby. Settled in the 1600s, inc.
1857.
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