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 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 _________________________________________________________________________________ Tom's River Namesake: Tom's Rive...