Fair Haven
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borough in New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Monmouth
- Incorporated
- April 23, 1912
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Joshua Halpern ( R , term ends December 31, 2026)
- Administrator
- Christopher J. York
- Municipal clerk
- Allyson Cinquegrana
- Total
- 2.11 sq mi (5.47 km )
- Land
- 1.59 sq mi (4.13 km )
- Water
- 0.52 sq mi (1.34 km ) 24.55%
- Rank
- 401st of 565 in state, 29th of 53 in county
- Elevation
- 20 ft (6.1 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 6,109
- Density
- 3,935.3/sq mi (1,519.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Fair Haven
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Monmouth County
- Population
- 6269
- Area
- 5.470198
- Elevation
- 11
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Red Bank
- Official website
- www.fairhavennj.org
- Image
- Fisk Chapel (7).JPG
- Households
- 1887
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- Commons category
- Fair Haven, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07704
- inception
- 1912-04-23
- water as percent of area
- 24.3804
- per capita income
- 89873
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Encyclopedic overview
Fisk Chapel Fair Haven is a borough situated in the Jersey Shore region within Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. Fair Haven is located on the Rumson peninsula along the Navesink River and is bordered by Red Bank and Little Silver to the west. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,269, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 148 (+2.4%) from the 2010 census count of 6,121, which in turn reflected an increase of 184 (+3.1%) from the 5,937 counted in the 2000 census.
Fair Haven was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 28, 1912, from portions of Shrewsbury Township, subject to the results of a referendum held on April 23, 1912. Portions of the borough were exchanged with Red Bank on June 17, 1957.
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