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CapeMay County does not provide mugshot images.

Some of the cities, towns, and places in CapeMay County are (S/R), Avalon, Beesley's Point, Belleplain, Burleigh, Cape May, Cape May Court House, Cape MayPoint, CapeMay, Clermont, Dennis Township, DennisTownship, Dennisville, Diamond Beach, Dias Creek, Eldora, Erma, Goshen, Green Creek, Lower Cape May, Lower Township, LowerTownship, Marmora, Mayville, Miami Beach, Middle Township, MiddleTownship, North Cape May, North Wildwood, NorthWildwood, Nummytown, Ocean City, Ocean View, OceanCity, Palermo, Petersburg, Pierces Point, Rio Grande, Sea IsleCity, Seaville, South Dennis, South Seaville, Stone Harbor, StoneHarbor, Strathmere, Swainton, Tuckahoe, Upper Township, UpperTownship, Villas, West Cape May, West CapeMay, WestWildwood, Whitesboro, Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, WildwoodCrest, Woodbine

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Cape May County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Much of the county is located on the Cape May Peninsula, bounded by the Delaware Bay to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east. Adjacent to the Atlantic coastline are five barrier islands that have been built up as seaside resorts. A consistently popular summer destination with 30 miles (48 km) of beaches, Cape May County attracts vacationers from New Jersey and surrounding states, with the summer population exceeding 750,000. Tourism generates annual revenues of about $6.6 billion as of 2018, making it the county's single largest industry, with leisure and hospitality being Cape May's largest employment category. Its county seat is the Cape May Court House section of Middle Township. As of the 2018 Census estimate, the county's population was 92,560, making it the state's second-least populous county, a 4.84% decrease from the 97,265 enumerated at the 2010 census, in turn decreasing by 5,061 (-4.9%) from the 102,326 counted in the 2000 Census. The county is part of the Ocean City, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area. Before the county was settled by Europeans, the indigenous Kechemeche tribe of the Lenape people inhabited South Jersey. Beginning in 1609, European explorers purchased land from, and contributed to the decline of, the indigenous people. The county was named for Cornelius Jacobsen Mey, a Dutch captain who explored and charted the area from 1620 to 1621, and established a claim for the province of New Netherland. In 1685, the court of Cape May County was split from neighboring Burlington County, although the boundaries were not set until seven years later. In 1690, Cape May (originally known as Cape Island) was founded, becoming America's oldest seaside resort. The county was subdivided into three townships in 1798 – Lower, Middle, and Upper. The other 16 municipalities in the county, including two no longer in existence, were established between 1827 and 1928. In 1863, the first railroad in the county opened, which carried crops from the dominant farming industry. Railroads later led to the popularity of the coastal resorts in the county. Improved automotive access led to further development after the Garden State Parkway opened in 1956.