Beesley's Point, New Jersey Explained

Beesley's Point, New Jersey
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA New Jersey Cape May County#USA New Jersey#USA
Pushpin Label:Beesley's Point
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Cape May County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Cape May
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Upper
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:5.59
Area Land Km2:5.51
Area Water Km2:0.08
Area Total Sq Mi:2.16
Area Land Sq Mi:2.13
Area Water Sq Mi:0.03
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:816
Population Density Km2:148.02
Population Density Sq Mi:383.28
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:−05:00
Timezone Dst:Eastern (EDT)
Utc Offset Dst:−04:00
Elevation Ft:30
Coordinates:39.2767°N -74.6364°W
Area Codes:609, 640
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:[3]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2806232

Beesley's Point is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[4] in Upper Township, in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[5] Beesley's Point is on Peck Bay across from Ocean City. Beesley's Point is home to the Beesley's Point Generating Station and one end of the now-closed Beesley's Point Bridge.

It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 816.[2]

A post office was established in 1851, with Joseph Chatten as the first postmaster.[6]

Demographics

2020 census

Beesley's Point CDP, New Jersey - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.!Race / Ethnicity!Pop 2020[7] !% 2020
White alone (NH)72388.60%
Black or African American alone (NH)20.25%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)20.25%
Asian alone (NH)50.61%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)10.12%
Some Other Race alone (NH)30.37%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH)303.68%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)506.13%
Total816100.00%

Education

As with other parts of Upper Township, the area is zoned to Upper Township School District (for grades K-8) and Ocean City School District (for high school). The latter operates Ocean City High School.

Countywide schools include Cape May County Technical High School and Cape May County Special Services School District.

The community had once had its own school.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 11, 2022.
  2. https://data.census.gov/profile?g=160XX00US3404540 Census Data Explorer: Beesleys Point CDP, New Jersey
  3. https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey
  4. https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/tab20/tigerweb_tab20_cdp_2020_nj.html State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020
  5. http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search
  6. Book: Stevens . Lewis Townsend . The History of Cape May County, New Jersey: From the Aboriginal Times to the Present Day . 1897 . Star of the Cape Publishing Co. . 467.
  7. Web site: P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Beesley's Point CDP, New Jersey. United States Census Bureau.
  8. Web site: School House, Beesleys Point, Cape May County, NJ. Library of Congress. 2021-06-06.