Cliffwood is an

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located within Aberdeen Township in Monmouth County,

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, United States. The area is served as

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ZIP code 07721. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for

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07721 was 2,974.DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from the 2010 Demographic Profile Data for ZCTA5 07721
,

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. Accessed August 9, 2017.

Geography

Cliffwood is located southwest of Route 35 and is bounded by Matawan on the south and Old Bridge Township on the northwest. Matawan Creek borders Cliffwood to the southeast. River Gardens, a community along Matawan Creek, is served by Zip Code 07735.

Education

Cliffwood, as a part of Aberdeen, is served by the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District. The MARSD Central Offices are located at 1 Crest Way, in Aberdeen. Cliffwood is home to Cliffwood Elementary School. On January 26, 1855, tobacco magnate

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sold of land for $50.00 to the Trustees of the Matavan School District No. 1. for school purposes. This remains a part of the campus of the Cliffwood Elementary School. The Matawan Aberdeen Middle School is also located in Cliffwood.

Notable people

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

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(born 1972),

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who played in the NFL for the

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and

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. * Anthony Brown (born 1998),

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for the

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.Carino, Jerry
"At Rutgers, Aberdeen's Anthony Brown has victorious homecoming for Boston College"
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'', September 22, 2019. Accessed April 19, 2020. "For quarterback Anthony Brown, though, it took place Saturday at Rutgers.... In an amazing coincidence, Rutgers quarterback Art Sitkowski grew up in Old Bridge just five miles down Route 516 from Brown’s Cliffwood neighborhood."

References

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