| Interlaken, New Jersey | |
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| — Borough — | |
| Map of Interlaken in Monmouth County. Inset: Location of Monmouth County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
| Census Bureau map of Interlaken, New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Monmouth |
| Incorporated | May 3, 1922 |
| Government[1] | |
| • Type | Borough (New Jersey) |
| • Mayor | Robert D. Wolf, III (2011) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2) |
| • Land | 0.4 sq mi (0.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Population (2010 Census)[2] | |
| • Total | 820 |
| • Density | 2,123.8/sq mi (820/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07712 |
| Area code(s) | 732/848 |
| FIPS code | 34-34200[3][4] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0877346[5] |
| Website | http://www.interlakenboro.com |
Interlaken is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 820.[2]
Interlaken was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 11, 1922, from portions of Ocean Township, based on the results of a referendum held on May 3, 1922.[6]
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Interlaken is located at (40.235522, -74.014930).[7]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), of which 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2), or 10.00%, is water.
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1930 | 545 |
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| 1940 | 787 | 44.4% | |
| 1950 | 833 | 5.8% | |
| 1960 | 1,168 | 40.2% | |
| 1970 | 1,182 | 1.2% | |
| 1980 | 1,037 | −12.3% | |
| 1990 | 910 | −12.2% | |
| 2000 | 900 | −1.1% | |
| 2010 | 820 | −8.9% | |
| Population 1930 - 1990.[8] | |||
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 900 people, 386 households, and 260 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,556.2 people per square mile (992.8/km2). There were 397 housing units at an average density of 1,127.6 per square mile (438.0/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.67% White, 0.22% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.11% of the population.
There were 386 households out of which 21.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.86.
In the borough the population was spread out with 17.9% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 21.9% from 25 to 44, 33.4% from 45 to 64, and 22.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $82,842, and the median income for a family was $104,618. Males had a median income of $81,203 versus $59,063 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $47,307. About 1.5% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.7% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.
Interlaken 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]
The Mayor of Interlaken is Robert D. Wolf, III, whose term of office ends on December 31, 2011. Members of the Borough Council are Council President Elizabeth A. Brown (2009), Richard Booth (2008), John G. Hoyle, III (2008), Keith Miller (2010), Lynn A. Parry, Jr. (2010) and Jean Primavera (2009).[9]
Interlaken is in the 6th Congressional district. New Jersey's Sixth Congressional District is represented by Frank Pallone (D, Long Branch). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).
Interlaken is in the 11th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature, which is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Sean T. Kean (R, Wall Township) and in the New Jersey General Assembly by Mary Pat Angelini (R, Ocean Township) and Dave Rible (R, Wall Township).[10]
Monmouth County is governed by a Board of Chosen Freeholders consisting of five members who are elected at-large to serve three year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats up for election each year. [11] As of 2011, Monmouth County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director Robert D. Clifton (R, Matawan; term ends December 31, 2013)[12], Freeholder Deputy Director John P. Curley (R, Red Bank; 2012)[13], Thomas A. Arnone (R, Neptune City; 2013), Lillian G. Burry (R, Colts Neck Township; 2011)[14] and Amy A. Mallet (D, Fair Haven, 2011).[15][16][17]
Interlaken is a non-operating school district. Students attend public school in either the Asbury Park Public Schools or may attend the West Long Branch Public Schools for K-8 and Shore Regional High School for grades 9-12, as part of sending/receiving relationships with all of these districts in which students attend on a tuition basis.[18][19]
Public school students may also attend Academy Charter High School, located in Lake Como, which serves residents of Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken and Lake Como, and accepts students on a lottery basis.[20][21]
The area that is now Interlaken was purchased in 1667 by Gavin Drummond from the Lenape Native Americans. It was later part of Ocean Township, which had seceded from Shrewsbury Township in 1849 and included at the time present-day Eatontown, Neptune Township, Neptune City, Avon-by-the-Sea, Bradley Beach, Asbury Park, Allenhurst, Deal, Long Branch, West Long Branch, Loch Arbour, Monmouth Beach, Sea Bright and Oceanport, along with Interlaken itself.[22]
Dr. Francis Weld, a Boston physician, bought a 364-acre (1.47 km2) tract and named it Interlaken Farm, after Interlaken, a similar peninsula in Switzerland situated between two lakes, that they had just visited. Weld established the Interlaken Land Company in 1890 to turn his farm into a residential community with avenues named after English lakes and cross streets named after the islands in the Hebrides in the Irish Sea. While the initial effort did not succeed, the Stormfelz-Lovely-Neville Company was hired in 1905 to continue the building project, and the community began its growth.[22]
Interlaken was formed as a borough on March 11, 1922, based on the results of a referendum held on May 3, 1922.[6] The first Mayor and Council of Interlaken were seated on June 26, 1922.[22]
Interlaken remains entirely residential, as was originally intended by its developers.[22]