Beesley's Point, New Jersey

{{Short description|Populated place in Cape May County, New Jersey, US}}

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|name = Beesley's Point, New Jersey

|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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|image_skyline = 12 Beesley Place.JPG

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|image_caption = Thomas Beesley Sr. House

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|subdivision_name2 = Cape May

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Upper

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|area_total_km2 = 5.59

|area_land_km2 = 5.51

|area_water_km2 = 0.08

|area_total_sq_mi = 2.16

|area_land_sq_mi = 2.13

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.03

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes = [https://data.census.gov/profile?g=160XX00US3404540 Census Data Explorer: Beesleys Point CDP, New Jersey], United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 15, 2023.

|population_total = 816

|population_density_km2 = 148.02

|population_density_sq_mi = 383.28

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = −05:00

|timezone_DST = Eastern (EDT)

|utc_offset_DST = −04:00

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|area_codes = 609, 640

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|blank_info = {{FIPS|34|04540}}[https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey], Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.

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Beesley's Point is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/tab20/tigerweb_tab20_cdp_2020_nj.html State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020], United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022. in Upper Township, in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016. Beesley's Point is on Peck Bay across from Ocean City. Beesley's Point is home to the Beesley's Point Generating Station and one end of the now-closed Beesley's Point Bridge.

It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 816.

A post office was established in 1851, with Joseph Chatten as the first postmaster.{{cite book |last1=Stevens |first1=Lewis Townsend |title=The History of Cape May County, New Jersey: From the Aboriginal Times to the Present Day |date=1897 |publisher=Star of the Cape Publishing Co. |page=467}}