Laurelton, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40°04′07″N74°07′50″W / 40.06861°N 74.13056°W Coordinates: 40°04′07″N74°07′50″W / 40.06861°N 74.13056°W | |
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County | Ocean |
Township | Brick |
Elevation | 30 ft (9 m) |
GNIS feature ID | 877693 [1] |
Laurelton is an unincorporated community located within Brick Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. [2]
Settlement in the area dates back to the years after 1808, when an iron forge in the area became the nucleus of a community called Burrsville, which was named for one of the proprietors. The area became known as Laurelton in the early 1900s with the opening of Laurelton Farms, a poultry operation run by the Park and Tilford Company. [3]
A failed 1963 referendum would have renamed the entire Brick Township after Laurelton. [4]
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