Burleigh

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Burleigh

Total population

159

Median home value

$0

19.5%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$117,928

Burleigh$118k

National$74k

Elevation3 m

Land area4.02 km²

Weather82°F · Sunny

Coordinates39.05°, -74.85°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Burleigh is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Middle Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey; 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 2020 census, Burleigh had a population of 766.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Burleigh, NJ from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

B

Bill Pilczuk

American swimmer

Frank Vogel

American basketball coach

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Albert Elmer Wood

American paleontologist (1910-2002)

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Ace Darling

American professional wrestler

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Aliki Brandenberg

illustrator

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Calvin Murray

player of American football

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Randy Beverly

player of American football

Stedman Graham

American educator and businessman

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James Cafiero

American politician

Jill Culton

American animator and film director

Julius H. Taylor

American physicist

Matt Szczur

American baseball player for the San Diego Padres

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Remy Hamilton

American football player (born 1974)

William Thompson

American soldier, born 1812

George Sheldon

American politician, Florida (1947–2018)

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John Phillips Downs

American editor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in New Jersey

• Whitesboro
  1.4 mi away
• Stone Harbor
  4.2 mi away · pop. 893
• Wildwood
  4.4 mi away
• Wildwood Crest
  5.3 mi away
• Goshen
  7 mi away · pop. 340
• North Cape May
  7.2 mi away · pop. 3,731
• Cape May
  7.8 mi away · pop. 2,767
• West Cape May
  8.8 mi away
• South Dennis
  8.8 mi away · pop. 1,528
• South Seaville
  10.8 mi away
• Woodbine
  12.7 mi away
• Delmont
  12.8 mi away · pop. 223

Browse all places in New Jersey →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Burleigh

Journal of Jasper Danckaerts

Jasper Danckaerts · 1867

Burleigh

Harry Mount · 2013

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

rough cocklebur

Xanthium strumarium

Seen 2026-09-25

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-25

ivy-leaved morning-glory

Ipomoea hederacea

Seen 2026-09-25

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

Seen 2026-09-25

Spicebush Swallowtail

Papilio troilus

Seen 2026-09-25

Mummichog

Fundulus heteroclitus

Seen 2026-09-24

Spotted Lanternfly

Lycorma delicatula

Seen 2026-09-24

Common Checkered-Skipper

Burnsius communis

Seen 2026-09-24

field thistle

Cirsium discolor

Seen 2026-09-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).