Wall Township is a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
within
Monmouth County
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, in the U.S. state of
New Jersey
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. Crisscrossed by several different highways within the heart of the
Jersey Shore
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region, the township is a transportation hub of
Central New Jersey
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and a
bedroom suburb
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of
New York City
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, in the
New York metropolitan area
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. As of the
2020 United States census, Wall Township's population was 26,525,
[ its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 361 (+1.4%) from the 2010 census count of 26,164,][ which in turn reflected an increase of 903 (+3.6%) from the 25,261 counted in the 2000 census.
Wall Township was formally incorporated as a township by an act of the ]New Jersey Legislature
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on March 7, 1851. Over the years, portions of the township have been taken to form North Spring Lake (May 1884), Ocean Beach (March 9, 1885, now Belmar), Manasquan (December 30, 1887), Spring Lake (March 14, 1892), Sea Girt
Sea Girt is a Borough (New Jersey), borough situated on the Jersey Shore, within Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,866, an increase ...
(March 29, 1917), Brielle
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(April 10, 1919), South Belmar (March 12, 1924, since renamed as Lake Como
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) and Spring Lake Heights (March 19, 1927).[Snyder, John P]
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 186–187. Accessed May 30, 2024.
Wall Township was named for General Garret D. Wall
Garret Dorset Wall (March 10, 1783November 22, 1850) was a military officer and Senator from New Jersey. He was elected as governor of New Jersey, but refused to assume office.
Early career
Born in Middletown Township, he completed preparatory ...
(1783–1850), a lawyer who commanded a Trenton volunteer company during the War of 1812
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and was stationed at Sandy Hook
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. Wall served five years as clerk of the New Jersey Supreme Court
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and as quartermaster general of the state for more than 20 years before being chosen to represent the state in the United States Senate
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from 1835 to 1841.[
]
History
The Greenville Cemetery was established in 1734, when a casualty of the French and Indian War
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was buried there. The original structure of the Glendola Protestant Bible Church was built in 1776; The congregation dedicated a new church in 1964.
Allaire Village
Allaire Village is a living history museum located within New Jersey's Allaire State Park in Wall Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The property was initially an Indian ceremonial ground prior to 1650, by 1750 a sawmill had been establis ...
dates back to 1822, when James P. Allaire
James Peter Allaire (July 12, 1785 – May 20, 1858) was a master mechanic and steam engine builder, and founder of the Allaire Iron Works (est. 1815), the first marine steam engine company in New York City, and later Howell Works (est. 1822), ...
purchased what became known as the Howell Works
Howell Works (later the Howell Works Company) was a bog iron-based production facility for pig iron which was established in New Jersey in the early 19th century by United States, American engineer and philanthropist James P. Allaire. It is notable ...
in Wall, and though it was the largest producing bog iron
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Iron-beari ...
manufacturing site in New Jersey by 1836, the ironworks were shut down in 1846. The village and surrounding acres were later preserved and gifted to the State of New Jersey to form Allaire State Park
Allaire State Park is a park located in Howell and in Wall Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, near the borough of Farmingdale, operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry and is part of the Ne ...
as a memorial to Hearst editor Arthur Brisbane
Arthur Brisbane (December 12, 1864 – December 25, 1936) was one of the best-known American newspaper editors of the 20th century, as well as a real estate investor.
Biography
Brisbane was born in Buffalo, New York, to Albert Brisbane (1809� ...
, the last private owner of the site, who purchased the land in 1907 and built a palatial residence on that property that would later serve as the Arthur Brisbane Child Treatment Center. The Brisbane family donated the property to the State of New Jersey to establish Allaire State Park and the Historic Village at Allaire. Allaire Village Inc., a non-profit organization, is licensed by the State of New Jersey to operate the site now known as "The Historic Village at Allaire."[
The ]Allgor–Barkalow Homestead
The Allgor–Barkalow Homestead is located on New Bedford Road in the New Bedford section of Wall Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The historic farmhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places
The Nati ...
at 1701 New Bedford Road was constructed in 1840, although some accounts indicate construction of part of the building began in the 18th century. The building now houses the museum of the Old Wall Historical Society. The Blansingburg schoolhouse at Sea Girt Avenue opened in 1855; The building was relocated in 1999 to the Allgor-Barkalow Homestead Museum property for refurbishing.
Wall Township was formed in 1851, from portions of Howell Township.[
The newly formed ]Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America (commonly called American Marconi) was incorporated in 1899. It was established as a subsidiary of the British Marconi Company and held the U.S. and Cuban rights to Guglielmo Marconi's radio (then ...
, with its home office in England, purchases a farm around 1900 that became the site of the company's receiver equipment for commercial transatlantic radio operation. The Marconi
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signal site was abandoned in 1924, but it was later occupied by the Ku Klux Klan
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until they were ejected in March 1928. The United States Army
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purchased the Marconi site in November 1941 and named it Camp Evans.[
The Allenwood Hospital, located at the corner of Squankum-Allenwood and Hospital roads, opened in January 1921 as a ]sanatorium
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for tuberculosis
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patients. In 1957, a 16-room building is dedicated to Geraldine L. Thompson, who served as president of the hospital's board of managers. In the 1960s, the facility becomes an annex to the John L. Montgomery Medical Home in Freehold Township, a county-run nursing home, and was renamed the Geraldine L. Thompson Care Center. In early 2016, Monmouth County finalized the sale of the nursing home to Preferred Care Holdings LLC for $15 million, which was renamed Preferred Care at Wall.
In 1940, Edward I. Brown used an old World War I
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tank converted into a bulldozer
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to clear land for an airport that he turned into what is now Monmouth Executive Airport
Monmouth Executive Airport is a privately owned, public use airport located in Wall Township, New Jersey, Wall Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, six miles west of Belmar and east of Farmingdale (from which its code BLM is derived). The Nati ...
after completing his service in the United States Navy
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as a pilot during World War II
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; The airport was sold by the Brown family in 2007 to a private equity firm, despite lengthy attempts by Monmouth County to acquire the facility.
Wall Stadium Speedway, which opened in 1950, is located just south of Monmouth Executive Airport
Monmouth Executive Airport is a privately owned, public use airport located in Wall Township, New Jersey, Wall Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, six miles west of Belmar and east of Farmingdale (from which its code BLM is derived). The Nati ...
and north of Interstate 195 on Route 34 and was the first track that NASCAR
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champion Richard Petty
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raced on in the United States. In 2019, plans were announced to close the track after the 2020 season and construct houses on the site. However those plans never happened and the track is still active today.
The Roadside Diner, formerly the Circle Diner and Rusty's, was delivered to its Route 34 site by the Silk City Diner Co. in the 1940s. The diner was used for filming of a scene for the 1983 movie ''Baby It's You
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'' and appears on the cover of the 1994 Bon Jovi
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album ''Cross Road: 14 Classic Grooves'', as well as having been featured in the 2008 music video for "Girls in Their Summer Clothes
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" by Bruce Springsteen
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.
Wall High School opened in September 1959, while Wall Intermediate School opened in 1967.
Interstate 195 was extended into Wall Township in 1981, giving direct high-speed access to Trenton.
A suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union
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T ...
in December 1999 against the township over a holiday display that included a nativity scene
In the Christian tradition, a nativity scene (also known as a manger scene, crib, crèche ( or ), or in Italian ''presepio'' or ''presepe'', or Bethlehem) is the special exhibition, particularly during the Christmastide, Christmas season, of ar ...
and a Hannukah menorah, contending that the religious symbols violate the constitutional separation of church and state
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, was dismissed by a judge who ruled that the organization had filed its suit too close to the start of the holiday season. The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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issued a ruling in April 2001 vacating the decision of the district court in the case that the township's holiday display as modified in 2000 to include other seasonal decorations did not violate the Establishment Clause or the New Jersey Constitution
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and ruling that the ACLU lacked standing to file the case.
Even though many of the surrounding municipalities sprung out of Wall Township, the only ZIP code that exclusively serves areas of Wall is Allenwood, but even it relies solely on a Post-office box
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system for regular mail services.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the township had a total area of 31.69 square miles (82.08 km2), including 30.66 square miles (79.41 km2) of land and 1.03 square miles (2.67 km2) of water (3.25%).
Allenwood (2010 Census population of 925) and West Belmar (2010 population 2,493) are census-designated place
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s and unincorporated communities
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located within Wall Township.
Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Algers Mills, Allaire, Baileys Corner, Blansingburg, Carmerville, Collingwood Park, Glendola, Hurleys Mills, Lake Como, New Bedford
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, Old Mill, Osborn Island, Osbornes Mills, Remsen Mills, Shark River, Sterling Woods, Treasure Island and Wallington.
Wreck Pond
Wreck Pond is a coastal freshwater tidal pond located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is surrounded by Wall Township and the boroughs of Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights, and Sea Girt. The ...
is a tidal pond located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Wall Township and the boroughs of Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights, and Sea Girt
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. The Wreck Pond watershed covers about in eastern Monmouth County.
The township borders the municipalities of Belmar, Brielle
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, Colts Neck Township, Howell Township, Lake Como
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, Manasquan, Neptune Township, Sea Girt
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, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights and Tinton Falls
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in Monmouth County; and Brick Township
Brick Township is a township situated on the Jersey Shore within Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city retained its position as the state's 13th-most-populous municipality, in Ocean County
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.
In 2005, the Township de-annexed its southernmost portion in favor of Howell Township.
Demographics
2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 26,164 people, 10,051 households, and 7,066 families in the township. The population density was 853.0 per square mile (329.3/km2). There were 10,883 housing units at an average density of 354.8 per square mile (137.0/km2). The racial makeup was 93.72% (24,521) White
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, 2.44% (639) Black or African American, 0.16% (41) Native American, 1.61% (421) Asian, 0.01% (2) Pacific Islander
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, 0.91% (237) from other races, and 1.16% (303) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino
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of any race were 3.47% (908) of the population.[
Of the 10,051 households, 30.9% had children under the age of 18; 57.6% were married couples living together; 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present and 29.7% were non-families. Of all households, 25.2% were made up of individuals and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.11.][
23.5% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 20.0% from 25 to 44, 32.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 92.2 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 87.7 males.][
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 ]American Community Survey
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showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted
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dollars) median household income
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was $89,278 (with a margin of error of +/− $6,640) and the median family income was $108,865 (+/− $6,748). Males had a median income of $75,198 (+/− $3,706) versus $51,969 (+/− $5,806) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $46,514 (+/− $2,483). About 3.1% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.
2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census there were 25,261 people, 9,437 households, and 6,926 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 9,957 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 97.09% White
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, 0.61% African American
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, 0.10% Native American, 1.26% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander
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, 0.32% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. Hispanic
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or Latino of any race were 1.55% of the population.[Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Wall township, New Jersey]
, United States Census Bureau
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. Accessed October 31, 2016.[DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 – Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Wall township, Monmouth County, New Jersey]
, United States Census Bureau
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. Accessed August 9, 2012.
There were 9,437 households, out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.0% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.6% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.14.[
In the township the population was spread out, with 25.2% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.4 males.][
The 2000 Census showed that ]median household income
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for the township was $73,989 and the median family income was $83,795. Males had a median income of $61,022 versus $37,011 for females. The per capita income for the township was $32,954. About 1.7% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.5% of those under age 18 and 2.9% of those age 65 or over.[
]
Parks and recreation
Brick Township Reservoir, with parts located in both Wall and Brick Township
Brick Township is a township situated on the Jersey Shore within Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city retained its position as the state's 13th-most-populous municipality, , covers and is encircled by a trail. Fishing is permitted on the reservoir. The reservoir can hold up to of water, which is pumped in from the Metedeconk River
The Metedeconk River is a tributary of Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, New Jersey, Ocean County, New Jersey in the United States.
The Metedeconk River flows from its U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline ...
.
Wall also has around 20 locations for outdoor activities including public parks, playgrounds, recreational sports fields, and other open outdoor spaces for hiking, cycling, fishing, and hunting. Parts of Allaire State Park
Allaire State Park is a park located in Howell and in Wall Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, near the borough of Farmingdale, operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry and is part of the Ne ...
and the Edgar Felix Bikeway
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are found in Wall Township.
Government
Local government
Wall is governed under the Township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state. It is the oldest form of government in New Jersey, having been first established in 1798, and enhanced by the Township Act of 1989. The Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters at-large
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in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.[''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', ]Rutgers University
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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
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, March 2013, p. 67. Each year, at the annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to preside as mayor for the year, and another to serve as deputy mayor. It is the only form of government in which the mayor is not elected directly by the voters of the municipality. Wall is one of 11 Monmouth County municipalities that use the Township form of government.[
, the members of the Wall Township Committee are Mayor Timothy J. Farrell ( R, term on committee ends December 31, 2024; term as mayor ends 2023), Deputy Mayor Erin M. Mangan (R, term on committee and as deputy mayor ends 2023), Daniel F. Becht (R, 2023), Timothy J. Clayton (R, 2025) and Kevin P. Orender (R, 2025).][Wall Township Committee]
Wall Township. Accessed May 2, 2023. "Wall Township operates under the township form of municipal government. The Township Committee, which is the Governing Body, consists of 5 members elected at-large for 3-year, overlapping terms. At the annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects a Mayor and Deputy Mayor."[General Election November 8, 2022 Official Results]
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Monmouth County () is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is bordered to its west by Mercer and Middlesex Counties, to its south by Ocean County, to its east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to its north ...
Clerk, updated December 27, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.[November 2, 2021 General Election Official Results]
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Monmouth County () is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is bordered to its west by Mercer and Middlesex Counties, to its south by Ocean County, to its east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to its north ...
, December 13, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.[November 3, 2020 General Election Official Results]
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Monmouth County () is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is bordered to its west by Mercer and Middlesex Counties, to its south by Ocean County, to its east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to its north ...
, updated November 3, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.
Jeffrey Foster resigned from his position on the Township Committee in July 2014 to seek a position with the township. Dominick DiRocco was appointed later that month to fill the vacant seat expiring in December 2016 and won election to serve the balance of the term of office.
Federal, state and county representation
Wall Township is located in the 4th Congressional District[Plan Components Report]
New Jersey Redistricting Commission
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, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020. and is part of New Jersey's 30th state legislative district.
Politics
As of March 2011, there were a total of 18,809 registered voters in Wall Township, of which 3,256 (17.3%) were registered as Democrats, 6,373 (33.9%) were registered as Republicans
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
and 9,171 (48.8%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 9 voters registered as Libertarians
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or Greens.
In the 2012 presidential election
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January
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, Republican Mitt Romney
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received 63.4% of the vote (8,855 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama
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with 35.5% (4,954 votes), and other candidates with 1.1% (158 votes), among the 14,062 ballots cast by the township's 19,604 registered voters (95 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 71.7%. In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American statesman and United States Navy, naval officer who represented the Arizona, state of Arizona in United States Congress, Congress for over 35 years, first as ...
received 60.7% of the vote (9,243 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 36.9% (5,607 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (172 votes), among the 15,215 ballots cast by the township's 19,601 registered voters, for a turnout of 77.6%. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush
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received 64.4% of the vote (9,434 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry
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with 34.2% (5,013 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (128 votes), among the 14,648 ballots cast by the township's 18,748 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 78.1.
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie
Christopher James Christie (born September 6, 1962) is an American politician and former United States Attorney, federal prosecutor who served as the 55th governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party (United States) ...
received 76.7% of the vote (7,109 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono
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with 21.3% (1,977 votes), and other candidates with 1.9% (180 votes), among the 9,400 ballots cast by the township's 19,569 registered voters (134 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 48.0%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 70.0% of the vote (7,695 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine
Jon Stevens Corzine ( ; born January 1, 1947) is an American financial executive and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from New Jersey from 2001 to 2006, and the 54th governor of New Jersey from 2006 to 2010. Corzine ran f ...
with 23.1% (2,542 votes), Independent Chris Daggett
Christopher Jarvis Daggett (born March 7, 1950) is an American businessman who is the president and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, one of the largest foundations in New Jersey. A former regional administrator of the United States En ...
with 5.5% (604 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (81 votes), among the 10,994 ballots cast by the township's 19,085 registered voters, yielding a 57.6% turnout.
Education
The Wall Township Public Schools
The Wall Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Wall Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2020–21 ...
serve students in pre-kindergarten
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through twelfth grade
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. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of seven schools, had an enrollment of 3,319 students and 377.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio
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of 8.8:1.[District information for Wall Township Public School District]
National Center for Education Statistics
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. Accessed February 15, 2022. Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics
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) are
Wall Primary School with 51 students in grades PreK,
Allenwood Elementary School with 402 students in grades K-5,
Central Elementary School with 495 students in grades K-5,
Old Mill Elementary School with 357 students in grades K-5,
West Belmar Elementary School with 116981 students in grades K-5,
Wall Intermediate School with 777 students in grades 6–8 and
Wall High School with 1,052 students in grades 9–12.
Historic district
Allaire Village
Allaire Village is a living history museum located within New Jersey's Allaire State Park in Wall Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The property was initially an Indian ceremonial ground prior to 1650, by 1750 a sawmill had been establis ...
is a living history museum
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located in Allaire State Park
Allaire State Park is a park located in Howell and in Wall Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, near the borough of Farmingdale, operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry and is part of the Ne ...
. The property was initially an Indian ceremonial ground prior to 1650, by 1750 a sawmill had been established on the property[Honig, Milton; 1958, Ghost Town Opens at a Jersey Park, May 25, 1958, Page 68] by Issac Palmer. The village was later established as a bog iron
Bog iron is a form of impure iron deposit that develops in bogs or swamps by the chemical or biochemical oxidation of iron carried in solution. In general, bog ores consist primarily of iron oxyhydroxides, commonly goethite (FeO(OH)).
Iron-beari ...
furnace originally known as Williamsburg Forge 'Monmouth Furnace'[Agar, Ruth, March 17, 1960, "Silent Streets of a Deserted Village Return to Life", ''Freehold Transcript'', Page 21] was then renamed the Howell Works
Howell Works (later the Howell Works Company) was a bog iron-based production facility for pig iron which was established in New Jersey in the early 19th century by United States, American engineer and philanthropist James P. Allaire. It is notable ...
by Benjamin B. Howell. In 1822,["Old Monmouth County Village Returning to Life", ''The New York Times'', June 4, 1966, Page 25] it was then purchased by philanthropist James P. Allaire
James Peter Allaire (July 12, 1785 – May 20, 1858) was a master mechanic and steam engine builder, and founder of the Allaire Iron Works (est. 1815), the first marine steam engine company in New York City, and later Howell Works (est. 1822), ...
, who endeavoured to turn into a self-contained community. The wood burning furnace business collapsed in 1846 and the village closed. During its height in the mid 19th century, the community supported about 500 people and was a bustling mill town
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Europe
...
.
The Allaire Village was Dedicated as a State Park in June 1957 and officially reopened by Governor Robert B. Meyner on May 24, 1958. The museum was established through the efforts of the New Jersey State Federation of Woman's Clubs in 1958. Although the restoration of the Village is not yet complete, the buildings that remain, the interpretive programs based on a multitude of available primary records, and even the landscape make Allaire Village a rare resource. Through them, visitors are able to experience and better understand the forces that shaped New Jersey's industrial power in the early-mid 19th century.
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Infrastructure
Public safety
Law enforcement
The Wall Township Police Department, consisting of approximately 68 sworn officers, provides primary law enforcement services for the township from their headquarters at 2700 Allaire Road.
Fire protection
Wall Township is served by three fire districts.[Emergency Services and Information](_blank)
Accessed December 8, 2016. Wall Fire Company # 1 (52–1), the first volunteer fire company to serve the township, and known for years as the West Belmar Fire Company, was created in December 1909. Today this company remains all volunteer and serves the residents of the West Belmar section of town, also known as Wall Fire District No. 1. The headquarters station is located at 1511 18th Avenue, while the original 1910 fire station located at 1619 State Highway 71 is still in service as a satellite station. Glendola Fire Company (52–2), also known as Wall Fire District No. 2, was formed in May 1931. Their headquarters station is located at 3404 Belmar Boulevard. South Wall Fire-Rescue (52–3), protecting Wall Fire District No. 3, was established in 1946. Headquartered at 2605 Atlantic Avenue, South Wall responds to calls for service in the south end of town.
Fire inspection services for the entire township are provided by Wall Fire District No. 1 through the Fire Prevention Bureau. The fire marshal's office is located at 2700 Allaire Road.
Emergency medical services
Wall Township is served by three first aid squads. Wall First Aid was formed in September 1939 and is known as Wall Township First Aid & Rescue Squad (52–21). Their station is located at 1900 Monmouth Boulevard, just off State Route 18. Wall Community First Aid Squad (52–22) was established on November 15, 1960. They operate from 1417 Lakewood Road, and primarily respond to the south end of the township. The Wall Township Police Department established a paid EMS squad (52–23) in 1999 to supplement the volunteer squads during the weekday daytime hours when they were prone to manpower shortages. Wall EMS continues to be operated as part of the Wall Township Police Department.
Transportation
Roads and highways
A major transportation hub for Central Jersey
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, Wall Township is crisscrossed by several major highways that travel throughout the state. , the township had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Monmouth County and by the New Jersey Department of Transportation
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and by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority
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.
Two major limited-access highways run through Wall Township: the Garden State Parkway
The Garden State Parkway (GSP) is a Controlled-access highway, controlled-access toll road that stretches the north–south length of eastern New Jersey from the state's southernmost tip near Cape May, New Jersey, Cape May north to the New York ...
(including interchange 98 for Belmar / Wall) and Interstate 195, which ends at Route 34 and continues as Route 138. Several state routes also pass through the township, including Route 18, which begins at a partial-cloverleaf interchange with Route 138, Route 33, Route 34 (with its southern terminus at the interchange of Routes 35 and 70), Route 35
The following highways are numbered 35:
The Karakoram Highway (Urdu: شاہراہ قراقرم, ''Śāhirāh-i Qarāquram''), also known as the KKH, National Highway 35 (Urdu: قومی شاہراہ ۳۵), N-35, and the China–Pakistan Friendsh ...
, Route 70 (which has its eastern terminus at Route 34 and continues towards the east as Route 35), and Route 71.
Major county roads that traverse through the township include CR 524, CR 547 and CR 549.
Public transportation
=Bus
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Bus service is available from the Garden State Parkway to the Financial District
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in Lower Manhattan
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via the Academy Bus Line. Monmouth Park & Ride is located in the township off of the Garden State Parkway at mile marker 100. It is an express route to New York City
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during peak rush-hour.
NJ Transit
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bus service is available between the township and Philadelphia
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on the 317
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route, with local service offered on the 830
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Events
By place Britain
* King Wiglaf of Mercia regains control from Wessex, and returns to the throne.Swanton, ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', pp. ...
and 836
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routes.
=Rail
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NJ Transit
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offers passenger train service at stations at Belmar, Manasquan and Spring Lake. Commuter service is provided on the North Jersey Coast Line
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, offering express and local service. Diesel service operates from Hoboken Terminal
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to Bay Head station. Electric service operates from New York Penn Station
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to Long Branch station Long Branch station may refer to:
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* Long Branch station (NJ Transit), a commuter rail station in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
* Long Branch G ...
, where the electrified portion of the line ends. Mid-line stations include Newark Penn Station
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, Newark Liberty International Airport Station
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and Secaucus Junction
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.
=Aviation
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Monmouth Executive Airport
Monmouth Executive Airport is a privately owned, public use airport located in Wall Township, New Jersey, Wall Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, six miles west of Belmar and east of Farmingdale (from which its code BLM is derived). The Nati ...
, which is located in the township (despite having a Farmingdale address), supplies short-distance flights for private jets to surrounding areas. The next nearest major commercial airports are Trenton-Mercer Airport, which serves several domestic destinations via Frontier Airlines
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and located west (about 43 minutes drive); and Newark Liberty International Airport
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, which serves as a major hub for United Airlines
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and located north (about 55 minutes drive) from the center of Wall Township.
Healthcare
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC) is a 691-bed non-profit, tertiary research and academic medical center located in Neptune Township, New Jersey, servicing coastal New Jersey and the Central Jersey area. JSUMC is the region’s onl ...
is a 691-bed non-profit, tertiary
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research and academic medical center
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located in neighboring Neptune Township as part of the Hackensack Meridian Health
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system, serving the northern Jersey Shore
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region.
Telecommunications
Wall Township is served by area codes 732 and 848
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History
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(for landlines and cell phones) and 908 (for cell phones). The township is a major landing point for multiple transatlantic subsea cables, including Havfrue
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History
Havfrue comprises a main trunk beginning in New Jersey, USA (NJFX) ...
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' Seabras-1, and TGN Atlantic
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The cable was operated by the American corporation ...
's TGN1 and TGN2.
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Wall Township include:
* James Peter Allaire (1785–1858), master mechanic and steam engine builder, and founder of Allaire Iron Works
The Allaire Iron Works was a leading 19th-century American marine engineering company based in New York City. Founded in 1816 by engineer and philanthropist James P. Allaire, the Allaire Works was one of the world's first companies dedicated to ...
(est. 1815), the first steam engine company in New York City, and later Howell Works[Salmon, Alyce H]
In-Depth History
, Wall Township. Accessed September 1, 2008.
* James Avery
James La Rue Avery (November 27, 1945 – December 31, 2013) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Philip Banks in ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', Judge Michael Conover on ''L.A. Law'', Steve Yeager in '' The Brady Bunch M ...
, professional sous chef on season 11 of ''Hell's Kitchen''
* Dara Brown (born ), news anchor and actress
* Kim Clijsters
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(born 1983), retired professional tennis player (and wife of Brian Lynch)
* George B. Cooper (1808–1866), politician who was elected to the United States House of Representatives
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in 1858, but left office after a year when Congress awarded the seat to his opponent in 1860
* Peter Criss
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(born 1945), musician with the band KISS
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* Ashley Alexandra Dupré
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(born 1985 as Ashley Youmans), "high end call girl" whose dalliance with New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer
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led to his resignation
* Dean Ehehalt (born 1964), head coach of the Monmouth Hawks baseball
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team
* Theodore Fields
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After the Articles of Surrender of New Netherland, Dutch surrender of New ...
, politician who served as a freeholder, and as sheriff of Monmouth County
* Fletcher (born 1994), singer-songwriter known for her single "Undrunk
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"
* George Gelnovatch
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(born 1965), men's head soccer coach, University of Virginia, and former professional soccer player
* Deborah Gramiccioni, attorney who worked in the administration of Governor Chris Christie
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and as the deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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* Emily Grove (born 1991), singer-songwriter and musician
* Suzy Hansen
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Early life and education
Hansen was born in Wal ...
(born 1978), writer, whose book ''Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-America World'' was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
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* Gary Hindley
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(born 1947), soccer coach
* Tom Kain
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(born 1963), 1984 U.S. Olympic Soccer Team, top-rated college player in the country at Duke University, four-time All American
* Sean T. Kean (born 1963), politician who represents the 30th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly
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Since the election of 1967 (1968 session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts f ...
, served on the Wall Township Planning Board from 2001 to 2002
* Brian Lynch (born 1978), retired professional basketball player and current coach (and husband of Kim Clijsters)
* Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquess of Marconi ( ; ; 25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian electrical engineer, inventor, and politician known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based Wireless telegraphy, wireless tel ...
(1874–1937), radio pioneer[Carney, Leo H]
"Wall: A Township Of Many Faces"
''The New York Times
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'', January 3, 1988. Accessed August 4, 2022. "Among its 20th-century residents have been the Italian electrical engineer and inventor Guglielmo Marconi and Russell L. Schweickart, one of the Apollo 9 astronauts."
* Gil McDougald
Gilbert James McDougald (May 19, 1928 – November 28, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) infielder who played for the New York Yankees from 1951 through 1960.
McDougald was the 1951 American League (AL) Rookie of the Year. He w ...
(1928–2010), infielder who played for the New York Yankees
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* Jessica Poland (born 1988), musician formerly signed to Geffen Records
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who performs under the stage name Charlotte Sometimes, who was a contestant on season 2 of ''The Voice''
* Dan Prestup
Daniel Benjamin Prestup (born November 13, 1984), better known as Dan Prestup, is an American drummer, percussionist, and drum instructor. He is the drummer for symphonic metal band Everdawn (formerly known as Midnight Eternal), hard rock band S ...
(born 1984), World's Fastest Drummer winner[Pardini, Patti]
"Wall graduate wins World's Fastest Drummer competition"
''Asbury Park Press
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'', September 8, 2005. Accessed October 15, 2014.
* Nicholas Reale
Nicholas Albert Reale (March 20, 1922 – November 18, 1984) was an American watercolorist with a lengthy career in art and teaching.
Reale's works have been exhibited throughout the United States and Canada, including the Metropolitan Museum o ...
(1922–1984), watercolorist
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with a lengthy career in art and teaching
* Dave Rible (born 1967), politician who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly
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Since the election of 1967 (1968 session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts f ...
since 2008
* Ed Sadowski
Edward Roman Sadowski (January 19, 1931 – November 6, 1993) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played in all or part of four seasons between and for the Boston Red Sox (1960), Los Angeles Angels (1961–1963) and Atlanta B ...
(1917–1990), professional basketball player
* Athanasios Scheidt (born 1998), soccer player who plays as a midfielder
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for Polish club Radomiak Radom
Radomiak Spółka Akcyjna (''Radomiak S.A.''), commonly known as Radomiak Radom, is a Polish football club based in Radom, Poland. The club was founded in 1910 and competes in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish football. They play their home ma ...
* Rusty Schweickart
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(born 1935), Apollo 9 astronaut and first lunar module pilot[
* ]Ned Thomson
Edward H. Thomson III (born 1953) is an American Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician who represented the New Jersey's 30th legislative district, 30th Legislative District in the New Jersey New Jersey General Assembly, G ...
(born 1953), politician who has represented the 30th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly
The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.
Since the election of 1967 (1968 session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts f ...
since 2017
* F. Paul Wilson (born 1946), author
* Tim Wright (born 1990), football player for the Detroit Lions
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and Super Bowl XLIX
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champion[Staff]
"Tim Wright"
''The Philadelphia Inquirer
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'', April 30, 2013. Accessed August 11, 2013. "He joins Rutgers wide receiver Tim Wright of Wall Township, N.J., as a signed rookie free agent with the Bucs."
References
External links
Wall Township website
Wall Township Public Schools
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School Data for the Wall Township Public Schools
National Center for Education Statistics
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Wall Township Police Department
South Wall Fire-Rescue
Wall Fire Company #1
Wall Community First Aid Squad
Wall Township First Aid & Rescue Squad
www.infoage.org:
Information on the former Marconi Wireless/ Camp Evans site and the science center being established there.
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1851 establishments in New Jersey
Populated places established in 1851
Township form of New Jersey government
Townships in New Jersey
Townships in Monmouth County, New Jersey