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Long Branch
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city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Monmouth
- Incorporated
- April 11, 1867 (as Long Branch Commission )
- Reincorporated
- April 8, 1903 (as city)
- Named after
- location on the "long branch" of the Shrewsbury River
- Type
- Faulkner Act (mayor–council)
- Body
- City Council
- Mayor
- John Pallone (term ends June 30, 2026)
- Administrator
- Charles F. Shirley Jr.
- Municipal clerk
- Amanda Caldwell (acting)
- Total
- 6.29 sq mi (16.28 km )
- Land
- 5.12 sq mi (13.27 km )
- Water
- 1.16 sq mi (3.01 km ) 18.49%
- Rank
- 250th of 565 in state, 17th of 53 in county
- Elevation
- 23 ft (7.0 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 32,745
- Density
- 6,180.1/sq mi (2,386.1/km )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Long Branch
- Population
- 31667
- Area
- 16.273687
- Elevation
- 13
- Official website
- www.longbranch.org
- Image
- Church presidents detail.jpg
- Households
- 12098
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- Commons category
- Long Branch, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07740
- water as percent of area
- 16.0604
- per capita income
- 31637
- date of incorporation
- 1867-04-11
- P12749
- Yaremche
- inception
- 1903-04-08
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Long Branch is a beachside city in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 31,667, an increase of 948 (+3.1%) from the 2010 census count of 30,719, which in turn reflected a decline of 621 (−2.0%) from the 31,340 counted in the 2000 census. As of the 2020 census, it was the 6th-most-populous municipality in Monmouth County and had the 74th-highest population of any municipality in New Jersey.
The Windmill Cafe on Ocean Avenue. Long Branch was formed on April 11, 1867, as the Long Branch Commission, from portions of Ocean Township. Long Branch was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1903, based on the results of a referendum, replacing the Long Branch Commission.