Beach Haven, New Jersey
| Beach Haven, New Jersey | |
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| Borough | |
| Borough of Beach Haven | |
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| Nickname(s): The Queen City | |
 Map of Beach Haven in Ocean County. Inset: Location of Ocean county highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Beach Haven, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 39°34′34″N 74°15′06″W / 39.576031°N 74.251791°WCoordinates: 39°34′34″N 74°15′06″W / 39.576031°N 74.251791°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Ocean |
| Incorporated | November 11, 1890 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (Council-Manager) |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Nancy Taggart Davis (term ends December 31, 2016) |
| • Manager | Richard Crane |
| • Clerk | Sherry Mason |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.320 sq mi (6.010 km2) |
| • Land | 0.978 sq mi (2.534 km2) |
| • Water | 1.342 sq mi (3.476 km2) 57.84% |
| Area rank | 386th of 566 in state 18th of 33 in county |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 1,170 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 1,172 |
| • Rank | 527th of 566 in state 28th of 33 in county |
| • Density | 1,196.0/sq mi (461.8/km2) |
| • Density rank | 358th of 566 in state 18th of 33 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08008 |
| Area code(s) | 609 exchanges: 207, 361, 492, 494 |
| FIPS code | 3402903940 |
| GNIS feature ID | 885152 |
| Website | www |
Beach Haven is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, that is located on Long Beach Island (LBI) and borders the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 1,170, reflecting a decline of 108 (-8.5%) from the 1,278 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 197 (-13.4%) from the 1,475 counted in the 1990 Census.
Beach Haven was incorporated as a Borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on November 11, 1890, from portions of Eagleswood Township, based on the results of a referendum held five days earlier.
It was ranked the ninth-best beach in New Jersey in the 2008 Top 10 Beaches Contest sponsored by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium.
Beach Haven, known on Long Beach Island as the "Queen City," is a late 19th century beach-front resort originally established in 1873 to house wealthy summer residents from Philadelphia. Although some of the major structures, including several hotels and a boardwalk, were lost to storms in the 1940s including the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944, a large portion of the town retains its Victorian and Edwardian character. The Beach Haven Historic District listed in the New Jersey and the National Register of Historic Places in the early 1980s, encompasses the most intact buildings at the core of the resort.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 2.320 square miles (6.010 km2), including 0.978 square miles (2.534 km2) of land and 1.342 square miles (3.476 km2) of water (57.84%).
The borough borders the Ocean County municipalities of Little Egg Harbor Township and Long Beach Township.
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