Dias Creek, New Jersey

Dias Creek (also known as Dyars Creek, Dyer's Creek or Dyers Creek[1]) is an unincorporated community located within Middle Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.[2] The community is traversed by Route 47, and primarily consists of farmland, woods, and campgrounds for vacationers.[3][4]

Dias Creek, New Jersey
Dias Creek
Location in Cape May County (Inset: Cape May County in New Jersey)
Dias Creek
Dias Creek (New Jersey)
Dias Creek
Dias Creek (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°5′20″N 74°52′50″W
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyCape May
TownshipMiddle
Elevation13 ft (4 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID875911[1]

A post office was established in 1850, with Charles K. Holmes as the first postmaster.[5]

Wineries

References

  1. Dias Creek, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed December 29, 2014.
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed December 29, 2014.
  3. Lala, Elisa. "Cape May Tech students plant fruit trees on six-generations-old Dias Creek farm" in The Press of Atlantic City, April 24, 2013. Accessed June 8, 2013.
  4. Nark, Jason. "Philly teen drowns in Shore campground pool" in The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 10, 2011. Accessed June 8, 2013.
  5. Stevens, Lewis Townsend (1897). The History of Cape May County, New Jersey: From the Aboriginal Times to the Present Day. Star of the Cape Publishing Co. p. 471.


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