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Welcome to East Long Branch ...

East Long Branch is located in Monmouth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Long Branch, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

A typical abbreviation for East Long Branch: E. Long Br. (or less commonly used: E. Long Brnch.)

East Long Branch is near sea level<2>.

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

Websites for East Long Branch ...

Junior League:   www.jlmc.org/

Communities near East Long Branch ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Long Branch.

  • Asbury Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • 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
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Neptune City is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,594 people
  • Shrewsbury
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Shrewsbury is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
  • Loch Arbour
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Loch Arbour is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Arbour
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
  • Navesink Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Navesink Beach is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navesink Beach
  • Navesink
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Navesink is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navesink
  • Wanamassa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wanamassa is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamassa
  • Waterwitch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Waterwitch is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwitch
  • Wayside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wayside is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
  • Chapel Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Long Branch ...

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

Adding East Long Branch to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Long Branch post office opened in 1873. The East Long Branch post office closed in 1882.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Long Branch.

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 East Long Branch - 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/