Laurelton, New Jersey
Populated place in Ocean County, New Jersey, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laurelton is an unincorporated community located within Brick Township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2]
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Laurelton, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40°04′07″N 74°07′50″W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Ocean |
Township | Brick |
Elevation | 30 ft (9 m) |
GNIS feature ID | 877693[1] |
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Settlement in the area dates back to the years after 1808, when an iron forge in the area became the nucleus of a community called Burrsville, which was named for one of the proprietors. The area became known as Laurelton in the early 1900s with the opening of Laurelton Farms, a poultry operation run by the Park and Tilford Company.[3]
A failed 1963 referendum would have renamed the entire Brick Township after Laurelton.[4]