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Ocean County, New Jersey

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37historic places

—earliest paper

1850formed

637,229pop. 2020

28cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 37 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1968; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Toms River, Beach Haven, Barnegat Light.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New Jersey is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Ocean titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

25 of 37 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

37 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Barnegat Light Public School	Barnegat Light	Building	1976
Barnegat Lighthouse	Barnegat Light	Structure	1971
Bartlett-Rockhill-Bartlett House	Tuckerton	Building	2012
Bay Head Historic District	Bay Head Borough	District	2006
Beach Haven Historic District	Beach Haven	District	1983
Beach Haven Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)	Beach Haven Borough	District	2014
Birdsall, Capt. Amos , House	Toms River	Building	1982
Brant, A.A., House	Toms River	Building	1982
Cassville Crossroads Historic District	Jackson Township	District	1982
Cavarly Cottage	Stafford Township	Building	2006
Cedar Bridge Tavern	Barnegat Township	Building	2013
Converse Cottage	Beach Haven	Building	1983
Cox, Mary Etta, House	Barnegat	Building	2005
Crawford House	Toms River	Building	1982
Double Trouble Historic District	Beachwood	District	1978
Falkinburg Farmstead	Waretown	Building	1993
Force, Elizabeth Sculthorp, House	Toms River Township	Building	2019
Georgian Court NHL	Lakewood	District	1978
Giberson, Capt. George W., House	Toms River	Building	1982
Hangar No. 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station NHL	Manchester Township	District	1968
Horner House	Toms River	Building	1982
Island Heights Historic District	Island Heights	District	1982
L. Ron Hubbard Residence at Bay Head	Bay Head Borough	Building
Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House	Tuckerton	Building	2002
Manahawkin Baptist Church	Manahawkin	Building	1973
Manitou Park School House	Berkeley	Building	2005
Ocean County Courthouse	Toms River	Building	1983
Ocean County Jail	Toms River	Building	1983
Old Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet	Point Pleasant Beach	Building	2021
Orient Baptist Church	Laurelton	Building	1977
Seaside Heights Carousel	Borough of Seaside Heights	Structure	2026
Stewart House	Toms River	Building	1982
Stoutenburgh-Minturn House	Toms River	Building	1982
Strand Theatre	Lakewood	Building	1982
Torrey-Larrabee Store	Lakehurst	Building	1997
U.S. Life Saving Station Station No. 14	Seaside Park	Building	1978
Williams, Dr. Edward H., House	Beach Haven	Building	1983

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Ocean was formed in 1850 (1850-02-15) from Monmouth.

OCEAN created from MONMOUTH.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Ocean County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
10,032	11,176	14,455	19,747	22,155	37,706	56,622	108,241	346,038	510,916	637,229

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

28 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 28 of 28 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
B'Nai Israel Memorial Park	40.00315	-74.20441
Barnegat Memorial Cemetery	39.75511	-74.22603
Cedar Grove Cemetery	39.79106	-74.18914
Evergreen Cemetery	40.07029	-74.1991
First Baptist Church of Laurelton Cemetery	40.07062	-74.12753
Friends Meeting Cemetery	39.75047	-74.21523
Good Luck Cemetery	39.85537	-74.17621
Gravelly Graveyard	40.06113	-74.11704
Greenville Cemetery	40.10287	-74.1711
Greenwood Cemetery	39.69178	-74.26486
Greenwood Cemetery	39.61135	-74.34013
Greenwood Cemetery	40.08547	-74.20674
Manahawkin Baptist Church Cemetery	39.6988	-74.25841
Mount Sinai Cemetery	40.09891	-74.1907
Ocean County Memorial Park	39.79509	-74.2283
Ocean County Memorial Park	40.02696	-74.18024
Olam Cemetery	40.05317	-74.18292
Old Saint John's Church Cemetery	40.01395	-74.3127
Old Waretown Presbyterian Cemetery	39.78717	-74.19628
Reevestown Cemetery	39.77395	-74.35829
Riverside Cemetery	39.9691	-74.20252
Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery	39.96703	-74.18134
Saint Mary of the Lake Cemetery	40.04755	-74.22524
Staffordville Cemetery	39.66624	-74.28504
Toms River Jewish Cemetery	40.00192	-74.20662
West Creek Cemetery	39.63359	-74.3107
White Lawn Cemetery	40.08869	-74.05703
Woodlawn Cemetery	40.1041	-74.21789

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Aserdaten	39.85651	-74.33792
Clarks Landing	40.09067	-74.06069
Crossley	39.9529	-74.2957
Davenport	39.92734	-74.33848

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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