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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>

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.

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 near Lakewood ...

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

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 (so far) for Lakewood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lakewood.

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 Lakewood - 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 Lakewood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 732 or 848. As a result, placing a call in the Lakewood 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 Lakewood). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Lakewood or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>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/