Ocean County Courthouse

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Ocean County Courthouse
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Location Washington Street, Toms River, New Jersey USA
Coordinates 39°57′11″N74°11′41″W / 39.95300°N 74.19475°W / 39.95300; -74.19475 Coordinates: 39°57′11″N74°11′41″W / 39.95300°N 74.19475°W / 39.95300; -74.19475
Area 3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built 1851
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 83001610 [1]
NJRHP # 2292 [2]

Ocean County Courthouse is in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey, U.S. It was built in 1851. [3] It was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places (#2292) in 1981 and National Register of Historic Places (#83001610) in 1983 as the Ocean County Court House. [2] [4]

Toms River, New Jersey Township in New Jersey

Toms River is a township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. Its mainland portion is also a census-designated place of the same name, which serves as the county seat of Ocean County. Formerly known as the Township of Dover, in 2006 voters approved a change of the official name to the Township of Toms River, adopting the name of the largest unincorporated community within the township. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a total population of 91,239, with the township ranking as the 8th-most-populous municipality in the state in 2010 and the second most-populous municipality in Ocean County. The 2010 population increased by 1,533 (+1.7%) from the 89,706 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 13,335 (+17.5%) from the 76,371 counted in the 1990 Census.

Ocean County, New Jersey County in the United States

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 2018 Census estimate, the county's population was 601,651, a 4.4% 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 is Lakewood Township, with an estimated 102,682 residents as of 2017, up 10.6% from 92,843 at the 2010 Census ; while Jackson Township covers 100.62 square miles (260.6 km2), the largest total area of any municipality in the county.

The New Jersey Register of Historic Places is the official list of historic resources of local, state, and national interest in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The program is administered by the New Jersey's state historic preservation office within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

See also

County courthouses in New Jersey

There are 21 counties in the state of New Jersey. The New Jersey Superior Court subsumed and replaced the New Jersey County Courts, which were abolished in 1978. The Superior Court has 15 vicinages, some encompassing two or three counties, each of which has its own courthouse or courthouses. Frequently the county courthouse is home to the appropriate vicinage of the Superior Court. Some counties have different facilities for different divisions, such as the criminal, civil, family, and finance courts. In some counties there are other buildings which house court facilities where proceedings take place, some of which are historic county courthouse or administration buildings, which may also serve as offices for county, state or federal agencies.

Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Ocean County, New Jersey Wikimedia list article

List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ocean County, New Jersey

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "1851 OCEAN COUNTY COURT HOUSE (NR830016100)". www.co.ocean.nj.us. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. ↑ New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office (1978). Ocean County Courthouse (Report). National Park Service. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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