Seaville, New Jersey Explained

Seaville, New Jersey
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA New Jersey Cape May County#USA New Jersey#USA
Pushpin Label:Seaville
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Cape May County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States
Pushpin Relief:yes
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Cape May
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Upper
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:−05:00
Timezone Dst:Eastern (EDT)
Utc Offset Dst:−04:00
Elevation Ft:23
Coordinates:39.2084°N -74.7041°W
Area Code:609, 640
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:[1] [2]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:880453[3]
Unit Pref:imperial

Seaville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[4] located within Upper Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[5]

A post office was established in 1849, with Remington Corson as the first postmaster.[6]

Seaville is home to the only yellow fire trucks in Cape May County, a tradition started in 1985 when the Seaville Fire Rescue Company was purchasing a new vehicle and thought that federal regulations would require the color.[7] Since being formed in 1964 and purchasing its first fire truck a year later, the Seaville company has served the area, responding to over 200 calls a year from its fire station which is located on Route 50 across from Dino's Seaville Diner.[8]

Education

As with other parts of Upper Township, the area is zoned to Upper Township School District[9] (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[10] [11] and Cape May County Special Services School District.

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey
  2. https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey
  3. http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:880453 Seaville
  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. . 470.
  7. Leach, Ben. "Seaville firefighters stand out in yellow", The Press of Atlantic City, June 30, 2010. Accessed June 29, 2016. "For the past 35 years, residents living in Upper Township have been able to lay claim to the only yellow fire trucks in Cape May County."
  8. http://www.seavillefirerescue.com/history.php History
  9. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cape May County, NJ. U.S. Census Bureau. 2024-04-08.
  10. https://www.capemaytech.com/faq.html Frequently Asked Questions
  11. https://www.capemaytech.com/hs-admissions.html Technical High School Admissions
  12. Stevens 1897, p. 283
  13. Stevens 1897, p. 389