Petersburg
Petersburg is an unincorporated community located within Upper Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A post office was established in 1856, with Peter Corson as the first postmaster.Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Upper Township in Cape May County, New Jersey
- Also known as: “Littleworth”, “Petersburg, Cape May County, New Jersey”, and “Petersburgh”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tuckahoe and Palermo.
Tuckahoe
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Tuckahoe is a census-designated place unincorporated community located within Upper Township in Cape May County of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Tuckahoe had a population of 357. Tuckahoe is situated 3 miles northwest of Petersburg.
Palermo
Hamlet
Palermo is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Upper Township, in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Palermo had a population of 3,183. Palermo is situated 3 miles east of Petersburg.
Seaville
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Seaville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Upper Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Seaville had a population of 2,426. Seaville is situated 3½ miles south of Petersburg.
Petersburg
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Upper Township, Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.25373° or 39° 15′ 13″ northLongitude
-74.72655° or 74° 43′ 36″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)United Nations Location Code
US UPGOpen location code
87F7773F+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 158811890OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4503575Wikidata ID
Q24896604
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Petersburg” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “彼得斯堡 (新澤西州)”
- Chinese: “彼得斯堡”
- Persian: “پترزبورگ، شهرستان کیپ می، نیوجرسی”
- Persian: “پترزبورگ”
- Turkish: “Petersburg, Cape May County, New Jersey”
- Urdu: “پیٹرزبرگ، کیپ مئے کاؤنٹی، نیو جرسی”
- Urdu: “پیٹرزبرگ”
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