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Long Branch, New Jersey

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The coastal city of Long Branch is located in Monmouth County.

Typical abbreviation for Long Branch: Long Br. (or less commonly used: Long Brnch.)

Long Branch is near sea level<1>.

Time Zone: Long Branch lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Long Branch can be found in:

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At the time of the 2000 Census, Long Branch had a population of 31,340 people<2> (or 5.08% of the total population of Monmouth County). The population of Long Branch represented 0.37% of the total of New Jersey, making it the state's 22nd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Long Branch had a population of 32,622 people. This is an increase of 4.09% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Long Branch.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200832,622+4.09%+0.95% since 2007
200732,316+3.11%-1.1% since 2006
200632,676+4.26%+1.31% since 2005
200532,252+2.91% 
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200031,340The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Asbury Park   S5 mi [8.05 km]16,5462.27% decrease
 Fairview   NW7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Leonardo   NW9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Lincroft   W7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Loch Arbour   S4 mi [6.44 km]2742.14% decrease
 Navesink   N7 mi [11.27 km]---

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Long Branch.

Websites for Long Branch

Official Website:   www.longbranch.org/
   
Junior League:   www.jlmc.org/

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Long Branch or Monmouth County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.




Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Long Branch. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Long Branch:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Long Branch? Please visit the Map Page for Long Branch.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Long Branch - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Long Branch.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Long Branch and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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