Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Point Pleasant, New Jersey | |
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Point Pleasant Borough Branch of the Ocean County Library | |
Map of Point Pleasant in Ocean County. Inset: Location of Ocean County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Point Pleasant, New Jersey | |
Location in Ocean County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°04′40″N 74°04′12″W / 40.077748°N 74.069921°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Ocean |
| Incorporated | May 19, 1920 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Robert A. Sabosik (R, term ends December 31, 2026) |
| • Administrator | Frank Pannucci Jr. |
| • Municipal clerk | Antoinette Jones |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.17 sq mi (10.79 km2) |
| • Land | 3.49 sq mi (9.04 km2) |
| • Water | 0.67 sq mi (1.74 km2) 16.16% |
| • Rank | 292nd of 565 in state 15th of 33 in county |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 18,941 |
• Estimate (2023) | 19,429 |
| • Rank | 145th of 565 in state 11th of 33 in county |
| • Density | 5,425.7/sq mi (2,094.9/km2) |
| • Rank | 101st of 565 in state 2nd of 33 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08742 |
| Area code(s) | 732 |
| FIPS code | 3402959880 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885357 |
| Website | ptboro |
Point Pleasant is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore, in northern Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 18,941, an increase of 549 (+3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 18,392, which in turn reflected a decline of 914 (−4.7%) from the 19,306 counted at 2000 census.
The borough is a Jersey Shore community situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that divides the Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean at the Manasquan Inlet, and the borough derives its name from this location.
Point Pleasant was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 21, 1920, from portions of Brick Township, based on the results of a referendum held on May 19, 1920. The borough was reincorporated on March 12, 1928. Point Pleasant is distinct from Point Pleasant Beach, which is a separate community. The borough gets its name from Point Pleasant Beach, which gets its name from its location at the northern end of the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that divides the Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean at the Manasquan Inlet.