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Lakehurst
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borough in New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Ocean
- Incorporated
- April 7, 1921
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Harry Robbins ( R , term ends December 31, 2027)
- Municipal clerk
- Maryanne Capasso
- Total
- 0.99 sq mi (2.56 km )
- Land
- 0.90 sq mi (2.32 km )
- Water
- 0.093 sq mi (0.24 km ) 9.39%
- Rank
- 501st of 565 in state, 25th of 33 in county
- Elevation
- 66 ft (20 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 2,703
- Density
- 2,944.8/sq mi (1,137.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
- Zip codes
- 08733, 08759
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Lakehurst
- Population
- 2636
- Area
- 2.60971
- Elevation
- 11
- Official website
- lakehurst-nj.gov
- Image
- NJ Route 70 eb in Lakehurst, Dec. 2015.jpg
- Households
- 1009
- Dialing code
- 732
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- Commons category
- Lakehurst, New Jersey
- postal code
- 08733
- inception
- 1921-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 9.198
- per capita income
- 29126
- P8168
- military slang
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Lakehurst 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 2,636, a decrease of 18 (−0.7%) from the 2010 census count of 2,654, which in turn reflected an increase of 132 (+5.2%) from the 2,522 counted in the 2000 census.
Lakehurst was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 7, 1921, from portions of Manchester Township, based on the results of a referendum held on May 24, 1921. The borough is named for its location near lakes and woods.