Palermo, New Jersey

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

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Palermo, New Jersey

|settlement_type = Census-designated place

|nickname =

|motto =

|image_skyline =

|imagesize =

|image_caption =

|image_flag =

|image_seal =

|pushpin_map = USA New Jersey Cape May County#USA New Jersey#USA

|pushpin_label = Palermo

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Cape May County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States

|pushpin_relief = yes

|pushpin_label_position = right

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}}

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|New Jersey}}

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Cape May

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Upper

|unit_pref = Imperial

|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='34'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 11, 2022}}

|area_total_km2 = 8.23

|area_total_sq_mi = 3.18

|area_land_km2 = 8.06

|area_water_km2 = 0.16

|area_land_sq_mi = 3.11

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.06

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes = [https://data.census.gov/profile?g=160XX00US3455710 Census Data Explorer: Palermo CDP, New Jersey], United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 15, 2023.

|population_total = 3183

|population_density_sq_mi = 1022.81

|population_density_km2 = 394.86

|pop_est_as_of =

|pop_est_footnotes =

|population_est =

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = −05:00

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = −04:00

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_m =

|elevation_ft = 16

|coordinates = {{coord|39|14|24|N|74|40|21|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type =

|postal_code =

|area_code =

|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = {{FIPS|34|55710}}[https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey], Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.

|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = 879097{{gnis|879097|Palermo}}

|website =

|footnotes =

}}

Palermo 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. located 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.

Palermo is located {{convert|14|mi|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Cape May Court House.

The Palermo Air Force Station, closed in 1970, was located south of Palermo.{{gnis|2089746|Palermo Air Force Station (historical)}}

History

An early settler, Henry Young, arrived in New Jersey aboard a whaling vessel prior to 1700, and established a plantation extending west from Palermo.{{cite book | year = 1913 | editor1-last = Ray | editor1-first = Wynn | title = The Young Family | work = The History of Petersburg, N.J. | url = https://archive.org/details/historyofpetersb00crai | publisher = H. Stanley Craig | page = [https://archive.org/details/historyofpetersb00crai/page/12 12]}}

The Friendship School in Palermo was built around 1830 and was restored in 1980. It is one of the oldest schools in Upper Township.{{cite web | title = Jersey Cape's Historic Sites | publisher = Cape May County Department of Tourism | date = June 20, 2012 | url = http://www.thejerseycape.net/Historic/jersey_cape_historic_sites_detai.htm}}

A post office was established in 1872.{{cite journal | last = Law | first = Mary | date = March 1993 | title = Postal History of Upper Township in Cape May County, NJ | url = http://njpostalhistory.org/media/archive/102-mar93njph.pdf | journal = Journal of the New Jersey Postal History Society | publisher = New Jersey Postal History Society | volume = 21 | issue = 2 | pages = 40 | access-date = April 24, 2015}}

The Ocean City Railroad constructed a line through Palermo, and a station was erected there in 1897. The line later became part of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines.{{cite book | last = Treese | first = Lorett | title = Railroads of New Jersey: Fragments of the Past in the Garden State Landscape | publisher = Stackpole Books | year = 2006 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LkXXZfRFRM0C&pg=PP1 | pages = 200| isbn = 9780811732604 }} The line is now abandoned.{{cite web | title = Ocean City Railroad | publisher = Abandoned Rails | url = http://www.abandonedrails.com/Ocean_City_Railroad | accessdate = October 11, 2016}}

In 1953, a proposed extension of the Garden State Parkway was to be constructed through Palermo. Several Upper Township farmers complained about the route, including one from Palermo who claimed "the parkway went through the center of his piggery".{{cite book | last = Dorwart | first = Jeffery M. | title = Cape May County, New Jersey: The Making of an American Resort Community | publisher = Rutgers University | year = 1992 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=anseU09GDTkC&pg=PP1 | pages = 234| isbn = 9780813517841 }}{{rp|234}} A commission was established to settle disputes between farmers and the Parkway Authority.

Demographics

{{US Census population

|2020= 3183

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census[http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html Census of Population and Housing], United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 1, 2023.
2020

}}

Palermo was first listed as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.{{Cite web|title=2020 Geography Changes|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2020/geography-changes.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}

As of 2020, the population was 3,183.

Education

As with other parts of Upper Township, the area is zoned to Upper Township School District{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34009_cape_may/DC20SD_C34009.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cape May County, NJ|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-04-08}} (for grades K-8) and Ocean City School District (for high school). The latter operates Ocean City High School.

Countywide schools include Cape May County Technical High School[https://www.capemaytech.com/faq.html Frequently Asked Questions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027172324/https://www.capemaytech.com/faq.html |date=October 27, 2019 }}, Cape May County Technical High School. Accessed October 27, 2019. "All residents of Cape May County are eligible to attend Cape May County Technical High School.... The Cape May County Technical High School is a public school so there is no cost to residents of Cape May County."[https://www.capemaytech.com/hs-admissions.html Technical High School Admissions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027172422/https://capemaytech.com/hs-admissions.html |date=October 27, 2019 }}, Cape May County Technical High School. Accessed October 27, 2019. "All students who are residents of Cape May County may apply to the Technical High School." and Cape May County Special Services School District.

References

Category:Upper Township, New Jersey

Category:Census-designated places in Cape May County, New Jersey

Category:Census-designated places in New Jersey

Category:Unincorporated communities in Cape May County, New Jersey

Category:Unincorporated communities in New Jersey