West Long Branch
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borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Monmouth
- Incorporated
- May 5, 1908
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Janet W. Tucci ( R , term ends December 31, 2026)
- Administrator
- Jason W. Gonter
- Municipal clerk
- Carolina Kelly
- Total
- 2.89 sq mi (7.49 km )
- Land
- 2.86 sq mi (7.40 km )
- Water
- 0.035 sq mi (0.09 km ) 1.25%
- Rank
- 342nd of 565 in state, 23rd of 53 in county
- Elevation
- 26 ft (7.9 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 8,555
- Density
- 3,006.7/sq mi (1,160.9/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
- West Long Branch
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Monmouth County
- Population
- 8587
- Area
- 7.495718
- Elevation
- 26
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Eatontown
- Official website
- www.westlongbranch.org
- Image
- Murry Guggenheim House, West Long Branch, NJ - south view.jpg
- Households
- 2692
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- topic's main category
- Category:West Long Branch, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07764
- Commons category
- West Long Branch, New Jersey
- water as percent of area
- 1.2396
- per capita income
- 43655
- date of incorporation
- 1908-05-05
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Encyclopedic overview
A typically large estate home on Cedar Avenue in West Long Branch West Long Branch is a borough situated within the Jersey Shore region, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 8,587, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 490 (+6.1%) from the 2010 census count of 8,097, which in turn reflected a decline of 161 (−1.9%) from the 8,258 counted in the 2000 census. West Long Branch is the home of Monmouth University.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West Long Branch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.