In late 1800s, the Colored American Equitable Industrial Association, led by Former U.S. Congressman George H. White (1897-1901) and other notable investors: Reverend J.W. Fishburn, Booker T. Washington, Samuel H. Vick, Aletha Gibbs, Wiley H. Bates, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Ernest Cherry, Honorable William H. Hunt, and many more began acquisition of over 3500 acres of land in Cape May County, New Jersey, and founded the broader Whitesboro community. Ironically, these lands had once been the property of Aaron Leaming Jr. and Thomas Leaming Jr., the largest slave owners in Cape May County’s history.

On January 25th, 1927, Whitesboro's community leaders convened a meeting to discuss incorporating Whitesboro as a borough by an act of the New Jersey State Legislature. By a vote of 86-5, Whitesboro's land-owning residents decided then against incorporation. Today, to preserve Whitesboro's legacy and future, the Whitesboro Historic Preservation Project seeks to unify the community of Whitesboro in the pursuit of self-reliance and self-governance.

We ask all residents and friends of Whitesboro, New Jersey (Wildwood Junction Heights, Wildwood Heights, Whitesboro, Burleigh, & Mayville) to sign our petition and help us gain support from the New Jersey State Legislature and Governor Phillip D. Murphy to incorporate Whitesboro as its own Borough.