Petersburg, Cape May County, New Jersey

Petersburg, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Petersburg, New Jersey Petersburg, New Jersey Petersburg, New Jersey Location of Petersburg in Cape May County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
Coordinates: 39°15′13″N 74°43′36″W / 39.2537259°N 74.7265512°WCoordinates: 39°15′13″N 74°43′36″W / 39.2537259°N 74.7265512°W
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Cape May
Township	Upper
Elevation[1]	804 ft (245 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	609
GNIS feature ID	879255[1]

Petersburg is an unincorporated community located within Upper Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.^[2]

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Petersburg include:

• Dummy Stephenson (1869-1924), outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1892.^[3]
• Adam Williamson (born 1984), professional soccer midfielder who has played for the Ocean City Barons in the USL Premier Development League.^[4]

References

1. Petersburg, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed June 9, 2016.
2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
3. McKenna, Brian. Dummy Stephenson, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed August 12, 2016. "Reuben Crandol Stephenson was born on September 22, 1869, in Upper Township, a large town in Cape May County, New Jersey. During the first half of the nineteenth century the towns of Dennis and Ocean, now known as Ocean City, were separated from Upper because it was so vast. Stephenson is often cited as hailing from Petersburg, but that is merely a post office designation, not typically used as a biographical reference in baseball encyclopedias."
4. Adam Williamson - Fall 2005 Men's Soccer, Lehigh Mountain Hawks. Accessed June 9, 2016. "Hometown: Petersburg, N.J.; High School: Ocean City"