page_title: Berkeley Township, New Jersey
hierarchical_section_title: Berkeley Township, New Jersey
caption_attribution_description: Source: Jim Irwin Original work by Jim Irwin, December 2005.
context_page_description: Berkeley Township is a township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population had increased to 41,255, reflecting an increase of 1,264 from the 39,991 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 2,672 from the 37,319 counted in the 1990 Census. the highest recorded in any decennial census.
  Berkeley Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 31, 1875, from portions of Dover Township. Sections of the township were taken to form Seaside Park, Seaside Heights, Beachwood, Ocean Gate Pine Beach, South Toms River and Island Beach. The township was named for John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, one of the founders of the Province of New Jersey.
context_section_description: Berkeley Township is a township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population had increased to 41,255, reflecting an increase of 1,264 (+3.2%) from the 39,991 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 2,672 (+7.2%) from the 37,319 counted in the 1990 Census. the highest recorded in any decennial census.
  Berkeley Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 31, 1875, from portions of Dover Township (now Toms River Township). Sections of the township were taken to form Seaside Park (March 3, 1898), Seaside Heights (February 6, 1913), Beachwood (March 22, 1917), Ocean Gate (February 28, 1918) Pine Beach (February 26, 1925), South Toms River (March 28, 1927) and Island Beach (June 23, 1933, reabsorbed into Berkeley Township in 1965). The township was named for John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, one of the founders of the Province of New Jersey.
caption: Map of Berkeley Township in Ocean County. Inset: Location of Ocean County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
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