Petersburg is an unincorporated community located within Upper Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2]
A post office was established in 1856, with Peter Corson as the first postmaster.[3]
Education
Upper Township School District operates public schools for K-8. Upper Township Primary School and Upper Township Elementary School have Marmora addresses while Upper Township Middle School has a Petersburg address. Ocean City High School of Ocean City School District has high school students from Upper Township.
Countywide schools include Cape May County Technical High School and Cape May County Special Services School District.
Cape May County Library operates the Upper Township Branch in Petersburg.[4]
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Petersburg include:
- Dummy Stephenson (1869-1924), outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1892.[5]
- Adam Williamson (born 1984), professional soccer midfielder who has played for the Ocean City Barons in the USL Premier Development League.[6]
References
- ^ a b Petersburg, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed June 9, 2016.
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 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. 471.
- ^ "Upper Township". Cape May County Library. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
- ^ McKenna, Brian. Dummy Stephenson, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed August 12, 2016. "Reuben Crandol Stephenson was born on September 22, 1869, in Upper Township, a large town in Cape May County, New Jersey. During the first half of the nineteenth century the towns of Dennis and Ocean, now known as Ocean City, were separated from Upper because it was so vast. Stephenson is often cited as hailing from Petersburg, but that is merely a post office designation, not typically used as a biographical reference in baseball encyclopedias."
- ^ Adam Williamson - Fall 2005 Men's Soccer, Lehigh Mountain Hawks. Accessed June 9, 2016. "Hometown: Petersburg, N.J.; High School: Ocean City"
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