Jackson Township, New Jersey
Jackson Township, New Jersey | |
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| Motto: A Place for All Seasons | |
Location of Jackson Township in Ocean County highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Ocean County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Jackson Township, New Jersey
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Location in Ocean County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°05′27″N 74°21′41″W / 40.090928°N 74.361269°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Ocean |
| Incorporated | March 6, 1844 |
| Named after | Andrew Jackson |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | Michael Reina (term ends December 31, 2026) |
| • Administrator | Vacant as of February 28, 2025 |
| • Municipal clerk | Sandra Martin |
| Area | |
• Total | 100.55 sq mi (260.43 km2) |
| • Land | 99.17 sq mi (256.86 km2) |
| • Water | 1.38 sq mi (3.57 km2) 1.37% |
| • Rank | 4th of 565 in state 1st of 33 in county |
| Elevation | 118 ft (36 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 58,544 |
• Estimate (2023) | 60,275 |
| • Rank | 29th of 565 in state 4th of 33 in county |
| • Density | 590.3/sq mi (227.9/km2) |
| • Rank | 433rd of 565 in state 26th of 33 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08527 |
| Area code(s) | 732 |
| FIPS code | 3402934680 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882079 |
| Website | www |
Jackson Township is a township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A portion of the township is located within the Pinelands National Reserve. As of the 2020 United States Census, the township's population was 58,544, an increase of 3,688 (+6.7%) from the 2010 census count of 54,856, which in turn reflected an increase of 12,040 (+28.1%) from the 42,816 counted in the 2000 census.
Roughly equidistant between New York City and Philadelphia, along with being close to the state capital of Trenton and the Jersey Shore on Interstate 195, Jackson has rapidly grown as an outer-ring suburb of New York within the New York metropolitan area. Jackson is also the site of Six Flags Great Adventure, of Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, and of 350-acre (140 ha) Safari Off Road Adventure, which replaced Six Flags Wild Safari Adventure in 2013, and Adventure Crossing, a mixed-use entertainment complex that opened in 2023.