Bayville is an

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located within Berkeley Township in

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, United States. The area is served as

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ZIP Code 08721. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for

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(ZCTA) 08721 was 20,512. Central Regional High School is the local high school for the area. Bayville is home to the majority of

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, where Ocean Spray manages a cranberry bog. The area is said to be haunted by the mythical Jersey Devil. Bayville received of snow in the January 2022 North American blizzard, the most of any place in the state. WOBM-FM radio started broadcasting from Bayville in March 1968. The station relocated to studios in Toms River in 2013.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Bayville include: *

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(born 1982), Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, submission grappler and

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* Jazmyn Foberg (born 2000),

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who was the 2014 US Junior National All-Around and Uneven Bars Champion. *

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(born 1965), baseball pitcher. * Phil Longo (born 1968),

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coach who is offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the

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team. * Megan McCafferty (born 1973), author best known for her Jessica Darling series.Ervolino, Bill. "Jessica's a step behind her author", ''

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'', September 9, 2007. "Like her heroine, McCafferty knows her way around the Garden State, having grown up in Bayville before moving to Brooklyn and Manhattan and then getting married and settling in -- ahem -- Princeton."

References

External links

Bayville, NJ Community web site
{{authority control Berkeley Township, New Jersey Populated places in the Pine Barrens (New Jersey) Unincorporated communities in Ocean County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey