High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Cape May is a city at the southern tip of Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey, where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean and is one of the country`s oldest vacation resort destinations. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, it had a year-round population of 3,607. In the summer, Cape May`s population swells to as many as 40,000 to 50,000 with visitors. The entire city of Cape May is designated the Cape May Historic District, a National Historic Landmark due to its concentration of Victorian buildings.