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Lower Township

(Includes Cold Spring, Diamond Beach, Erma, Fishing Creek, North Cape May, Schellenger's Landing, Townbank and Villas)


08251 (Lower Township Weather Forecast, NJ)

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Surrounding towns:

Cape May, Cape May Point, Middle Township, West Cape May, Wildwood, and Wildwood Crest

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Lower Township was formed as a precinct on April 2, 1723, and was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial 104 townships on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken to form Cape Island Borough (March 8, 1848, now known as Cape May city), Cape May Point borough (created April 19, 1878, restored to Lower Township on April 8, 1896, recreated April 6, 1908), Holly Beach (April 14, 1885, now part of Wildwood city), South Cape May (August 27, 1894, restored to Lower Township after the borough was dissolved on April 30, 1945), Wildwood Crest (April 6, 1910) and North Cape May (March 19, 1928, restored to Lower Township after it was dissolved on April 30, 1945).

 

Government

Township of Lower
2600 Bayshore Rd
Villas, NJ 08251
609-886-2005

Departments

Construction Official 609-886-1455

Court Administator 609-886-6040

Villas Fire / Town Bank / Erma - 911
(Non-Emergency) 609-889-0404 

First Aid - 911
(Non-Emergency)

Health Department

Library -

Office of Emergency Management (OEM) 609-886-1619 ext. 133

Police - 911
(Non-emergency) 609-886-1619

Public Works 609-884-0898

Recreation 609-886-7880

Senior Citizens

Tax Collector's Office 609-886-2005

Tax Assessor 609-886-2005

Education

David C. Douglass Veterans Memorial School - Elementary Grades PreK & K
2600 Bayshore Road
Villas, NJ 08204
609-884-9430

Carl T. Mitnick School - Elementary Grades 1 & 2
905 Seashore Road
Cape May, NJ 08204
609-884-9470

Maud Abrams School - Elementary Grades 3 & 4
714 Town Bank Road
Cape May, NJ 08204
609-884-9420

Charles W. Sandman Consolidated School - Grades 5 & 6
838 Seashore Road
Cape May, NJ 08204
609-884-9410

Richard M. Teitleman Middle School - Grades 7 & 8
687 Route 9
Cape May, NJ 08204
609-884-3475

Lower Cape May Regional High School - Grades 9 - 12
687 Route 9
Cape May, NJ 08204
609-884-3475

Private schools



Arts & Entertainment

Art

Dance

Cooking

Martial Arts

Music

Theaters

Cemeteries

Funeral Homes & Monuments

Clubs and Organizations

Historic Places

Historical Society
Cape May Historical Society
1649 Bayshore Road
Villas, NJ 08251
609-886-2658

Historic Cold Spring Village
720 Route 9 South
Lower Township, NJ 08204
609-898-2300, ext. 18

Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum
Cape May County Airport‎
500 Forrestal Road
Cape May Airport, NJ 08242
609-886-8787

 

Parks

Places of Worship

Sports & Leisure

Amusement

Baseball

Basketball

Bowling

Diving Instruction

Equestrian

Fishing

Fitness

Football

Golf

Gymnastics

Hockey

Lacrosse

Soccer

Swimming

Tennis