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== History == Middle Township was formed as a precinct on April 2, 1723, and was incorporated by Township Act of 1798 of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on February 21, 1798 as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships. Portions of the township have been taken to form Anglesea Borough (on June 13, 1885; now [[North Wildwood, New Jersey|North Wildwood]]), [[Avalon, New Jersey|Avalon]] (April 18, 1892), [[Wildwood, New Jersey|Wildwood]] (May 1, 1895), [[Stone Harbor, New Jersey|Stone Harbor]] (April 3, 1914) and [[West Wildwood, New Jersey|West Wildwood]] (April 21, 1920).<ref name="Story">Snyder, John P. [https://nj.gov/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 114. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref> The township's name came from its location when Cape May was split into three townships in 1723 at the same time that [[Lower Township, New Jersey|Lower Township]] and [[Upper Township, New Jersey|Upper Township]] were created.<ref>Stevens, Lewis Townsend. [https://books.google.com/books?id=e5UvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA92 ''The History of Cape May County, New Jersey: From the Aboriginal Times to the Present Day''], p. 92. L.T. Stevens, 1897. Accessed September 3, 2015. "The county of Cape May was divided into three townships, Upper, Middle and Lower, April 2, 1723, of which the official record says:"</ref>
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