Shrewsbury Township, New Jersey
Shrewsbury Township, New Jersey | |
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Shrewsbury Township Hall | |
Location of Shrewsbury Township in Monmouth County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Monmouth County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Shrewsbury Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Monmouth County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°18′48″N 74°04′18″W / 40.313233°N 74.071543°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Monmouth |
| Formed | October 31, 1693 |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Named after | Shrewsbury, England |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Lester J. Jennings (D, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Municipal clerk | Julie Martin |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2) |
| • Land | 0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) 0.00% |
| • Rank | 565th of 565 in state 53rd of 53 in county |
| Elevation | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,076 |
• Estimate (2023) | 1,071 |
| • Rank | 528th of 565 in state 48th of 53 in county |
| • Density | 10,855.5/sq mi (4,191.3/km2) |
| • Rank | 35th of 565 in state 1st of 53 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07724 |
| Area code(s) | 732 |
| FIPS code | 3402567365 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882603 |
| Website | www |
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Shrewsbury Township is a township situated in the Jersey Shore region, within Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,076, a decrease of 65 (−5.7%) from the 2010 census count of 1,141, which in turn reflected an increase of 43 (+3.9%) from the 1,098 counted in the 2000 census.
Covering nearly 1,000 square miles (2,600 km2) when it was first formed in 1693, the originally large Shrewsbury Township steadily diminished in size as 74 new municipalities were created from its former boundaries, leaving the township as it currently exists, covering 0.097 square miles (0.25 km2), ranked as New Jersey's smallest municipality by area. The combined population of the municipalities that been part of Shrewsbury Township was 935,232 in 2020, which would have made it the 13th largest city in the country, slightly more than that of Fort Worth, Texas.