Petersburg, New Jersey | |
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 Upper Township branch of Cape May County Library | |
  Petersburg, New Jersey Location of Petersburg in Cape May County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey  Petersburg, New Jersey Petersburg, New Jersey (New Jersey)  Petersburg, New Jersey Petersburg, New Jersey (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°15′13″N 74°43′36″W / 39.2537259°N 74.7265512°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Cape May |
| Township | Upper |
| Elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| Area code(s) | 609, 640 |
| GNIS feature ID | 879255[1] |
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]
- ^ 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.