Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
Little Egg Harbor Township is a township situated on the Jersey Shore, within Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is the southernmost municipality in both Ocean County and the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 20,784, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 719 (+3.6%) from the 2010 census count of 20,065, which in turn reflected an increase of 4,120 (+25.8%) from the 15,945 counted in the 2000 census.
Entering Ocean County at Little Egg Harbor Township while traveling northbound on the Garden State Parkway
The Giffordtown Schoolhouse, which operated until 1951, now part of the Tuckerton Historical Society
Plaque commemorating the Little Egg Harbor massacre monument
A concrete footing for the former Tuckerton Wireless Tower, located in the center of South Ensign Drive
Ocean County is a county located along the Jersey Shore in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey, and the southernmost county in the New York metropolitan area. The county borders the Atlantic Ocean on the east and in terms of total area is the state's largest county. Its county seat is Toms River. 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.
Sunrise at Barnegat Lighthouse on Long Beach Island, facing the Atlantic Ocean
The Ocean County Courthouse in Toms River was built in 1851.
Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood is the world's largest yeshiva outside of Israel.
Entering Ocean County on the northbound Garden State Parkway in Little Egg Harbor Township
