Town Bank

Town Bank is a New Jersey historical marker in Cape May County, dedicated 1940.

On west side Bay Shore Road, Cape May County, near its

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New England and Long Island whalemen first settled Cape May on the Delaware Bay shore about 1685. To the sandy bluff called Town Bank came Joseph Whilldin and his wife, Hannah Gorham, grandchild of John Howland, the Mayflower pilgrim.

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Historical maps covering this location

1671 · Noua Terrae-Mariae tabula. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1674 · Totius Neobelgii nova et accuratissima tabula / [Hugo Allardt] (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1675 · Pascaerte van Nieu Nederland : streckende vande Zuÿdt Revier tot de Noordt Revier en't… (Princeton University Library)
1687 · Amplissimae regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae â R.P. Ludovico Hennepin… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1708 · Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, 1708, covering the location of Town Bank, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, 1708, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Town Bank

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