[30] Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Del Haven, Dias Creek, Goshen, Goshen Landing, Green Creek, Holly Beach, Mayville, Norburys Landing, Nummytown, Pierces, Pierces Point, Reeds Beach, Shellbed Landing, Swain Point, Swainton, Wildwood Gardens and Wildwood Junction.

[31] The township borders the Cape May County municipalities of Avalon Borough, Dennis Township, Lower Township, North Wildwood City, Sea Isle City, Stone Harbor Borough, Wildwood City and West Wildwood Borough, along with the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay.

[35] Ike's Point is one of five federally-recognized place names in the United States with a possessive apostrophe.

[36] The 2010 United States census counted 18,911 people, 7,256 households, and 4,934 families in the township.

[58][59][60] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 2nd congressional district is represented by Jeff Van Drew (R, Dennis Township).

[62] For the 2024-2025 session, the 1st legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Mike Testa (R, Vineland) and in the General Assembly by Antwan McClellan (R, Ocean City) and Erik K. Simonsen (R, Lower Township).

[63] Cape May County is governed by a five-person Board of County Commissioners whose members are elected at-large on a partisan basis to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year; At an annual reorganization held each January, the commissioners select one member to serve as director and another to serve as vice-director.

[64] As of 2025[update], Cape May County's Commissioners are Director Leonard C. Desiderio (R, Sea Isle City, 2027),[65] Robert Barr (R, Ocean City; 2025),[66] Will Morey (R, Wildwood Crest; 2026),[67] Melanie Collette (R. Middle Township; 2026),[68] and Vice-Director Andrew Bulakowski (R, Lower Township; 2025).

[69][64][70] The county's constitutional officers are Clerk Rita Marie Rothberg (R, 2025, Ocean City),[71][72] Sheriff Robert Nolan (R, 2026, Lower Township)[73][74] and Surrogate E. Marie Hayes (R, 2028, Ocean City).

[79][80] In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 49.5% of the vote (4,483 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama, who received 48.4% (4,389 votes), with 9,059 ballots cast among the township's 11,493 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.8%.

[81] In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 54.0% of the vote (4,391 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry, who received around 44.1% (3,586 votes), with 8,133 ballots cast among the township's 10,977 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 74.1.

[91] The Middle Township Public Schools serve students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

[98] Students from Avalon, Dennis Township, Stone Harbor and Woodbine attend the district's high school as part of sending/receiving relationships.

[104] The Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden operates Bishop McHugh Regional School, a Catholic K–8 school, in Ocean View, Dennis Township,[105] which has a Cape May Courthouse postal address.

[110] The Garden State Parkway runs for more than 11.3 miles (18.2 km) as the main highway serving Middle Township.

[116][117] The Great American Trolley Company operates trolley service from North Wildwood and Wildwood to shopping centers in Rio Grande on Mondays through Fridays in the summer months.

[120] People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Middle Township include: