| Leesville, New Jersey | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Leesville, New Jersey Leesville's location in Ocean County (Inset: Ocean County in New Jersey)  Leesville, New Jersey Leesville, New Jersey (New Jersey)  Leesville, New Jersey Leesville, New Jersey (the US) | |
| Coordinates: 40°08′01″N74°22′57″W / 40.13361°N 74.38250°W Coordinates: 40°08′01″N74°22′57″W / 40.13361°N 74.38250°W | |
| Country |  |
| State |  |
| County | Ocean |
| Township | Jackson |
| Elevation | 171 ft (52 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 877732 [1] |
Leesville is an unincorporated community located within Jackson Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. [2]
Jackson Township, named after Andrew Jackson, is a township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 54,856. The population increased by 12,040 (+28.1%) from the 42,816 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 9,583 (+28.8%) from the 33,233 counted in the 1990 Census. The 2010 population was the highest recorded in any decennial census. A portion of the township is located within the New Jersey Pine Barrens.
Ocean County is a county located along the Jersey Shore in the central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Toms River. Since 1990, Ocean County has been one of New Jersey's fastest-growing counties. As of the 2017 Census estimate, the county's population was 597,943, a 3.7% increase from the 576,567 enumerated in the 2010 United States Census, making Ocean the state's sixth-most populous county. The 2010 population figure represented an increase of 65,651 (+12.8%) from the 2000 Census population of 510,916, as Ocean surpassed Union County to become the sixth-most populous county in the state. Ocean County was also the fastest growing county in New Jersey between 2000 and 2010 in terms of increase in the number of residents and second-highest in percentage growth. Ocean County was established on February 15, 1850, from portions of Monmouth County, with the addition of Little Egg Harbor Township which was annexed from Burlington County on March 30, 1891. The most populous place was Lakewood Township, with 92,843 residents at the time of the 2010 Census, while Jackson Township, covered 100.62 square miles (260.6 km2), the largest total area of any municipality in the county.
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is located on a peninsula, bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, particularly along the extent of the length of New York City on its western edge; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by the Delaware Bay and Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state by area but the 11th-most populous, with 9 million residents as of 2017, and the most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states; its biggest city is Newark. New Jersey lies completely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia. New Jersey was the second-wealthiest U.S. state by median household income as of 2017.
