Little Silver
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borough in New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Monmouth
- Incorporated
- April 28, 1923
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Robert C. Neff Jr. ( R , term ends December 31, 2027)
- Administrator municipal clerk
- Kevin Burke
- Total
- 3.32 sq mi (8.60 km )
- Land
- 2.71 sq mi (7.02 km )
- Water
- 0.61 sq mi (1.57 km ) 18.28%
- Rank
- 323rd of 565 in state, 22nd of 53 in county
- Elevation
- 16 ft (4.9 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 6,053
- Density
- 2,260.7/sq mi (872.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
- Zip code
- 07739
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Encyclopedic overview
Canada Geese cross street in Little Silver, New Jersey Little Silver is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,131, an increase of 181 (+3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 5,950, which in turn reflected a drop of 220 (−3.6%) from the 6,170 counted in the 2000 census.
Little Silver was established with a King's land grant in 1663 and settled in 1667. Little Silver was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 19, 1923, from portions of Shrewsbury Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 28, 1923.
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