Freewood Acres, New Jersey

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Freewood Acres, New Jersey
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Freewood Acres
Location in Monmouth County. Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
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Freewood Acres (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°10′08″N74°14′17″W / 40.16889°N 74.23806°W / 40.16889; -74.23806
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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County Monmouth
Township Howell
Elevation
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112 ft (34 m)
GNIS feature ID876506 [1]

Freewood Acres is an unincorporated community located within Howell Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] [3] [4] [5] The area is made up of mostly single-story homes arranged along a street grid in the northern reaches of the Pine Barrens. U.S. Route 9 runs through the center of the community just north of its interchange with Interstate 195. [6] The Land O'Pines Elementary School and Manasquan Reservoir County Park exist to the east of the community. [7] It became the center of the Kalmyk American community in the latter part of the 20th century. [8] [9] [10] [11]

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