Dennis Township NJ
Homes for Sale

Dennis Township is the quiet, wooded heart of the Cape May County mainland. Carved out of Upper Township in 1827 and named for Dennis Creek, it's one of the greenest and most rural corners of the county — a place of pine forest, tidal creeks, and small historic villages, far from the boardwalk and the resort crowds. Much of the township sits inside or alongside Belleplain State Forest, and its western edge runs down to the Delaware Bay.

The township is really a handful of distinct villages. Dennisville is the historic center, a settlement with deep colonial roots along Dennis Creek; South Dennis and Ocean View sit toward the Route 9 corridor and the shore side, and Clermont runs down toward the Middle Township line. It's year-round, primary-residence country — families, retirees, and buyers who want room, trees, and quiet within a short drive of Sea Isle and Ocean City.

For buyers, Dennis is one of the most attainable and unhurried markets in the county: affordable single-family homes, and some bayshore properties on the Delaware Bay side. Whether you're tracking just-listed homes or reviewing what's recently sold, the searches on this page pull live from the MLS. Joe Wiessner Realty has worked the Cape May County shore since 2002, mainland to island.