Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Ocean Township is a township situated on the Jersey Shore in east central Monmouth County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is a bedroom suburb of New York City.[19] Ocean Township has no central downtown and consists of three main unincorporated communities: Oakhurst, Wanamassa, and Wayside. The township is divided into two ZIP codes, 07755 (Oakhurst)[20] and 07712 (Wanamassa and Wayside).[21] Small portions have Allenhurst (07711), Deal (07723) and Long Branch (07740) ZIP codes.[22]
Ocean Township, New Jersey | |
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Motto: The Community of Gracious Living | |
Coordinates: 40.254412°N 74.031937°W / 40.254412; -74.031937[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Monmouth |
Incorporated | February 21, 1849 |
Government | |
• Type | Faulkner Act (council–manager) |
• Body | Township Council |
• Mayor | John P. Napolitani Sr. (appointed to term ending June 30, 2023)[4][5] |
• Administrator | David G. Brown II[6] |
• Municipal clerk | Jessie M. Joseph[7] |
Area | |
• Total | 10.99 sq mi (28.47 km2) |
• Land | 10.87 sq mi (28.15 km2) |
• Water | 0.13 sq mi (0.32 km2) 1.14% |
• Rank | 202nd of 565 in state 13th of 53 in county[1] |
Elevation | 66 ft (20 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 27,672 |
• Estimate | 27,796 |
• Rank | 90th of 565 in state 8th of 53 in county[12] |
• Density | 2,546.4/sq mi (983.2/km2) |
• Rank | 248th of 565 in state 30th of 53 in county[12] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area code(s) | 732[15] |
FIPS code | 3402554270[1][16][17] |
GNIS feature ID | 0882601[1][18] |
Website | www |
As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 27,672,[9][10] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 381 (+1.4%) from the 27,291 recorded at the 2010 census,[23][24] which in turn reflected an increase of 332 (+1.2%) from the 26,959 counted in the 2000 census.[25]