The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The township was created by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1849, from portions of Shrewsbury Township, at which time the newly formed township stretched from the Shrewsbury River to the southern tip of Avon-by-the-Sea. Portions of the township were since taken to form Lincoln Township (March 6, 1867; reannexed to Ocean Township effective May 1, 1868), Long Branch (April 11, 1867), Eatontown (April 4, 1873), Asbury Park (March 26, 1874), Neptune Township (February 26, 1879), Sea Bright (March 21, 1889), Allenhurst (April 26, 1897), Deal (March 7, 1898), Monmouth Beach (March 9, 1906), Interlaken (March 11, 1922), and Loch Arbour (April 23, 1957). The township derives its name from its original seaside location.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Ocean’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ocean’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBranchburg (Village); Ocean Towns…, 1873: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Ocean
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Ocean, decade by decade
Nothing in Ocean is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ocean has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Allenhurst Railroad Station in Allenhurst, 1.8 miles away.
Ocean and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Branchburg (Village); Ocean Township Business Notices.; Oceanville (Village) (1873) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.