Cliffwood, New Jersey | |
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Cliffwood as seen from Cliffwood Avenue (CR 6A) | |
Coordinates: 40°26′12″N74°14′23″W / 40.43667°N 74.23972°W Coordinates: 40°26′12″N74°14′23″W / 40.43667°N 74.23972°W | |
Country | |
State | |
County | Monmouth |
Township | Aberdeen |
Elevation | 62 ft (19 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,974 |
ZIP code | 07721 |
GNIS feature ID | 0875496 [1] |
Cliffwood is an unincorporated community located within Aberdeen Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. [3] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP code 07721.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07721 was 2,974. [2]
Cliffwood is located southwest of Route 35 and is bounded by Matawan on the south and Old Bridge Township on the northwest. Matawan Creek borders Cliffwood to the southeast. River Gardens, a community along Matawan Creek, is served by Zip Code 07735.
Cliffwood, as a part of Aberdeen, is served by the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District. The MARSD Central Offices are located at 1 Crest Way, in Aberdeen.
Cliffwood is home to Cliffwood Elementary School. On January 26, 1855, tobacco magnate David Hunter McAlpin sold 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) of land for $50.00 to the Trustees of the Matavan School District No. 1. for school purposes. [4] This remains a part of the campus of the Cliffwood Elementary School. The Matawan Aberdeen Middle School is also located in Cliffwood.
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Cliffwood include:
Route 18 is a 42.8-mile-long (68.9 km) state highway in the US state of New Jersey. It begins at an intersection with Route 138 in Wall Township and ends at Interstate 287 (I-287) in Piscataway. Much of the route is a limited-access freeway, including the entire portion in Monmouth County and much of the northern end through New Brunswick and Piscataway. The remainder of the route is a multi-lane divided highway. Route 18 was designated in 1939 as a proposed freeway from Old Bridge to Eatontown. The section west of Old Bridge was formerly designated as part Route S28, a prefixed spur of State Highway Route 28 from Middlesex to Matawan. The designation, assigned in the 1927 renumbering, remained until a second renumbering in 1953. At that point, Route S28 was redesignated as Route 18, though the section from Old Bridge to Matawan was signed as TEMP 18, as this section would be decommissioned when the Route 18 freeway was built.
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