Hereford Inlet Explained

Hereford Inlet is an inlet in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, adjacent to North Wildwood, New Jersey.

Geography

Hereford Inlet separates Seven Mile Island from Five Mile Beach.

It was described in 1834 as,

Hereford Inlet was described in 1878, viz.,

History

Hereford Inlet is labeled as Little Hereford on a circa 1700 map by John Thornton,^[1] and by its modern name on a map published in 1749 by Lewis Evans.^[2] The Hereford Inlet Light is a historic lighthouse located in North Wildwood, on the southwestern shore of Hereford Inlet at the north end of Five Mile Beach. Its construction was completed and it became operational in 1874.

Nummy Island, one of the islands near the inlet, is named after Lenape leader King Nummy due to a likely apocryphal tale that Nummy was buried there.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Seven Mile Island
• Five Mile Beach

References

39.0153°N -74.7869°W

Notes and References

1. A New Mapp of East and West New Jarsey, Being an Exact Survey Taken by Mr. John Worlidge, John Thornton, London; circa 1700
2. A Map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, And the Three Delaware Counties, Lewis Evans, 1749
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=OYw-AAAAYAAJ&q=nummy Cape May Spray
4. Web site: Cape May County Historic Trails . . December 7, 2020 .