Burleigh is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...

(CDP) located within Middle Township in

Cape May County Cape May County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Much of the county is located on Cape May bound by Delaware Bay to its west and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and east. Adjacent to the Atlantic coastline are f ...

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, United States; Until the 2000 Census the area had been part of the Whitesboro-Burleigh CDP, which was split in 2010 into separate CDPs for Burleigh and Whitesboro. As of the

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, the CDP's population was 725.DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Burleigh CDP, New Jersey
,

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. Accessed October 18, 2012.

Geography

According to the

, the CDP had a total area of 1.550 square miles (4.015 km²), including 1.518 square miles (3.932 km²) of land and 0.032 square miles (0.083 km²) of water (2.07%).US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990

. Accessed September 4, 2014.

Demographics

Census 2010

Education

It is within the

Middle Township School District The Middle Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Middle Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2018–19 school ...

which operates

Middle Township High School Middle Township High School is a four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Middle Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Middle Township Public Schools. In ...

. Countywide schools include

Cape May County Technical High School Cape May County Technical High School, located in Middle Township, which provides vocational and technical education to students in ninth through twelfth grades from Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Cape May ...

and

Cape May County Special Services School District The Cape May County Special Services School District (CMCSSSD) is a special education public school district headquartered in Middle Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, whose schools offer educational and therapeutic services ...

. In 1993 Richard Degener of ''

The Press of Atlantic City ''The Press of Atlantic City'' is the fourth-largest daily newspaper in New Jersey. Originally based in Pleasantville, it is the primary newspaper for southeastern New Jersey and the Jersey Shore. The newspaper designated market runs from Ware ...

'' described what is now the location of the private K-12 school Cape Christian Academy as being in Burleigh. - Available from

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The school is currently in the Cape May Courthouse CDP and not the Burleigh CDP.
See map of CDP from the 2010 U.S. Census

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In contrast it is across from but not in the Burleigh CDP
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References

External links

''The Cape May County Gazette''
community newspaper
''The Beachcomber''
{{Cape May County, New Jersey Census-designated places in Cape May County, New Jersey Middle Township, New Jersey