Barnegat Light

Also known as Barnegat Light, New Jersey, Barnegat Light, NJ

borough of New Jersey, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: New Jersey
County: Ocean
Incorporated: March 29, 1904 as Barnegat City
Renamed: November 2, 1948 as Barnegat Light
Named after: Dutch language "breaker's inlet"
Type: Borough
Body: Borough Council
Mayor: Edwin Wellington Jr. ( R , appointed to term ending December 31, 2026)
Municipal clerk: Brenda L. Kuhn
Total: 1.20 sq mi (3.10 km )
Land: 0.83 sq mi (2.15 km )
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Barnegat Light (pronounced "BAR-nuh-git") is a borough in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 640, an increase of 66 (+11.5%) from the 2010 census count of 574, which in turn reflected a decline of 190 (−24.9%) from the 764 counted in the 2000 census. The borough borders the Atlantic Ocean on Long Beach Island and is home to Barnegat Lighthouse.

Barnegat Light was formed as a borough by the New Jersey Legislature on November 2, 1948, to replace Barnegat City borough, which in turn had been created on March 29, 1904, from portions of Long Beach Township.