Bayville is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

located within Berkeley Township in

Ocean County Ocean County is a county located along the Jersey Shore in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It borders the Atlantic Ocean on the east. Its county seat is Toms River.New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

, United States. The area is served as

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ZIP Code 08721. As of the

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, the population for

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(ZCTA) 08721 was 20,512.

Central Regional High School Central Regional High School is a four-year regional comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in the Bayville section of Berkeley Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, opera ...

is the local high school for the area. Bayville is home to

Double Trouble State Park Double Trouble State Park is located in Berkeley and Lacey Townships in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The park was once the Double Trouble company's company town. The park's wilderness is part of the Pine Barrens ecosystem. Th ...

, the site of an Ocean Spray cranberry bog. The area is said to be haunted by the

Jersey Devil In South Jersey and Philadelphia folklore in the United States, the Jersey Devil (also known as the Leeds Devil) is a legendary creature said to inhabit the forest of Pine Barrens in South Jersey. The creature is often described as a flying bipe ...

. Bayville received of snow in the

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, the most of any place in the state.

Notable people

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

Jazmyn Foberg Jazmyn Foberg (born February 2, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast. She was the 2014 junior national all-around and uneven bars champion, as well as a member of the United States Junior National Team. Starting in 2017, she is competing on the ...

(born 2000),

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

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

Al Leiter Alois Terry Leiter (; born October 23, 1965) is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from to for the New York Yankees, Toronto Blu ...

(born 1965), baseball pitcher. *

Phil Longo Phil Longo (born April 17, 1968) is an American football coach who is currently the offensive coordinator for the Wisconsin Badgers. A practitioner of the air raid offense, he was previously the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for No ...

(born 1968),

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coach who is offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the

North Carolina Tar Heels football The North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the sport of American football or Gridiron Football. The Tar Heels play in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate ...

team. *

Megan McCafferty Megan Fitzmorris McCafferty (born 1973) is an American author known for ''The New York Times'' bestselling Jessica Darling series of young adult novels published between 2001 and 2009. McCafferty gained international attention in 2006 when nov ...

(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