Monmouth Beach
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borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Monmouth
- Incorporated
- March 9, 1906
- Type
- Walsh Act
- Body
- Board of Commissioners
- Mayor
- David F. Stickle (term ends May 17, 2025)
- Administrator
- Anthony M. Villane
- Municipal clerk
- Joyce Escalante
- Total
- 2.07 sq mi (5.37 km )
- Land
- 1.04 sq mi (2.70 km )
- Water
- 1.03 sq mi (2.67 km ) 49.81%
- Rank
- 406th of 565 in state, 30th of 53 in county
- Elevation
- 20 ft (6.1 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 3,204
- Density
- 3,046.1/sq mi (1,176.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough of New Jersey
- Official name
- Monmouth Beach
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Monmouth County
- Population
- 3174
- Area
- 5.358901
- Elevation
- 20
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Long Branch
- Official website
- monmouthbeach.org
- Image
- Monmouth Beach, NJ.jpg
- Households
- 1485
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- Commons category
- Monmouth Beach, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07750
- inception
- 1906-03-09
- water as percent of area
- 48.0324
- per capita income
- 86884
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Encyclopedic overview
Monmouth Beach is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated on the Jersey Shore in Central Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,174, a decrease of 105 (−3.2%) from the 2010 census count of 3,279, which in turn had reflected a decline of 316 (−8.8%) from the 3,595 counted at the 2000 census.
The area was first settled in 1668 and grew into a community with the arrival of the Long Branch and Sea Shore Railroad. Many early residents were professional fishermen with Norwegian backgrounds.
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