Eatontown

Also known as Eatontown, New Jersey, Eatontown, NJ

borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: New Jersey
County: Monmouth
Incorporated: April 4, 1873 as township
Named after: Thomas Eaton
Type: Borough
Body: Borough Council
Mayor: Anthony Talerico Jr. ( D , term ends December 31, 2026)
Administrator: William P. Lucia III (acting)
Municipal clerk: Julie Martin
Total: 5.89 sq mi (15.26 km )
Land: 5.84 sq mi (15.13 km )
Water

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Eatontown is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 13,597, an increase of 888 (+7.0%) from the 2010 census count of 12,709, which in turn reflected a decline of 1,299 (−9.3%) from the 14,008 counted in the 2000 census.

The community that is now Eatontown was originally incorporated as Eatontown Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 4, 1873, from portions of Ocean Township and Shrewsbury Township. Portions of the township were taken to form West Long Branch (April 7, 1908) and Oceanport (April 6, 1920). Eatontown was reincorporated as a borough on March 8, 1926, replacing Eatontown Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 13, 1926.} The borough was named for Thomas Eaton, an early settler who built a mill in the area c. 1670.