Township of Ocean

In 1849, the Township of Ocean—then composed geographically of land along the Atlantic from Sandy Hook to Shark River and west to Neptune and Tinton Falls—was officially separated from Shrewsbury Township. Consisting of scattered farms and small villages surrounding occasional inns, mills, and general stores, the newly formed jurisdiction contained what would later become the dynamic shore communities of Long Branch, Asbury Park, Neptune, Deal, Allenhurst, Interlaken, and Loch Arbour.
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