Wall Township, New Jersey
Wall Township, New Jersey | |
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Historic Rowhouses in the Allaire Village of Wall Township | |
Location of Wall Township in Monmouth County highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Monmouth County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left).
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Location in Monmouth County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°09′57″N 74°05′53″W / 40.165827°N 74.09799°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Monmouth |
| Incorporated | March 7, 1851 |
| Named after | Garret D. Wall |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Kevin P. Orender (R, term ends December 31, 2025) |
| • Administrator | Jeff Bertrand |
| • Municipal clerk | Roberta Lang |
| Area | |
• Total | 31.69 sq mi (82.08 km2) |
| • Land | 30.66 sq mi (79.41 km2) |
| • Water | 1.03 sq mi (2.67 km2) 3.25% |
| • Rank | 80th of 565 in state 7th of 53 in county |
| Elevation | 98 ft (30 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 26,525 |
• Estimate (2023) | 26,530 |
| • Rank | 96th of 565 in state 9th of 53 in county |
| • Density | 865.2/sq mi (334.1/km2) |
| • Rank | 399th of 565 in state 48th of 53 in county |
| Time zone | UTC– 05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC– 04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Codes | 07719 – Belmar 07727 – Farmingdale 07731 – Howell 07753 – Neptune 07762 – Spring Lake and Spring Lake Heights 08724 – Brick 08736 – Manasquan 08750 – Sea Girt |
| Area code(s) | 732 |
| FIPS code | 3402576460 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882112 |
| Website | www |
Wall Township is a township within Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Crisscrossed by several different highways within the heart of the Jersey Shore region, the township is a transportation hub of Central New Jersey and a bedroom suburb of New York City, in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, Wall Township's population was 26,525, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 361 (+1.4%) from the 2010 census count of 26,164, which in turn reflected an increase of 903 (+3.6%) from the 25,261 counted in the 2000 census.
Wall Township was formally incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 7, 1851. Over the years, portions of the township have been taken to form North Spring Lake (May 1884), Ocean Beach (March 9, 1885, now Belmar), Manasquan (December 30, 1887), Spring Lake (March 14, 1892), Sea Girt (March 29, 1917), Brielle (April 10, 1919), South Belmar (March 12, 1924, since renamed as Lake Como) and Spring Lake Heights (March 19, 1927).
Wall Township was named for General Garret D. Wall (1783–1850), a lawyer who commanded a Trenton volunteer company during the War of 1812 and was stationed at Sandy Hook. Wall served five years as clerk of the New Jersey Supreme Court and as quartermaster general of the state for more than 20 years before being chosen to represent the state in the United States Senate from 1835 to 1841.