Welcome to Lakewood ...

Lakewood is located in Ocean County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lakewood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

Lakewood is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area codes for Lakewood: (732) & (848)<3>

The ZIP code for Lakewood: 08701<4>

Websites for Lakewood ...

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

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

Communities Also Named Lakewood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 96 communities that are also named Lakewood - they are located in Alabama (6), Arkansas (2), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia (4), Illinois (6), Indiana (3), Iowa (2), Louisiana (2), Maine (2), Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan (8), Minnesota, Mississippi (3), New Brunswick, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (5), Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island, South Carolina (9), Tennessee (4), Texas (4), Utah (2), Vermont, Virginia (9), Washington (3) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Lakewood ...

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

• Long Branch
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Long Branch is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,210 people
• Asbury Park
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Park
  • Asbury Park is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,377 people
• Neptune City
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
  • Neptune City is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,594 people
• Shrewsbury
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
  • Shrewsbury is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
• Loch Arbour
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loch Arbour have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Arbour
  • Loch Arbour is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
• Maxim
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
  • Maxim is located in Monmouth County
• Ramtown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramtown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramtown
  • Ramtown is located in Monmouth County
• Williams
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
  • Williams is located in Ocean County
• Cedar Glen West
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Glen West have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen West
  • Cedar Glen West is located in Ocean County
• Herbertsville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herbertsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbertsville
  • Herbertsville is located in Ocean County

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakewood. Our list includes 4 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Lakewood.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lakewood ...

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

Adding Lakewood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lakewood 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 Lakewood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lakewood post office opened in 1880.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lakewood.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lakewood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ocean County: www.oceancountygov.com/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/