| Bay Head, New Jersey | |
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| — Borough — | |
| Map of Bay Head in Ocean County. Inset: Location of Ocean County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
| Census Bureau map of Bay Head, New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Ocean |
| Incorporated | June 15, 1886 |
| Government[1] | |
| • Type | Borough (New Jersey) |
| • Mayor | William W. Curtis (2011)[2] |
| Area[3] | |
| • Total | 0.70 sq mi (1.8 km2) |
| • Land | 0.59 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) |
| Population (2010 Census)[4][5] | |
| • Total | 968 |
| • Density | 1,382.9/sq mi (537.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08742[6] |
| Area code(s) | 732 |
| FIPS code | 34-03520[7][8] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0874544[9] |
| Website | http://www.bayheadnj.org |
Bay Head is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 968.[5] Bay Head is situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that separates Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. Together with Mantoloking to south, Bay Head is considered part of the Jersey Shore's "Gold Coast".
Bay Head was incorporated as a Borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on June 15, 1886, from portions of Brick Township, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier.[10]
The community was supposed to have been named "Bayhead" after the Bayhead Land Company that developed the area in the 1870s.[11] A railroad sign posted in the 1880s labeled the station as "Bay Head," and the name stuck when the borough was incorporated in 1886. The name also comes from the town's location, which is at the "head" of Barnegat Bay [12]
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Bay Head is located at (40.068690, -74.047064).[13]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.70 square miles (1.8 km2), of which 0.59 square miles (1.5 km2) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km2) (15.71%) is water.[3]
The first post office was established in Bay Head in the summer of 1882. Julius Foster was first postmaster.
Previously the Bay Head Land Company had been incorporated on September 6, 1879, capitalized at $12,000. The founding partners were David H. Mount of Rocky Hill, and three Princeton men: Edward Howe, his brother Leavitt Howe and William Harris. Within several years, the resort had grown in population, with a seawall installed, roads built and graded. In 1882, Bay Head had 20 new cottages, and a population of 75.
The Bay Head Historic District, listed in the New Jersey and the National Registers of Historic places in 2005, includes over 550 contributing structures (over half of the town's buildings) making it one of the largest historic districts in New Jersey.[14] Bay Head's historic district is architecturally significant for its large collection of well-preserved Shingle Style, Stick Style, and Queen Anne Style structures.
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1930 | 429 |
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| 1940 | 499 | 16.3% | |
| 1950 | 808 | 61.9% | |
| 1960 | 824 | 2.0% | |
| 1970 | 1,083 | 31.4% | |
| 1980 | 1,340 | 23.7% | |
| 1990 | 1,226 | −8.5% | |
| 2000 | 1,238 | 1.0% | |
| 2010 | 968 | −21.8% | |
| Population sources: 1930-1990[15] 2000[16] 2010[5] |
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As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 1,238 people, 584 households, and 349 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,094.3 people per square mile (810.2/km2). There were 1,053 housing units at an average density of 1,781.3 per square mile (689.1/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.98% White, 0.16% African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.57% Asian, 0.48% from other races, and 0.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.29% of the population.[16]
There were 584 households out of which 16.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.1% were non-families. 35.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.73.[16]
In the borough the population was spread out with 15.4% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 21.7% from 25 to 44, 33.7% from 45 to 64, and 25.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52 years. For every 100 females there were 90.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.[16]
The median income for a household in the borough was $77,790, and the median income for a family was $93,055. Males had a median income of $64,063 versus $38,672 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $49,639. About 0.3% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.8% of those under age 18 and 2.1% of those age 65 or over.[16]
Bay Head is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.[1]
As of 2011[update], the Mayor of the Borough of Bay Head is William W. Curtis (R, term ends December 31, 2011). Members of the Bay Head Borough Council are Council President John M. Berko (R, 2011), Jennifer Barnes-Gambert (R, 2011), John DeFilippis (R, 2013), Mary Stockton Glass (R, 2012), D’Arcy Rohan Green (R, 2012) and James A. Urner (R, 2013).[17][18]
Bay Head is in the 4th Congressional district and is part of New Jersey's 10th state legislative district.[19] The legislative district was kept unchanged by the New Jersey Apportionment Commission based on the results of the 2010 Census.[5]
New Jersey's Fourth Congressional District is represented by Christopher Smith (R). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).
10th district of the New Jersey Legislature, which is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Andrew R. Ciesla (R, Brick Township) and in the New Jersey General Assembly by James W. Holzapfel (R, Toms River) and David W. Wolfe (R, Brick Township).[20] The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham).[21] The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach).[22]
Ocean County is governed by a Board of Chosen Freeholders consisting of five members, elected at large in partisan elections and serving staggered three-year terms of office, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year. As of 2011, Ocean County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari (Toms River, term ends December 31, 2011), Freeholder Deputy Director Gerry P. Little (Surf City, 2012), John C. Bartlett, Jr. (Pine Beach, 2012), John P. Kelly (Eagleswood Township, 2010) and James F. Lacey (Brick Township, 2013).[23][24]
The Bay Head School District serves students in public school for kindergarten through eighth grade. Bay Head Elementary School had an enrollment of 108 students in the 2009-10 school year.[25]
Students in public school for grades 9-12 attend Point Pleasant Beach High School in Point Pleasant Beach, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Point Pleasant Beach School District.[26]
New Jersey Transit trains terminate at the Bay Head station and yard, with service on the North Jersey Coast Line north to Penn Station Newark, Hoboken Terminal, and Penn Station New York in Midtown Manhattan.[27]
The main roadway through Bay Head is Route 35, a two-lane highway that connects many of the Jersey Shore's small communities.
Notable current and former residents of Bay Head include:
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