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Keyport is a
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in Monmouth County,
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, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 7,240,DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Keyport borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey
,
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. Accessed July 10, 2012.
Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Keyport borough
,
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. Accessed July 10, 2012.
following a decline of 328 (−4.3%) from the 7,568 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 18 (−0.2%) from the 7,586 counted in the 1990 Census. Keyport's nickname is the "Pearl of the Bayshore" or the "Gateway to the Bayshore". Keyport was originally formed as a
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on March 17, 1870, from portions of Raritan Township (now Hazlet). On April 2, 1908, the Borough of Keyport was formed, replacing Keyport Town.Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 181. Accessed July 10, 2012.
Keyport is part of the Bayshore Regional Strategic Plan, an effort by nine municipalities in northern Monmouth County to reinvigorate the area's economy by emphasizing the traditional downtowns, dense residential neighborhoods,
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, and the natural Raritan Bayshore coastline.


Geography

According to the
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, the borough had a total area of 1.46 square miles (3.77 km2), including 1.38 square miles (3.58 km2) of land and 0.07 square miles (0.19 km2) of water (5.07%). The borough borders the boroughs of Keansburg (via a maritime boundary) and Union Beach, and the townships of
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and Hazlet to the northeast, southwest and southeast respectively.


Demographics


Census 2010

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars)
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was $56,509 (with a margin of error of +/− $7,915) and the median family income was $82,714 (+/− $13,757). Males had a median income of $56,156 (+/− $6,693) versus $41,782 (+/− $4,326) for females. The
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for the borough was $28,545 (+/− $2,210). About 4.9% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the
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, including 14.6% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.


Census 2000

At the 2000 United States Census, there were 7,568 people, 3,264 households and 1,798 families residing in the borough. The
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was 5,358.4 per square mile (2,072.4/km2). There were 3,400 housing units at an average density of 2,407.3 per square mile (931.0/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 85.2%
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, 7.0%
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, 0.12% Native American, 2.22% Asian, 0.04%
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, 2.96% from other races, and 2.46% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 11.09% of the population.Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Keyport borough
,
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. Accessed July 10, 2012.
DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Keyport borough, New Jersey
,
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. Accessed July 10, 2012.
There were 3,264 households, of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.4% were
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living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.9% were non-families. 38.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 3.11. 21.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males. The
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was $43,869 and the median family income was $58,176. Males had a median income of $40,324 compared with $34,036 for females. The
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for the borough was $23,288. About 4.9% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the
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, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.


Economy

Keyport is known for its
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industry, which had been one of the world's largest suppliers until overfishing and pollution led to a collapse of the industry in the early to mid 20th century. In August 2010, NY/NJ Baykeeper suspended an effort to recreate the oyster reefs in Keyport's Raritan Bay after the
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cited concerns that the oysters could be harvested and sold to the public despite the persistent heavy pollution in the water after concerns had been raised by the
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that patrols were insufficient to ensure that the oysters in the reef were not being harvested. It was the home of the
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which operated from 1914 to 1930 and built seaplanes for the
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during
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. Its planes were mostly military seaplanes and flying boats, including aircraft that offered some of the first scheduled air service using seaplanes. Keyport has been credited as the birthplace of the " Lazy Susan", designed by William Bedle in 1845.Jeandron, Jack
"Keyport"
p. 138.
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, 2003, , via
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. Accessed November 12, 2015.
However this is highly disputed since there were earlier dated pieces found in China and England. It was the site of the professional dance debut of film star
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in 1903 at age four, together with his sister
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, as part of an act that earned a review that called the duo "the greatest child act in vaudeville.


Business district

Keyport is home to many diverse businesses, and has a bustling shopping district located on West Front Street, located one block in from the waterfront. The business district is now under control of the Keyport Bayfront Business Cooperative (which was established in 2011 to replace the now-defunct Keyport Business Alliance) which helps to organize events that benefit the businesses in Keyport as well as the city as a whole. Keyport is home to Espresso Joe's, a coffee shop and venue for local musical and artistic acts. Celebrity Chef Bobby Flay filmed a segment for CBS Sunday Morning at the Broad Street Diner, which has won numerous awards and accolades.


Government


Local government

Keyport is governed under the
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form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey. The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the Borough Council, with all positions elected
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on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council is comprised of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'',
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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 67.
The Borough form of government used by Keyport is a "
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/ strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can
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ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council. , the
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of Keyport is Democrat Collette J. Kennedy, whose term of office ends December 31, 2022.Mayor
Borough of Keyport. Accessed June 26, 2022.
Borough Council members are Council President Kathleen McNamara (D, 2023), Rose P. Araneo ( R, 2024), Lori Ann Davidson (R, 2023), Delia Sosa McDermott (D, 2022), Victoria A. Pacheco (D, 2022) and Ron G. Peperoni Jr. (R, 2024).Governing Body
Borough of Keyport. Accessed June 26, 2022. "New Jersey laws regulating the borough form of municipal government are codified as Chapter 60 in Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.A. 40A:60-1 et seq,) which provides for a governing body that includes a Mayor and a six (6) member Borough Council. The Mayor is elected at large (by all voters in the Borough) for a term of four (4) years. Members of the Borough Council are elected at large to three (3) year terms which are arranged so the terms of two (2) members expire at the end of each calendar year."
November 2, 2021 General Election Official Results
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, December 13, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.
November 3, 2020 General Election Official Results
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General Election November 5, 2019 Official Results
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Clerk, updated December 16, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.
In June 2015, the Borough Council selected Matthew Goode from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the vacant seat expiring December 2015 of Kenneth McPeek, who resigned from office as he was no longer going to be a resident of Keyport. At the same meeting, Joseph Sheridan was selected to succeed McPeek as Council President. In January 2014, the Borough council selected former councilmember Warren Chamberlain to fill the vacant seat of Clemente Toglia, who had been killed on December 31, 2013, in a car crash before being sworn into office for his second three-year term. Chamberlain served on an interim basis until the November 2014 general election, when he was elected to serve the remaining two years of Toglia's term of office.November 4, 2014 General Election Official Results
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, updated November 24, 2014. Accessed July 14, 2016.
Harry Aumack II was selected as mayor in April 2013 to fill the vacant seat of Robert McLeod, who had resigned in the previous month citing internal battles within the local Republican party, exemplified by the struggles to fill a council vacancy in late 2012. Ken Howe was named in January 2013 to fill the vacant seat that expires at the end of 2013 of Republican Evelyn Ambrose, who resigned in December 2012 as she was relocating to
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. On Election Day, November 7, 2007, Council President Robert Bergen was elected Mayor, taking the seat of two-term incumbent John J. Merla. Merla plead guilty to federal corruption charges on January 18, 2007, for accepting bribes to obtain municipal contracts. Bergen assumed the post of Mayor on January 1, 2007.


Federal, state and county representation

Keyport is located in the 6th Congressional DistrictPlan Components Report
New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.
and is part of New Jersey's 13th state legislative district.Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District
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. Accessed February 1, 2020.
''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed October 30, 2019.
Monmouth County is governed by a
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comprised of five members who are elected
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to serve three year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats up for election each year as part of the November general election. At an annual reorganization meeting held in the beginning of January, the board selects one of its members to serve as Director and another as Deputy Director. , Monmouth County's Commissioners are Commissioner Director Thomas A. Arnone ( R, Neptune City, term as commissioner and as director ends December 31, 2022), Commissioner Deputy Director Susan M. Kiley (R, Hazlet Township, term as commissioner ends December 31, 2024; term as deputy commissioner director ends 2022),
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(R, Colts Neck Township, 2023), Nick DiRocco (R, Wall Township, 2022), and Ross F. Licitra (R, Marlboro Township, 2023). Constitutional officers elected on a countywide basis are
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Christine Giordano Hanlon (R, 2025; Ocean Township),
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Shaun Golden (R, 2022; Howell Township) and Surrogate Rosemarie D. Peters (R, 2026; Middletown Township).


Politics

On March 23, 2011, there were a total of 4,442 registered voters in Keyport, of which 1,251 (28.2%) were registered as Democrats, 950 (21.4%) were registered as
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and 2,240 (50.4%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There was one voter registered to another party. In the
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, Democrat
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received 56.6% of the vote (1,664 cast), ahead of Republican
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with 42.0% (1,234 votes), and other candidates with 1.4% (42 votes), among the 2,970 ballots cast by the borough's 4,600 registered voters (30 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 64.6%. In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 52.1% of the vote (1,759 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 44.6% (1,506 votes) and other candidates with 1.7% (56 votes), among the 3,374 ballots cast by the borough's 4,704 registered voters, for a turnout of 71.7%. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 50.0% of the vote (1,649 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat
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with 48.4% (1,596 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (35 votes), among the 3,297 ballots cast by the borough's 4,620 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 71.4. In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican
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received 67.1% of the vote (1,316 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 30.6% (600 votes), and other candidates with 2.3% (45 votes), among the 2,005 ballots cast by the borough's 4,547 registered voters (44 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 44.1%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 55.2% of the vote (1,284 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 34.3% (796 votes), Independent
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with 8.0% (185 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (29 votes), among the 2,324 ballots cast by the borough's 4,544 registered voters, yielding a 51.1% turnout.


Education

The
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serve students from pre-kindergarten through
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. As of the 2018–2019 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 1,062 students and 104.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a
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of 10.2:1.District information for Keyport School District
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. Accessed April 1, 2020.
Schools in the district (with 2018–2019 enrollment data from the
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) are Keyport Central School with 687 students in grades Pre-K–8 and Keyport High School with 364 students in grades 9–12. Students in public school for ninth through
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s from Union Beach attend the district's high school as part of a
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with the Union Beach School System.


Transportation


Roads and highways

, the borough had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Monmouth County and by the
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. Route 35 and Route 36 both pass through in the southern section. The
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is just outside in both neighboring Aberdeen and Hazlet Townships at Exit 117.


Public transportation

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offers local bus service on the 817 route. NJ Transit train service is available nearby at the Hazlet and Aberdeen-Matawan stations on the North Jersey Coast Line.


Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Keyport include: *
Henry E. Ackerson Jr. Henry Elijah Ackerson Jr. (October 15, 1880 – December 9, 1970) was a State Senator from 1915 to 1919, a New Jersey circuit judge from 1924 to 1947, and an associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1948 to 1952. Ackerson was bor ...
(1880–1970), Justice of the
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from 1948 to 1952 *
Piotr Czech Piotr Czech (; born August 17, 1986) is a former American football placekicker. He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Wagner College. Czech was raised in Keyport, New Jersey and ...
(born 1986), NFL placekicker * John DeServio, bass player of
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* John Earle (born 1968), retired football player who played in the CFL for the Baltimore Stallions before becoming a youth minister and evangelist * Juanita Hall (1901–1968), actress best known for her role as " Bloody Mary" in the movie ''
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'' *
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(1899–1988), politician who served in the
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and judge on
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* Garret Hobart (1844–1899),
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from 1897 to 1899, spent his boyhood years in Keyport at a home on Broad Street, which was destroyed in the Great Fire of September 21, 1877 * Moe Jaffe (1901–1972), songwriter and bandleader *
Pat Kennedy Joseph Patrick Kennedy (born January 5, 1952) is an American former college basketball coach and player. He was previously the men's basketball coach at Towson University, Iona College, Florida State University, DePaul University, Pace Univer ...
(born 1952), men's basketball coach at
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* Amy Lamé (born 1971 as Amy Caddle), performer, writer, TV and radio presenter, known for her one-woman shows, her performance group Duckie, and LGBT-themed media works *
Sayra Fischer Lebenthal Sayra I. Fischer Lebenthal (October 17, 1898 – March 18, 1994) was a municipal bond dealer/broker and investment banker in New York City. In 1925, at the age of 27, she co-founded municipal bond brokerage firm Lebenthal & Company in Manhattan ...
(1898–1994), Wall Street banker credited with introducing the idea of selling small lots of municipal bonds to individual investors * Georg J. Lober (1892–1961), sculptor *
Horace M. Thorne Horace Marvin "Buddy" Thorne (September 29, 1918 – December 21, 1944) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. Early life B ...
(1918–1944), awarded the
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for valor during
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* Raymond L. Wyckoff (1887–1939), politician, who served as Mayor of Keyport, member of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders and as Monmouth County ClerkStaff
"Democrats Gain Control of Board Of Freeholders; Clean Sweep in County; Wyckoff Will be Lone Republican on the Board When It Organizes on January 1 Next."
, ''The Matawan Journal'', November 10, 1933. Accessed January 13, 2015. "Thus the tables are turned and former Mayor Raymond L. Wyckoff of Keyport, remains the only Republican on the Board of Chosen Freeholders."


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Borough of Keyport official websiteKeyport Business AllianceEagle Hose Company #4Keyport Fire DepartmentKeyport Public Schools
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School Data for the Keyport Public Schools
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Keyport Historical SocietyGreen Grove Cemetery – Keyport, NJ
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