Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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. 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) and 07712. Small portions have Allenhurst (07711), Deal (07723) and Long Branch (07740) ZIP codes.
View along Route 18 northbound in Ocean Township, Monmouth County
The Wayside residential neighborhood. Located on the border of Ocean and Tinton Falls.
Ocean Township municipal complex
Route 18 northbound in Ocean Township
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