Cold Spring 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 ...
in
Lower Township,
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 ...
,
New Jersey
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.
History
A post office was established in 1809, with Aaron Eldredge as the first postmaster.
There are several historic properties in the area. The
Cold Spring Presbyterian Church, also known as the "Old Brick", is a historic church listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1991.
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The
Historic Cold Spring Village is an
open-air museum
An open-air museum (or open air museum) is a museum that exhibits collections of buildings and artifacts out-of-doors. It is also frequently known as a museum of buildings or a folk museum.
Definition
Open air is “the unconfined atmosphereâ ...
containing several NRHP listed buildings. The
Cold Spring Grange Hall, listed in 1998, serves as the entrance to the village.
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Education
![SandmanSchool0](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/SandmanSchool0.jpg)
As with other parts of Lower Township it is covered by
Lower Township School District
The Lower Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Lower Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2020–21 school ...
for elementary grades and
Lower Cape May Regional School District
The Lower Cape May Regional School District (LCMR School District) is regional public school district headquartered in Lower Township, New Jersey, United States, that serves students in seventh through twelfth grades through from four communit ...
for secondary grades.
Three of the Lower Township elementary district facilities are in Cold Spring:
* Carl T. Mitnick Elementary School (grades 1-2) - This facility houses the district administration. The school was named after
Carl T. Mitnick, who donated land to the township. He developed Tranquility Park and did development in
North Cape May.
* Maud Abrams Elementary School (grades 3-4)
* Sandman Consolidated School (grades 5-6)
David Douglass School (pre-kindergarten and kindergarten) is in
Villas CDP. The LCMR schools (Richard Teitelman Middle and
Lower Cape May Regional High School
The Lower Cape May Regional High School (LCMRHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Lower Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Lower Cape May Regional School District. LCMRH ...
) are in the
Erma area.
Students are also eligible to attend
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 ...
in Cape May Court House, which serves students from the entire county in its comprehensive and vocational programs, which are offered without charge to students who are county residents. Special needs students may be referred to
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 Cape May Court House.
In the mid-20th century there was a separate Cold Spring Elementary School. It enrolled students of all races as there was no dedicated school for black children in proximity.
Notable people
*
T. Millet Hand (1902-1956), politician
[Staff]
"T. MILLET HAND, 54, LEGISLATOR, DEAD; U.S. Representative From Second Jersey District-- Once Cape May Mayor"
''The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...
'', December 27, 1956. Accessed August 10, 2016. "Thomas Millet Hand, Representative in Congress from the Second New Jersey District, died this evening at his home in nearby Cold Spring apparently of a heart attack."
See also
*
Cold Spring Inlet
References
Lower Township, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in Cape May County, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in New Jersey
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