Aberdeen Township, New Jersey
| Aberdeen Township, New Jersey | |
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| Township | |
| Township of Aberdeen | |
Mouth of Matawan Creek
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 Map of Aberdeen Township in Monmouth County. Inset: Location of Monmouth County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Aberdeen Township, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°25′50″N 74°13′25″W / 40.430669°N 74.223548°WCoordinates: 40°25′50″N 74°13′25″W / 40.430669°N 74.223548°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Monmouth |
| Incorporated | February 23, 1857 as Matavan Township |
| Renamed | 1882 as Matawan Township |
| Renamed | November 8, 1977 as Aberdeen Township |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (Council-Manager) |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | Fred Tagliarini (D, term ends December 31, 2017) |
| • Manager | Holly Reycraft |
| • Clerk | Karen Ventura |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.774 sq mi (20.136 km2) |
| • Land | 5.447 sq mi (14.108 km2) |
| • Water | 2.327 sq mi (6.028 km2) 29.94% |
| Area rank | 234th of 566 in state 15th of 53 in county |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 18,210 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 18,503 |
| • Rank | 141st of 566 in state 11th of 53 in county |
| • Density | 3,343.0/sq mi (1,290.7/km2) |
| • Density rank | 197th of 566 in state 22nd of 53 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07747 |
| Area code(s) | 732 |
| FIPS code | 3402500070 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882121 |
| Website | www |
Aberdeen Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 18,210, reflecting an increase of 756 (+4.3%) from the 17,454 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 416 (+2.4%) from the 17,038 counted in the 1990 Census.
Aberdeen Township is part of the Bayshore Regional Strategic Plan, an effort by nine municipalities in northern Monmouth County to reinvigorate the area's economy by emphasizing the traditional downtowns, dense residential neighborhoods, maritime history, and the natural beauty of the Raritan Bay coastline.
Those who settled in this area developed into the Lenni Lenape Native Americans. About the year 1000, an agricultural society developed, and small villages dotted what was to become New Jersey. The Lenape began a westward retreat in the face of European settlement and disease beginning in the late seventeenth century, beginning in Monmouth County by the mid-eighteenth century. Although the Lenape presently live in Ontario and Oklahoma, their legacy survives in such names as Mohingson, Luppatatong and Matawan Creeks and Raritan Bay.
The earliest known attempt at European settlement was in 1650 when the south side of Raritan Bay was purchased from the Lenni Lenape by the New Netherland Colony. The Dutch failed to make any permanent settlements of this area.
The earliest English land grant in Aberdeen was in 1677 when Sir George Carteret granted 36 acres (150,000 m2) to Jonathan Holmes. This is in present-day Oakshades on Mohingson Creek.
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