Cold Spring, New Jersey

Cold Spring is an unincorporated community in Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey.[2]

Cold Spring, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Cold Spring, New Jersey
Cold Spring, New Jersey
Cold Spring, New Jersey
Coordinates: 38°58′00″N 74°54′59″W
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyCape May
TownshipLower
Elevation16 ft (5 m)
GNIS feature ID875544[1]

History

A post office was established in 1809, with Aaron Eldredge as the first postmaster.[3]

There are several historic properties in the area. The Cold Spring Presbyterian Church, also known as the "Old Brick", is a historic church listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[4]

The Historic Cold Spring Village is an open-air museum containing several NRHP listed buildings. The Cold Spring Grange Hall, listed in 1998, serves as the entrance to the village.[5]

Notable people

See also
  • Cold Spring Inlet

References
  1. "Cold Spring". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. "Locality Search". State of New Jersey. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  3. 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. 467.
  4. Craig, Robert. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cold Spring Presbyterian Church". National Park Service. With accompanying 25 pictures
  5. Zerbe, Nancy L. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cold Spring Grange Hall". National Park Service. With accompanying 7 pictures
  6. Staff. "T. MILLET HAND, 54, LEGISLATOR, DEAD; U.S. Representative From Second Jersey District-- Once Cape May Mayor", The New York Times, December 27, 1956. Accessed August 10, 2016. "Thomas Millet Hand, Representative in Congress from the Second New Jersey District, died this evening at his home in nearby Cold Spring apparently of a heart attack."


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