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7 unusual facts about Monmouth County


Deal, New Jersey

Deal was incorporated as a borough on March 7, 1898, by an act of the New Jersey Legislature, from portions of Ocean Township.

Effects of Hurricane Isabel in New Jersey

Most coastal areas of Monmouth County reported eroded beaches by up to 4 feet (1.2 m), with Union Beach losing about 5,000 sq.

Eosuchus

minor, was named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1870 on the basis of the holotype specimen YPM 282, consisting of cranial fragments and isolated vertebrae found from the Manasquan Formation in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Loch Arbour, New Jersey

Loch Arbour is part of the Ocean Township School District, a consolidated public school district serving students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from both Loch Arbour and Ocean Township.

Loch Arbour was formed as a Village by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 23, 1957, from portions of Ocean Township, based on the results of a referendum held that same day.

Ocean Township, Ocean County, New Jersey

Non-residents have been known to confuse Ocean Township with the Ocean Township of Monmouth County.

Thomas Barbour

Although born on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where the family was spending the summer, Barbour grew up in Monmouth, New Jersey, where one of his younger brothers, William Warren Barbour, entered the political arena, eventually serving as U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1931 to 1937 and again from 1938 to 1943.


Jersey Central Traction Company

It eventually got to what is now Route 35 and followed it into Monmouth County; the truss bridge that now carries Route 35 northbound over the New York and Long Branch Railroad in Sayreville was probably built for it.

New Jersey Route 35

Route 35 crosses into Brielle, Monmouth County, immediately passing over the main channel of the Manasquan River on a drawbridge.

Robert Lewis Morgan

In results from balloting on Election Day, November 8, 2005, in the 12th district, covering portions of Monmouth and Mercer counties, Republican challenger Jennifer Beck had an edge of over 1,000 votes for one of the two seats in the district.

Robert Singer

Singer serves on the Board of Trustees of Georgian Court University in Lakewood and is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Monmouth-Ocean Development Council.

T. Thomas Fortune House

Thomas Fortune House, also known as Maple Hill, located in Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, was the home of Timothy Thomas Fortune, a leading journalist and civil rights advocate.


see also

AAHS

Academy of Allied Health & Science, magnet public high school located in Neptune Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey

Belmar

Belmar, New Jersey, a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States

Charles M. Wyckoff

While on the Board of Freeholders, Wyckoff was a strong advocate for the construction of the Monmouth County Tuberculosis Hospital.

Elberon

Elberon, New Jersey, a section of Long Branch, a city of 31,000 in Monmouth County

Englishtown, New Jersey

At the Battle of Monmouth, an American Revolutionary War battle fought on June 28, 1778 in Monmouth County, American General Charles Lee led the advance and initiated the first attack on the column's rear.

Frank Pallone

Pallone has questioned the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on its update of flood plain maps in Monmouth County, specifically in the Bayshore area.

John P. Curley

A lifelong, fourth-generation resident of Monmouth County, John Curley grew up in Shrewsbury, New Jersey and is a graduate of Christian Brothers Academy and Thomas Edison State College (TESC).

New Jersey Route 66

The need for this widening is due to the need to handle traffic going to Asbury Park in the summer months as well as an evacuation route for the coastal regions of Monmouth County, and the poor design of the current roadway, which lacks turning lanes and facilities for bicycles and pedestrians.

New Jersey Transit Rail Operations

Freehold-Matawan: leased to Monmouth County Park System until 2020 as interim section of Henry Hudson Trail

Syrian Jewish communities of the United States

The New Jersey community is mainly based in Monmouth County, especially Deal, Elberon, Long Branch, Oakhurst and Bradley Beach.

Thomas J. Lynch

Thomas J. Lynch, Jr., American politician in Monmouth County, New Jersey

Wanamassa

Wanamassa, New Jersey, a census-designated place and unincorporated area within Ocean Township, in Monmouth County

William A. Stevens

After his tenure as Attorney General he returned to Monmouth County to serve as solicitor for Deal, West Long Branch, Little Silver, and Rumson.