Freehold Township, New Jersey
Freehold Township is a township in western Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Crisscrossed by several major highways, the township is a commercial hub for Central New Jersey and is a suburban bedroom community of New York City, located within the Raritan Valley region of the much larger New York Metropolitan Area. The township is located roughly 38 miles (61 km) away from Manhattan and about 20 miles (32 km) away from Staten Island. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 35,369, a decrease of 815 (−2.3%) from the 36,184 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 4,647 (+14.7%) from the 31,537 counted in the 2000 census.
Image: A Fall Panorama from Comb's Hill
Image: 2020 08 22 12 08 26 View north along U.S. Route 9 at the exit for Schibanoff Lane in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Image: Freehold Raceway dead heat race
Image: Oakley Farmstead in Autumn 2021
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Monmouth County is a county, located in the central section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Comprising much of the northern half of the Jersey Shore, it is bordered to its west by Mercer and Middlesex Counties, to its south by Ocean County, to its east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to its north by the Raritan Bay. Monmouth County's geographic area comprises 30% water. The county is considered part of the Central Jersey region of the state, though it was not among the four counties explicitly listed as included in Central Jersey as part of legislation signed into law in 2023.
Sandy Hook Light in Sandy Hook, New Jersey
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The Battle of Monmouth was fought on June 28, 1778
The Allentown Mill in Allentown