Welcome to Ardena ...

Ardena is located in Monmouth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ardena, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Ardena is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ardena lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Ardena ...

Junior League:   www.jlmc.org/

Communities near Ardena ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ardena.

• Long Branch
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Long Branch is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,210 people
• Asbury Park
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Asbury Park is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Park
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,377 people
• South Amboy
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • South Amboy is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amboy
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,095 people
• Neptune City
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Neptune City is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,594 people
• Shrewsbury
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Shrewsbury is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
• Loch Arbour
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Loch Arbour is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Arbour
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
• East Freehold
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • East Freehold is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freehold
• Freehold
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Freehold is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freehold
• Maxim
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Maxim is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
• West Freehold
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • West Freehold is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freehold

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ardena. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ardena.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ardena. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ardena.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ardena. See our Newspapers Page for Ardena.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ardena ...

Looking for more information about Ardena? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ardena, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ardena.

Adding Ardena to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ardena in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ardena was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Ardena post office opened in 1891. The Ardena post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ardena.