Lakehurst, New Jersey

**Lakehurst** is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2,636 people lived there.

Lakehurst was incorporated as a borough on April 7, 1921. It was made from parts of Manchester Township.

## Geography

Lakehurst has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  is water.

The town has a lake, Lake Horicon. The lake was created in 1942 by the Works Progress Administration. It was made by building Horicon Dam on two branches of the Toms River.

## History

Lakehurst first became known as a winter resort around the turn of the 20th century. In 1911, the rope factory in the town burned down. After that, a volunteer fire department was created.

On May 6, 1937, the German zeppelin _Hindenburg_ was arriving from Frankfurt am Main. It caught fire at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station and burned up.

## Transportation

Lakehurst is at the western end of New Jersey Route 37. New Jersey Route 70 is the main highway through the borough. County Route 547 connects from the north.

Lakehurst is on the former Central Railroad of New Jersey Southern Division Main Line. The Barnegat Branch used to go from Lakehurst through Toms River and Beachwood down to Barnegat.

## Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Lakehurst include:
- Thomas Barlow (1896–1983), one of the first professional basketball players, he was inducted as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1981.
- Rich Croushore (born 1970), former Major League Baseball pitcher who was born in Lakehurst when his father served in the U.S. Navy.
- Abel Kiviat (1892–1991), silver medalist in the men's 1,500 m event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
- Juice Newton (born 1952), Grammy Award-winning American pop music and country singer.
- Richard Shindell (born 1960), folk singer / songwriter.

## Other websites

- Lakehurst Borough web site
- Lakehurst Elementary School
- Data for the Lakehurst Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics
- Manchester Township High School

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Lakehurst, New Jersey
- **settlement type**: Borough (New Jersey), Borough
- **motto**: "Airship Capital of the World"
- **image skyline**: Cathedral of the Air NJ1.jpg
- **imagesize**: 250x200px
- **image caption**: Cathedral of the Air
- **image map**: Ocean_County_New_Jersey_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Lakehurst_Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250x200px
- **map caption**: Location of Lakehurst in Ocean County, New Jersey, Ocean County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Ocean County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left).
- **image map1**: Census_Bureau_map_of_Lakehurst,_New_Jersey.png
- **mapsize1**: 250x200px
- **map caption1**: Census Bureau map of Lakehurst, New Jersey
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in New Jersey, County
- **subdivision name2**: Ocean County, New Jersey, Ocean
- **government type**: Borough (New Jersey), Borough
- **governing body**: Borough Council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader title1**: Municipal clerk
- **established title**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date**: April 7, 1921
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 2.56
- **area land km2**: 2.32
- **area water km2**: 0.24
- **area total sq mi**: 0.99
- **area land sq mi**: 0.90
- **area water sq mi**: 0.09
- **area water percent**: 9.39
- **area rank**: 501st of 565 in state
25th of 33 in county
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 2636
- **population rank**: 462nd of 565 in state
19th of 33 in county
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population density sq mi**: 2944.8
- **population density rank**: 220th of 565 in state
9th of 33 in county
- **timezone**: Eastern Time Zone, Eastern (EST)
- **utc offset**: −05:00
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Daylight Time, Eastern (EDT)
- **utc offset dst**: −04:00
- **elevation ft**: 66
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **postal code**: 08733, 08759
- **area code**: Area codes 732 and 848, 732
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 3402937770
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0885270