Ocean County, New Jersey

Founding: 1850
Parent counties: Burlington and Monmouth
Namesake: The Atlantic Ocean
Seat: Tom's River (1850–)
Land area: 629 square miles
Population (2020): 637,229
Population (historic): 10,032 (1850); 13,628 (1870); 15,974 (1890); 21,318 (1910); 33,069 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1850–2020
Subdivisions: 19 boroughs; 27 CDPs; 14 townships
National Register listings: 36
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 12,549 (4.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 53.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 38.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,974
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,715
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 666
Average farm size (1920): 35.7 acres
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Tom's River

 
Namesake: Tom's River
Founding: 1819 (post office)
Population (2020): 92,830
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,092 (2.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. House (c. 1885). 693 East Veteran's Highway. Jackson. Eastlake.
2. House (c. 1880). 245 Whitesville Road. Jackson. Gothic Revival.