Palermo, New Jersey

Palermo is an unincorporated community in Upper Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.[2][1]

Palermo, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Palermo
Palermo
Palermo
Coordinates: 39°14′24″N 74°40′21″W
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyCape May
TownshipUpper
Elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID879097[1]

Palermo is located 14 mi (23 km) northeast of Cape May Court House.

The Palermo Air Force Station, closed in 1970, was located south of Palermo.[3]

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.[4]

The Friendship School in Palermo was built around 1830, and was restored in 1980. It is one of the oldest schools in Upper Township.[5]

A post office was established in 1872.[6]

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.[7] The line is now abandoned.[8]

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".[9]:234 A commission was established to settle disputes between farmers and the Parkway Authority.[9]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Palermo
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Palermo Air Force Station (historical)
  4. Ray, Wynn, ed. (1913). The Young Family. The History of Petersburg, N.J. H. Stanley Craig. p. 12.
  5. "Jersey Cape's Historic Sites". Cape May County Department of Tourism. June 20, 2012.
  6. Law, Mary (March 1993). "Postal History of Upper Township in Cape May County, NJ" (PDF). Journal of the New Jersey Postal History Society. New Jersey Postal History Society. 21 (2): 40. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  7. Treese, Lorett (2006). Railroads of New Jersey: Fragments of the Past in the Garden State Landscape. Stackpole Books. p. 200. ISBN 9780811732604.
  8. "Ocean City Railroad". Abandoned Rails. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  9. Dorwart, Jeffery M. (1992). Cape May County, New Jersey: The Making of an American Resort Community. Rutgers University. p. 234. ISBN 9780813517841.
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