Beachwood, New Jersey
Beachwood, New Jersey | |
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Beachwood Community Center | |
Location of Beachwood in Ocean County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Ocean County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Beachwood, New Jersey | |
Location in Ocean County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°55′42″N 74°12′08″W / 39.928405°N 74.202189°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Ocean |
| Incorporated | April 12, 1917 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | William J. Cairns (R, term ends December 31, 2027) |
| • Administrator / Municipal clerk | Sue Minock |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.76 sq mi (7.16 km2) |
| • Land | 2.76 sq mi (7.16 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) 0.04% |
| • Rank | 358th of 565 in state 17th of 33 in county |
| Elevation | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 10,859 |
• Estimate (2023) | 11,153 |
| • Rank | 232nd of 565 in state 12th of 33 in county |
| • Density | 3,930.1/sq mi (1,517.4/km2) |
| • Rank | 164th of 565 in state 5th of 33 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08722 |
| Area codes | 732/848 |
| FIPS code | 3402904180 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885153 |
| Website | www |
Beachwood is a borough situated in the Jersey Shore region, within Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 10,859, a decrease of 186 (−1.7%) from the 2010 census count of 11,045, which in turn reflected an increase of 670 (+6.5%) from the 10,375 counted in the 2000 census.
Beachwood was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 22, 1917, from portions of Berkeley Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 12, 1917.