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Cape May County History
Middle Township
Cape May Court House
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| Cape May Court House Postmaster's Desk |
The area was first named Romney Marsh after a section of Kent County in England. This name was replaced by the apt Middletown in the mid 1700’s because the town was at the geographical center of the county. Mechanic Street started as a dirt road called Mechanic’s Row because it was lined with shops and homes of craftsmen.
Jacob Spicer Jr. campaigned around the county in o
rder to build a new courthouse near the property of his son in law, Daniel Hand, in what is today the county seat, Cape May Court House. The county completed its first court house in 1765. The first train arrived in Cape May Court House in 1863.
