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Welcome to Breton Woods ...

Breton Woods is located in Ocean County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Breton Woods, you might consider that their post office opened in 1937.

Breton Woods is near sea level<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Breton Woods ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Breton Woods - it's located in Maryland.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Breton Woods.

Websites for Breton Woods ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.oc-chamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Breton Woods, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Breton Woods ...

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

  • Long Branch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • 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
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Asbury Park is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,377 people
  • Neptune City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Neptune City is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,594 people
  • Shrewsbury
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Shrewsbury is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
  • Loch Arbour
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Loch Arbour is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Arbour
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
  • Bay Head Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bay Head Junction is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Head Junction
  • Dover Beaches North
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dover Beaches North is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Beaches North
  • Herbertsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Herbertsville is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbertsville
  • Winding River Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Ramtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Ramtown is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramtown

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 Breton Woods. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Breton Woods.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Breton Woods. 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 Breton Woods.

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

Adding Breton Woods to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Breton Woods 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 Breton Woods was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Breton Woods post office opened in 1937. The Breton Woods post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Breton Woods.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Ocean, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Breton Woods - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/