Seaside Park, New Jersey
Seaside Park, New Jersey | |
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Seaside Park beach | |
| Motto: "The Family Resort" | |
Map of Seaside Park in Ocean County. Inset: Location of Ocean County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Seaside Park, New Jersey | |
Location in Ocean County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°55′35″N 74°04′43″W / 39.926369°N 74.078711°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Ocean |
| Incorporated | March 3, 1898 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | John A. Peterson Jr. (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator | Karen Kroon |
| • Municipal clerk | Sandra F. Martin |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.81 sq mi (2.11 km2) |
| • Land | 0.66 sq mi (1.70 km2) |
| • Water | 0.16 sq mi (0.41 km2) 19.51% |
| • Rank | 521th of 565 in state 28th of 33 in county |
| Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,436 |
• Estimate (2024) | 2,058 |
| • Rank | 515th of 565 in state 26th of 33 in county |
| • Density | 2,192.5/sq mi (846.5/km2) |
| • Rank | 280th of 565 in state 13th of 33 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08752 |
| Area code(s) | 732 Exchanges: 793, 830, 854 |
| FIPS code | 3402966480 |
| GNIS feature ID | 885391 |
| Website | www |
Seaside Park is a borough in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the New Brunswick–Lakewood, NJ Metropolitan Division, which is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,436, a decrease of 143 (−9.1%) from the 2010 census count of 1,579, which in turn had reflected decline of 684 (−30.2%) from the 2,263 counted in the 2000 census. Seaside Park is situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that separates Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.