Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Point Pleasant is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore, in northern Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[20] As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 18,941,[10][11] an increase of 549 (+3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 18,392,[21][22] which in turn reflected a decline of 914 (−4.7%) from the 19,306 counted at 2000 census.[23]
Point Pleasant, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40.077748°N 74.069921°W / 40.077748; -74.069921[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Ocean |
Incorporated | May 19, 1920 |
Government | |
• Type | Borough |
• Body | Borough Council |
• Mayor | Robert A. Sabosik (R, term ends December 31, 2026)[4][5] |
• Administrator | Frank Pannucci Jr.[6] |
• Municipal clerk | Antoinette Jones[7] |
Area | |
• Total | 4.17 sq mi (10.79 km2) |
• Land | 3.49 sq mi (9.04 km2) |
• Water | 0.67 sq mi (1.74 km2) 16.16% |
• Rank | 292nd of 565 in state 15th of 33 in county[1] |
Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 18,941 |
• Estimate | 19,429 |
• Rank | 145th of 565 in state 11th of 33 in county[13] |
• Density | 5,425.7/sq mi (2,094.9/km2) |
• Rank | 101st of 565 in state 2nd of 33 in county[13] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area code(s) | 732[16] |
FIPS code | 3402959880[1][17][18] |
GNIS feature ID | 0885357[1][19] |
Website | www |
The borough is a Jersey Shore community situated south of the Manasquan River and north and east of the Beaverdam Creek and its confluence with the Metedeconk River.
Point Pleasant was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 21, 1920, from portions of Brick Township, based on the results of a referendum held on May 19, 1920. The borough was reincorporated on March 12, 1928.[24] Point Pleasant is distinct from Point Pleasant Beach, which is a separate community.[25] The borough gets its name from Point Pleasant Beach, which gets its name from its location at the northern end of the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that divides the Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean at the Manasquan Inlet.[26]