Ocean County

Ocean County is on the . It is the southernmost county in the New York City metropolitan area. The county is also home to many tourist attractions such as the beachfront communities of Seaside Heights, Long Beach Island, and Point Pleasant Beach…
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Long Beach Island and Point Pleasant.

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, famous Exit 63 off the Garden State Parkway, is an 18-mile-long barrier island in Ocean County, . The island has evolved from an important fishing hub to a playground for well-to-do men and women.

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is a small borough in the region. This close-to-the-coast community is often confused with its coastal neighbor, .

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Township is the most populous township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of . A rapidly growing community, as of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 135,158, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 42,315 from the 2010 census count of 92,843, which in turn reflected an increase of 32,491 from the 60,352 counted in the 2000 census.

Destinations to Discover

Places to explore: Toms River and Point Pleasant Beach.

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is the county seat of Ocean County, . It is a few miles west of the beaches of the , midway between New York and Philadelphia and a short distance from Atlantic City.

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is a small borough in the region. This seaside community is often called Point Pleasant by tourists. In fact , a coastal town that sees a large influx of summer visitors, is a separate political entity from its western neighbor - .

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is a borough with almost 3,000 residents in the region. is a beach town on a barrier island that faces the Atlantic Ocean on the east and Barnegat Bay on the west.

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is a village of fewer than 1,000 people in Ocean County, It lies 80 km east of Philadelphia, 110 km south of New York City and 40 km north of Atlantic City, along the Jersey coast.

, also called Dover Beach South, is part of Ocean County, on the . It is located on the Barnegat Peninsula and is physically separated from its governing entity, the city of Toms River.

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is a town of 60,000 people in Ocean County. Jackson is the site of Six Flags Great Adventure and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor theme parks. This article also covers Plumsted Township, a community of about 8,000 people to the west of Jackson.

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Manchester Township is a township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of . The township is noted for containing the , the site of the infamous Hindenburg disaster of May 6, 1937.

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is a township situated on the within Ocean County, in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the city retained its position as the state's 13th-most-populous municipality, with a population of 73,620…

is the less densely populated part of Ocean County, .

Ocean County

Latitude of center
39.866° or 39° 51′ 58″ north
Longitude of center
-74.25° or 74° 15′ 0″ west
Population
577,000
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
Geo­Names ID
4503355
Wiki­data ID
Q502564
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Ocean County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ocean County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة أوشن”
  • Armenian: “Օուշն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu d’Ocean”
  • Azerbaijani: “Oşen”
  • Basque: “Ocean konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Ocean County, New Jersey”
  • Bavarian: “Ocean County”
  • Belarusian: “Оўшэн”
  • Bishnupriya: “ওসিয়ান কাউন্টি, নিউ জার্সি”
  • Bishnupriya: “ওসিয়ান কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Оушън”
  • Catalan: “comtat d’Ocean”
  • Cebuano: “Ocean County”
  • Chechen: “Ошен (гуо, Нью-Джерси)”
  • Chechen: “Ошен”
  • Chinese: “大洋县”
  • Chinese: “大洋縣”
  • Chinese: “海洋縣”
  • Dutch: “Ocean County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Ocean”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Ocean”
  • Finnish: “Oceanin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté d’Ocean”
  • French: “Comté d’Ocean”
  • Georgian: “ოუშენის ოლქი”
  • German: “Ocean County”
  • Gilaki: “اوشن ٚ شأرستان (نيۊجرسي)”
  • Gilaki: “اوشن ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Όσεαν”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אושן”
  • Hungarian: “Ocean megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Ocean”
  • Italian: “contea di Ocean”
  • Italian: “Contea di Ocean”
  • Japanese: “オーシャン郡”
  • Korean: “오션군”
  • Low German: “Ocean County”
  • Mazanderani: “اوشن شهرستان (نیوجرسی)”
  • Mazanderani: “اوشن شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Ocean Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ocean Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ocean County”
  • Norwegian: “Ocean County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان اقیانوس”
  • Persian: “شهرستان اوشن، نیوجرسی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان اوشن”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Ocean”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Ocean”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Ocean, New Jersey”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Ocean”
  • Russian: “Оушен”
  • Russian: “Ошен”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Ocean”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ocean County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Оушан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ocean County, New Jersey”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ocean County”
  • Slovenian: “Ocean County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Ocean”
  • Swedish: “Ocean County”
  • Tatar: “Ошен (округ, Нью-Джерси)”
  • Tatar: “Ошен”
  • Tumbuka: “Ocean County”
  • Turkish: “Ocean County”
  • Turkish: “Ocean ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Оушен”
  • Urdu: “اوشن کاؤنٹی، نیو جرسی”
  • Urdu: “اوشن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Ocean”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Ocean, New Jersey”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Ocean”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Ocean, New Jersey”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Ocean”
  • Welsh: “Ocean County, New Jersey”
  • Welsh: “Ocean County”
  • Western Panjabi: “اوشین کاؤنٹی”

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