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]
Seaville, New Jersey | |
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 Seaville Friends Meetinghouse | |
  Seaville Location in Cape May County  Seaville Location in New Jersey  Seaville Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39°12′30″N 74°42′15″W / 39.2084479°N 74.7040503°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Cape May |
| Township | Upper |
| Elevation | 23 ft (7 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| Area code(s) | 609, 640 |
| FIPS code | 34-66540[2][3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 880453[1] |
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
editAs 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
edit- Joshua Swain Jr., buried in the Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery in Seaville[12]
- Walter S. Leaming, born in Seaville[13]
References
edit- ^ a b Seaville, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed June 29, 2016.
- ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.
- ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
- ^ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 29, 2016.
- ^ Stevens, Lewis Townsend (1897). The History of Cape May County, New Jersey: From the Aboriginal Times to the Present Day. Star of the Cape Publishing Co. p. 470.
- ^ 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."
- ^ History, Seaville Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company. Accessed June 29, 2016.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cape May County, NJ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
- ^ Frequently Asked Questions Archived October 27, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Cape May County Technical High School. Accessed October 27, 2019. "All residents of Cape May County are eligible to attend Cape May County Technical High School.... The Cape May County Technical High School is a public school so there is no cost to residents of Cape May County."
- ^ Technical High School Admissions Archived October 27, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Cape May County Technical High School. Accessed October 27, 2019. "All students who are residents of Cape May County may apply to the Technical High School."
- ^ Stevens 1897, p. 283
- ^ Stevens 1897, p. 389
