Lakewood Township, New Jersey
Lakewood Township, New Jersey Map of Lakewood Township in Ocean County.
Inset: Location of Ocean County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Map of Lakewood Township in Ocean County.
Inset: Location of Ocean County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Enumeration Bureau map of Lakewood Township, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Lakewood Township, New Jersey State New Jersey Lakewood Township is a township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010 United States Enumeration the township had a total populace of 92,843, representing an increase of 32,491 (+53.8%) from the 60,352 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 15,304 (+34.0%) from the 45,048 counted in the 1990 Census. The township ranked as the seventh-most-populous municipality in the state in 2010 after having been ranked 22nd in 2000. The sharp increase in populace from 2000 to 2010 was led by increases in the township's Orthodox Jewish and Latino communities. Lakewood is one of the hubs of Orthodox Judaism and is home to one of the biggest yeshivas in the world, Beth Medrash Govoha, which was established by Rabbi Aharon Kotler. The large Orthodox population, which comprises more than half the township's population, wields considerable political clout in the township as a voting bloc. Lakewood's developers thought that "Bricksburg" didn't capture their vision for the community, and the names "Brightwood" and "Lakewood" were proposed.
After reaching out to region residents, "Lakewood" was chosen, and the United States Postal Service allowed the name in March 1880. The name "Lakewood" was intended to focus on the locale near lakes and pine forests. Lakewood was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1892, from portions of Brick Township.
Portions of Howell Township in Monmouth County were took in to Lakewood Township in 1929. Lakewood's three greatest hotels were the Laurel House (opened in 1880; closed in 1932), the Lakewood Hotel (opened January 1891, closed in 1925), and the Laurel-in-the-Pines (opened December 1891, burned down in 1967). Lakewood's promoters claimed that its winter temperature was usually about ten degrees warmer than that of New York City and were warmer than points positioned further south, but this claim is not substantiated by official records of the United States Weather Bureau. During the 1890s, Lakewood was a resort for the rich and famous, and The New York Times devoted a weekly column to the activities of Lakewood society. Grover Cleveland spent the winters of 1891-92 and 1892-93 in a cottage near the Lakewood Hotel, commuting to his company in New York City. Mark Twain also appreciateed vacationing in Lakewood.
Rockefeller bought a property in 1902 which later became Ocean County Park. Lakewood's hotel company remained strong in the 1920s and 1950s, but went into harsh diminish in the 1960s. In the 1960s, much of the woods and cranberry bogs in the township were replaced by large housing developments.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the township has a total region of 24.982 square miles (64.703 km2), including 24.577 square miles (63.653 km2) of territory and 0.405 square miles (1.050 km2) of water (1.62%). Lakewood is a fairly flat place, being as it is on the Coastal Plain; three-quarters of its region is between 20 80 feet above sea level, and its highest point is about 150 feet. Lakewood CDP (2010 Enumeration population of 53,805), Leisure Village (4,400 as of 2010) and Leisure Village East (4,217 as of 2010) are unincorporated communities and census-designated places (CDPs) positioned inside Lakewood Township. The township borders the municipalities of Brick Township, Jackson Township and Toms River Township in Ocean County; and Howell Township in Monmouth County. Lakewood Township is governed under the township form of government.
The five-member Township Committee is propel directly by the voters at-large in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle. At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor.
As of 2017, the members of the Lakewood Township Committee are Mayor Raymond Coles (D, term on committee ends December 31, 2018; term as mayor ends 2017), Deputy mayor Menashe Miller (R, term on committee and as deputy mayor ends 2017), Albert Akerman (R, 2019), Michael J.
Miller also receives a full time pay from the New Jersey General Assembly where he works as a legislative aide. Coles serves as Treasurer of the Lakewood Municipal Utilities Authority. Lakewood Township is served by the Lakewood Police Department (LPD), which provides police protection for the township.
Lakewood Township is served by the Lakewood Fire Department (LFD), a unified combination consisting of five volunteer fire companies; one fire police unit; and two longterm position fire stations which furnish fire protection for the township. Lakewood Township is served by three emergency medical services (EMS) entities, which include Lakewood EMS (LEMS), Lakewood First Aid & Emergency Squad (LFAS) and Hatzolah EMS.
Lakewood First Aid & Emergency Squad and Hatzolah EMS are volunteer organizations, while Lakewood EMS is a longterm position municipal service under the direction of EMS Chief Crystal Van de Zilver! Lakewood Township is positioned in the 4th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 30th state legislative district. New Jersey's Fourth Congressional District is represented by Christopher Smith (R). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019).
Kean (R, Wall Township) and Dave Rible (R, Wall Township). The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham Township). The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach). Ocean County is governed by a Board of Chosen Freeholders consisting of five members, propel on an at-large basis in partisan elections and serving staggered three-year terms of office, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election. At an annual reorganization held in the beginning of January, the board chooses a Director and a Deputy Director from among its members.
The Lakewood School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth undertaking and is broken up into three different stages of schooling.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the precinct and its seven schools had an enrollment of 6,208 students and 452.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 13.7:1. Schools in the precinct (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Lakewood Early Childhood Center with 274 students in Pre - K, Spruce Street School with 599 students in Kindergarten, Ella G.
Clarke School (641; 1-5), Clifton Avenue School (919; 1-5), Oak Street School (1,156; 1-5), Piner Elementary School (grades Pre - K-1; no enrollment data available), Lakewood Middle School with 1,147 students in grades 6-8 and Lakewood High School with an enrollment of 1,112 students in grades 9-12. Founded in 1908 by the Sisters of Mercy as a women's college in North Plainfield, New Jersey, the school moved to the former estate of George Jay Gould I in Lakewood in 1924.
As of May 2010, the township had a total of 193.15 miles (310.84 km) of roadways; of which 135.26 miles (217.68 km) were maintained by the municipality, 43.28 miles (69.65 km) by Ocean County, 11.22 miles (18.06 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation, and 3.39 miles (5.46 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. The Garden State Parkway passes through the easterly part of the municipality , connecting Toms River Township in the south to Brick Township in the north with one primary interchange serving Lakewood at exit 89. Drivers can access Route 70 from exit 89, after exit 88 was permanently closed in November 2014. Ocean Ride small-town service is provided on the OC3 Brick / Lakewood / Toms River and OC4 Lakewood - Brick Link routes. Lakewood Airport is a public-use airport positioned 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of the township's central company district.
See also: Category:People from Lakewood Township, New Jersey.
People who were born in, inhabitants of, or otherwise closely associated with Lakewood Township include: Hazel Gluck (born 1934), politician and lobbyist who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and held a several posts in the cabinet of Governor Thomas Kean. Haines (born 1946), politician who serves on the Ocean County Board of chosen freeholders and had served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992 to 1994 and as Executive Director of the New Jersey Lottery from 1994 to 2002. Joseph Mayer (1877 1942), mayor of Belmar, New Jersey who later served on the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Rockefeller (1839 1937), industrialist and philanthropist, had an estate in Lakewood, as well as other homes in Ohio, New York, and Florida.
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"The famous theater architect Thomas Lamb was commissioned in the early 1900s by the Ferber Amusement Company to design a theater in Lakewood, New Jersey....
"While the final touches are being applied to new stadiums in Staten Island and Brooklyn, the eighth minor league charter in New Jersey has already unveiled its $22 million facility....
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Val Ackerman was born on November 7, 1959 in Lakewood, New Jersey but interval up in Pennington, New Jersey, United States." "After graduating from high school in Lakewood, N.J., in 1937, he worked for two years as a busboy, waiter and cook in hotels in New Jersey and Florida to earn tuition cash to attend Cornell University, where he earned a degree in hotel administration in 1943." "Halachos of Brochos by Yisroel Pinchos Bodner, Lakewood, New Jersey." Brandon Carter, New Orleans Saints.
"Haakon Maurice Chevalier was born on September 10, 1901, at Lakewood, New Jersey." "'Lottery losers might soon end up winning books here, too,' Hazel Gluck of Lakewood, director of the New Jersey Division of the State Lottery, said the other day." "Education: Graduated from Lakewood High School in 1964; attended Ocean County College." Thomas Jr., Robert Mc - G."Haydn Proctor, 93, a Judge And New Jersey State Senator", The New York Times, October 5, 1996.
"Haydn Proctor, a longtime New Jersey official who directed at the highest levels of all three chapters of state government, died on Wednesday at a hospital near his home in Lakewood, N.J." Ocean County Park, Ocean County Department of Parks & Recreation.
"IGN FILMFORCE: Am I correct in understanding that you're originally from Lakewood, New Jersey? a small town in the mid-section of New Jersey, Ocean County.
Singer, a former mayor of Lakewood Township, is seeking his first term as state senator.
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