Lakehurst is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 2,654,[17][18][19][20] reflecting an increase of 132 (+5.2%) from the 2,522 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 556 (−18.1%) from the 3,078 counted in the 1990 Census.[21]
Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States
Borough in New Jersey, United States
Lakehurst, New Jersey
Borough
Borough of Lakehurst
Cathedral of the Air
Motto:
"Airship Capital of the World"
Map of Lakehurst in Ocean County. Inset: Location of Ocean County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Lakehurst was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 7, 1921, from portions of Manchester Township, based on the results of a referendum held on May 24, 1921.[22] The borough is named for its location near lakes and woods.[23]
History
Union Avenue, about 1910
The community of Lakehurst first reached international fame as a winter resort around the turn of the 20th century, following the opening of the Pine Tree Inn in 1898. In 1911, the rope factory in the town burned down, prompting the formation of a volunteer fire department.[24]
The Hindenburg disaster, occurred on May 6, 1937; the German zeppelinHindenburg arriving from Frankfurt am Main caught fire at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, which is located in Manchester Township (not in the borough of Lakehurst).
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 0.99 square miles (2.56km2), including 0.90 square miles (2.32km2) of land and 0.09 square miles (0.24km2) of water (9.39%).[1][2]
The borough's lake, Lake Horicon, existed prior to 1942, as clearly shown in aerial photographs from 1940 and 1931 and topographical maps from 1912. The cedar water lake remains stream-fed.[25]
Lakehurst is completely surrounded by Manchester Township,[26][27] making it part of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another.[28]
The borough is one of 11 municipalities in Ocean County that are part of the Toms River watershed.[29]
Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Lakehurst has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.[30]
The 2010 United States census counted 2,654 people, 881 households, and 662 families in the borough. The population density was 2,900.8 per square mile (1,120.0/km2). There were 943 housing units at an average density of 1,030.7 per square mile (398.0/km2). The racial makeup was 77.24% (2,050) White, 10.81% (287) Black or African American, 0.64% (17) Native American, 2.11% (56) Asian, 0.23% (6) Pacific Islander, 3.65% (97) from other races, and 5.31% (141) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.07% (347) of the population.[18]
Of the 881 households, 36.8% had children under the age of 18; 50.7% were married couples living together; 16.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 24.9% were non-families. Of all households, 18.5% were made up of individuals and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.01 and the average family size was 3.43.[18]
28.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 7.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31.9 years. For every 100 females, the population had 105.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 97.8 males.[18]
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $67,872 (with a margin of error of +/− $8,972) and the median family income was $67,838 (+/− $7,173). Males had a median income of $44,844 (+/− $8,788) versus $34,950 (+/− $7,557) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $27,171 (+/− $4,950). About 2.1% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.[37]
Census 2000
As of the 2000 United States Census[14] there were 870 households (662 of which were families of two or more) in the borough making up the total population of 2,522. The population density was 2,733.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,055.6/km2). There were 961 housing units at an average density of 1,041.7 per square mile (402.2/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 84.22% White, 7.85% African American, 0.63% Native American, 2.34% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 2.74% from other races, and 2.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.97% of the population.[35][36]
There were 870 households, out of which 41.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were married couples living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.9% were non-families. 19.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.33.[35][36]
In the borough the population was spread out, with 30.6% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 34.1% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.3 males.[35][36]
The median income for a household in the borough was $43,567, and the median income for a family was $48,833. Males had a median income of $35,403 versus $26,667 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $18,390. About 4.4% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.6% of those under age 18 and 2.5% of those age 65 or over.[35][36]
Government
Local government
Lakehurst is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.[38] The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the Borough Council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council is comprised of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.[3] The Borough form of government used by Lakehurst is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.[39][40]
As of 2022[update], the Mayor of Lakehurst Borough is Republican Harry Robbins, whose term of office ends December 31, 2023.[41] Members of the Lakehurst Borough Council are Council President Steven Oglesby (R, 2022), James W. Davis Jr. (R, 2024), Bernadette Dugan (R, 2024; appointed to serve an unexpired term), Brian C. DiMeo (R, 2022), Patricia A. Hodges (R, 2023), Robert McCarthy (R, 2023).[4][42][43][44][45][46][47]
In March 2022, the Borough Council appointed Bernadette Dugan to the seat expiring in December 2024 that had been held by Gary Lowe until he died in office the previous January, just weeks after having taken office. Dugan will serve on an interim basis until the November 2022 general election, when voters will choose a candidate to fill the balance of the term of office.[48]
In August 2015, the Borough Council selected former mayor Stephen F. Childers to fill the unexpired term ending in December 2016 of Glenn McComas, who had resigned from office the previous month as he was moving out of the borough.[49]
Federal, state and county representation
Lakehurst is located in the 4th Congressional District[50] and is part of New Jersey's 10th state legislative district.[19][51][52] Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Lakehurst had been in the 9th state legislative district.[53]
For the 2022–2023 session, the 10th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by James W. Holzapfel (R, Toms River) and in the General Assembly by John Catalano (R, Brick Township) and Gregory P. McGuckin (R, Toms River).[59]
Ocean County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners comprised of five members who are elected on an at-large basis in partisan elections and serving staggered three-year terms of office, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election. At an annual reorganization held in the beginning of January, the board chooses a Director and a Deputy Director from among its members.[60] As of 2022[update], Ocean County's Commissioners (with party affiliation, term-end year and residence) are:
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 1,373 registered voters in Lakehurst, of which 254 (18.5%) were registered as Democrats, 295 (21.5%) were registered as Republicans and 823 (59.9%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There was one voter registered to another party.[75] Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 51.7% (vs. 63.2% in Ocean County) were registered to vote, including 72.2% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 82.6% countywide).[75][76]
In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 50.8% of the vote (438 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 48.5% (418 votes), and other candidates with 0.7% (6 votes), among the 872 ballots cast by the borough's 1,480 registered voters (10 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 58.9%.[77][78] In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 49.5% of the vote (459 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 47.7% (443 votes) and other candidates with 1.7% (16 votes), among the 928 ballots cast by the borough's 1,521 registered voters, for a turnout of 61.0%.[79] In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 58.8% of the vote (518 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry with 39.8% (351 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (12 votes), among the 881 ballots cast by the borough's 1,427 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 61.7.[80]
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 73.4% of the vote (398 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 25.1% (136 votes), and other candidates with 1.5% (8 votes), among the 555 ballots cast by the borough's 1,461 registered voters (13 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 38.0%.[81][82] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 65.0% of the vote (371 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 25.4% (145 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 7.4% (42 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (6 votes), among the 571 ballots cast by the borough's 1,469 registered voters, yielding a 38.9% turnout.[83]
Education
The Lakehurst School District serves students in public school for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade at Lakehurst Elementary School.[84] As of the 2018–2019 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 374 students and 35.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1.[85]
Public school students from Lakehurst in ninth through twelfth grades attend Manchester Township High School in Manchester Township, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Manchester Township School District.[86][87] As of the 2018–2019 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,006 students and 82.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[88]
The Lakehurst district decided in 2012 against a proposal that would have had borough students attend Jackson Liberty High School as part of a sending / receiving relationship with the Jackson School District. The change in the sending relationship had been considered as a means of reducing the costs associated with paying $14,000 for each of the 150 students attending Manchester High School, as opposed to the $11,300 that would have been paid at Jackson, yielding annual savings of $400,000, less the added cost of transporting students to and from Jackson.[89]
Transportation
Route 70 at Route 37 in Lakehurst
Roads and highways
As of May2010[update], the borough had a total of 13.55 miles (21.81km) of roadways, of which 7.72 miles (12.42km) were maintained by the municipality, 3.95 miles (6.36km) by Ocean County and 1.88 miles (3.03km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[90]
New Jersey Route 70 is the main highway through the borough, which lies at the western end of New Jersey Route 37.[91] County Route 547 connects from the North after paralleling the eastern edge of the Lakehurst Maxfield Field portion of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
Public transportation
Ocean Ride local service is provided on the OC1A Whiting Express and the OC2 Manchester routes.[92][93][94]
Lakehurst is located on the former Central Railroad of New Jersey Southern Division Main Line. The Barnegat Branch formerly extended from Lakehurst through Toms River and Beachwood down to Barnegat.
Lakehurst is being considered as the southern terminus of the planned NJ Transit Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex Line, which would closely follow the CNJ line.[95]
Media
The Asbury Park Press provides daily news coverage of the community as does WOBM-FM radio. The government of the borough provides columns and commentary to The Manchester Times, which is one of seven weekly papers from Micromedia Publications; founded in 1995, the company was headquartered on Union Avenue in the borough until late 2019 when they moved to the Lakehurst Circle Center.[96]
Notable people
See also: Category:People from Lakehurst, New Jersey
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Lakehurst include:
Thomas Barlow (1896–1983), one of the first professional basketball players, he was inducted as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1981[97]
Rich Croushore (born 1970), former Major League Baseball pitcher who was born in Lakehurst when his father served in the U.S. Navy[98][99]
James S. Denton (1951 - 2018), publisher and editor of World Affairs and the director of the World Affairs Institute[100]
Marty Jannetty (born 1962), professional wrestler, best known as one-half of The Rockers in the World Wrestling Federation[101]
Abel Kiviat (1892–1991), silver medalist in the men's 1,500 m event at the 1912 Summer Olympics[102]
Juice Newton (born 1952), Grammy Award-winning American pop music and country singer[103][104]
2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 49.
Governing Body, Borough of Lakehurst. Accessed April 28, 2022. "The Borough of Lakehurst, New Jersey governing body consists of a Mayor and six Council Members elected at large. Members of the Council are elected for three year terms with two Council Members being elected each year while the Mayor is elected every four years."
DeMarco, Megan. "Voters to decide whether to merge two Princetons into one", The Star-Ledger, November 3, 2011. Accessed January 8, 2017. "There are 22 sets of 'doughnut towns' in New Jersey, those where one town wraps around the other town". Note that following voter approval of the Princeton merger, 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" remain.
Vosseller, Bob. "New Lakehurst Council Member Sworn In", Jersey Shore Online, March 3, 2022. Accessed April 29, 2022. "Bernadette Dugan brought a box of tissues to the most recent Borough Council meeting where she would be sworn in as the newest member of the governing body. While happy to be part of the council, she recognized it was also a bittersweet occasion. On New Year’s Day, Gary Lowe, who served on council for a decade, was sworn in for a new three year term in office. His son Carter held the Bible when the oath of office was administered. Sadly, later in the month, he passed away and now Dugan was selected to take his place."
Staff. "Childers Replaces McComas"Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The Manchester Times, August 7, 2015. Accessed August 10, 2015. "The Lakehurst Borough Council unanimously voted in former mayor Stephen Childers as Glenn McComas' replacement. McComas resigned July 1 due to his moving from the borough. The term expires December 31, 2016."
Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.
, Who is N.J.’s most bipartisan member of Congress, really?. Accessed August 5, 2022. "As for Republicans, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) voted with Biden 37% of the time, "
Biography of Bob Menendez, United States Senate, January 26, 2015. "Menendez, who started his political career in Union City, moved in September from Paramus to one of Harrison's new apartment buildings near the town's PATH station.."
2009 Governor: Ocean CountyArchived October 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 26, 2012.
Lakehurst Board of Education Policy 0110 - Identification, Lakehurst School District. Accessed September 5, 2020. "Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through eight in the Lakehurst School District. Composition The Lakehurst School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Lakehurst."
About Our District, Manchester Township School District. Accessed May 12, 2017. "We are also the receiving district for approximately 150 high school students from neighboring Lakehurst Borough."
Manchester Township High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 12, 2017. "Manchester Township High School is a four-year comprehensive high school that serves the students of Manchester Township and Lakehurst."
Martins, Andrew. "Plan to put Lakehurst pupils in JLHS dies", Tri-Town news, November 29, 2012. Accessed August 26, 2020. "Recent consideration regarding the possibility of students from neighboring Lakehurst being enrolled at Jackson Liberty High School in Jackson on a tuition basis is dead. The Lakehurst School District Board of Education voted Nov. 20 not to proceed with a plan that could have ended that district's long-standing agreement with the Manchester School District in which high school-age students who live in Lakehurst attend Manchester High School."
About Us, Micromedia Publications. Accessed June 27, 2016. "Micromedia Publications, Inc. was founded in 1995 by Stewart Swann and Robyn Weber for the purpose of publishing high quality local weekly newspapers within New Jersey. Following the successful launch of The Manchester Times in April of that year, the company has since introduced The Berkeley Times (1996), The Jackson Times (2000), The Brick Times (2002), The Howell Times (2004), The Toms River Times (2005) and The Lacey Barnegat Times (2010), now The Southern Ocean Times (2013)."
Staff. "Bird: $15 Million Over 7 Years", Los Angeles Times, September 28, 1983. Accessed February 12, 2011. "Thomas B. Barlow, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and a pioneer of professional basketball, died at a retirement home in Lakehurst, NJ."
Rich Croushore, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed February 12, 2011.
Capozzi, Jose. "60 Seconds", The Palm Beach Post, March 1, 2013. Accessed October 17, 2013. "JC: Besides being the birthplace of Rick Croushore, what else is Lakehurst, N.J., famous for? RC: (smiles) For the Hindenburg blowing up. JC: As a Lakehurst native, how much is that ingrained in your conscious? RC: It's not. I was born there when my dad was in the Navy. We moved."
Kuperinsky, Amy. "Former WWE star Marty Jannetty elaborates on claim he made a man ‘disappear’", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 6, 2020. Accessed April 10, 2022. "The pro wrestler, who has lived in Lakehurst and Toms River, posted the claim about making a man disappear on his Facebook page Wednesday, saying he had fought back after a man allegedly tried to sexually assault him in his native Columbus, Georgia as a teen."
Litsky, Frank. "Abel Kiviat, Runner, Dies at 99; Held World 1,500-Meter Record", The New York Times, August 26, 1991. Accessed December 26, 2012. "Abel Kiviat, a former world-recordholder in the 1,500-meter run who won a silver medal in the 1912 Olympics, died Saturday afternoon at his home in Lakehurst, N.J. He was 99 years old."
Fink, Jerry. "Take Five: Juice Newton", Las Vegas Sun, January 2, 2007. Accessed August 26, 2020. "Newton, a 54-year-old native of Lakehurst, N.J., performs Friday through Sunday at the Suncoast."
Condran, Ed. "Heavy Hitters", Asbury Park Press, October 31, 2008. Accessed February 12, 2011. "If Richard Shindell had realized he was climbing over the faces of the Mount Rushmore of songwriting while finding material for his latest album, "South of Delia," the disc might have sounded dramatically different. The Lakehurst native, co-headlining Saturday with Glen Phillips at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, interprets some heavy hitters."
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