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Welcome to Cliffwood ...

Cliffwood is located in Monmouth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cliffwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1885.

Cliffwood is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cliffwood: 732 & 848<3>

The ZIP code for Cliffwood: 07721<4>

Communities Also Named Cliffwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cliffwood - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Websites for Cliffwood ...

Junior League:   www.jlmc.org/

Communities near Cliffwood ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cliffwood ...

Looking for more information about Cliffwood? 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 Cliffwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cliffwood.

Adding Cliffwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cliffwood 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 for Cliffwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Cliffwood post office opened in 1885.

We also found Cliffwood in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cliffwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Monmouth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cliffwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 732 code has been Overlayed with the 848 area code. New phone numbers in the Cliffwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 732 or 848. As a result, placing a call in the Cliffwood area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Cliffwood). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Cliffwood or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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