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Monmouth County Resources

Miscellaneous County Info
Monmouth County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2000 Census, 
 
the population is 615,301. Its county seat is Freehold Borough[1]. The most populous municipality is Middletown Township with 66,327 residents at the time of the 2000 Census. It is the northernmost county on the Jersey Shore.Monmouth County ranks 42nd among the highest-income counties in the United States.
It also is ranked 53rd in the United States by personal per-capita income. [2]
Monmouth County was established in 1675. Its name may come from the Rhode Island Monmouth Society[3] or from a suggestion from Colonel Lewis Morris. He suggested it be named after Monmouthshire, Wales.[citation needed] In 1714 the first county government was established. At the June 28, 1778 Battle of Monmouth, near Freehold, General George Washington's soldiers defeated the British under Sir Henry Clinton, in the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War.
Sandy Hook is part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. The barrier peninsula Sandy Hook is home to the historic former Fort Hancock, as well as the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in America (1764). The unit also includes Gunnison Beach, a "Nude beach" by custom. Ferries from Manhattan in New York are available in season. Sunbathing, swimming, fishing, cycling, nature-viewing, and military history are the most popular activities.
Gateway National Recreation Area is a 26,607 acre (107.67 km²) National Recreation Area in the New York City metropolitan area. It was created by the US Congress in 1972[1] to preserve and protect scarce and/or unique natural, cultural, and recreational resources with relatively convenient access by a high percentage of the nation's population.[2] It is owned by the United States government and managed by the National Park Service. The park comprises four separate units located in three boroughs of New York City and one county in central New Jersey. Law enforcement is the responsibility of the United States Park Police in the New York units, and of commissioned park rangers in the New Jersey unit. Three of the four units include popular swimming beaches. The area drew more than 8 million visitors in 2005 and is consistently among the 10 most visited units of the National Park System, surpassing more familiar parks such as Yellowstone and Grand Canyon.
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Compiled for Shore11 by Jim Shaffer