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Populated place in Cape May County, New Jersey, US

Unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States

Swainton, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°07′53″N 74°46′39″W / 39.13139°N 74.77750°W / 39.13139; -74.77750
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Cape May
Township	Middle
Elevation	20 ft (6 m)
ZIP Code	08210
Area code(s)	609, 640
GNIS feature ID	0881036

Swainton is an unincorporated community located within Middle Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. U.S. Route 9 and the Garden State Parkway are major roads of Swainton. Avalon is a coastal community directly across from Swainton, connected by Avalon Boulevard.

A post office was established in 1896, with Luther Swain as the first postmaster.

Swainton is home to Union League National Golf Club—a 27-hole golf course offering an 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m) clubhouse.

Education

"Swainton". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
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. 468.
History, Union League National Golf Club. Accessed July 5, 2023.

v t e Middle Township, New Jersey
Settlements	Burleigh Cape May Court House Dias Creek Goshen Green Creek Mayville Pierces Point Rio Grande (most) Swainton Whitesboro
Education	Middle Township Public Schools Middle Township HS Cape May Co Tech SD Cape May Co Tech HS Cape May County Special Services School District campuses Cape Christian Acad Atlantic Cape Community College
Landmarks	Cape May County Park & Zoo Cape May Bird Observatory Center for Research and Education Cape May County Courthouse Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional Jessie Creek Winery Old Cape May County Courthouse Building
Media	Cape May County Herald
This list is incomplete. Formerly Whitesboro and Burleigh were in a single CDP, Whitesboro-Burleigh Cape May County Airport (The former NAS Rio Grande) is in Lower Township. Dennis Township Public Schools has a Cape May Court House address but is in Dennis Township, outside of the CMCH census-designated place.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Cape May County, New Jersey, United States
County seat: Cape May Court House
Cities	Cape May North Wildwood Ocean City Sea Isle City Wildwood	Map of New Jersey highlighting Cape May County
Boroughs	Avalon Cape May Point Stone Harbor West Cape May West Wildwood Wildwood Crest Woodbine
Townships	Dennis Township Lower Township Middle Township Upper Township
CDPs	Beesleys Point Belleplain Burleigh Cape May Court House Dennisville Diamond Beach Erma Goshen Marmora Marshallville North Cape May Ocean View Palermo Rio Grande Seaville South Dennis South Seaville Strathmere Tuckahoe Villas Whitesboro
Other communities	Clermont Cold Spring Dias Creek Green Creek Mayville Miami Beach Petersburg Schellenger Landing Swainton
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