Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
| Ocean Grove, New Jersey | |
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| Census-designated place | |
The Ocean Grove Great Auditorium (2007)
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 Location of Ocean Grove in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Inset: Location of Monmouth County in New Jersey. |
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| Coordinates: 40°12′43″N 74°00′25″W / 40.21182°N 74.006944°WCoordinates: 40°12′43″N 74°00′25″W / 40.21182°N 74.006944°W | |
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 United States
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 New Jersey
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| County | Monmouth |
| Township | Neptune |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.428 sq mi (1.109 km2) |
| • Land | 0.372 sq mi (0.964 km2) |
| • Water | 0.056 sq mi (0.145 km2) 13.05% |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 3,342 |
| • Density | 8,979.9/sq mi (3,467.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07756 |
| Area code(s) | 732 |
| FIPS code | 3454480 |
| GNIS feature ID | 02389609 |
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Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association District
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A statue of Ellwood H. Stokes and the Great Auditorium facing Ocean Pathway – once named one of the ten most beautiful streets in America
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| Location | Ocean Grove, New Jersey |
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| Area | Bounded by Fletcher Lake, NJ Route 71, Lake Wesley, and the Atlantic Ocean |
| NRHP reference # | 76001170 |
| Added to NRHP | April 12, 1976 |
Ocean Grove is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Neptune Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It had a population of 3,342 at the 2010 United States Census. It is located on the Atlantic Ocean's Jersey Shore, between Asbury Park to the north and Bradley Beach to the south. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Ocean Grove is noted for its abundant examples of Victorian architecture.
Ocean Grove was founded in 1869 as an outgrowth of the camp meeting movement in the United States, when a group of Methodist clergymen, led by William B. Osborn and Ellwood H. Stokes, formed the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association to develop and operate a summer camp meeting site on the New Jersey seashore. By the early 20th century, the popular Christian meeting ground became known as the "Queen of Religious Resorts." The community's land is still owned by the camp meeting association and leased to individual homeowners and businesses. Ocean Grove remains the longest-active camp meeting site in the United States.
On July 31, 1869, Reverend W. B. Osborn, Reverend Stokes, and other Methodist ministers camped at a shaded, well-drained spot on New Jersey's seashore and decided to establish a permanent Christian camp meeting community called "Ocean Grove." About twenty tents were pitched that summer. By the following year paths were being graded, lots were sold, and plans were set in motion for a new town. In the summer of 1870, near the site of the first tabernacle, a well was dug to provide fresh water. It was named the "Beersheba" well, for an ancient well used by the Biblical patriarchs Abraham and Isaac, and is still in existence.
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