Tag: Eatontown
Eatontown is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 12,709. The population declined by 1,299 (-9.3%) from the 14,008 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 208 (+1.5%) from the 13,800 counted in the 1990 Census.
What is now Eatontown was originally incorporated as Eatontown Township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 4, 1873, from portions of Ocean Township and Shrewsbury Township. Portions of the township were taken to form West Long Branch (April 7, 1908) and Oceanport (April 6, 1920). Eatontown was reincorporated as a borough on March 8, 1926, replacing Eatontown Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 13, 1926.
The United States Army’s Fort Monmouth had been in Eatontown since 1917 until its closure in September 2011, based on recommendations from the Base Realignment and Closure Commission. It is home to the United States Army Materiel Command’s (AMC)…
