Welcome to Laurelton ...

Laurelton is located in Ocean County<1>.

The location of Laurelton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Laurelton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1914.

Laurelton is near sea level<3>.

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

Websites for Laurelton ...

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

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

Communities Also Named Laurelton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Laurelton - they are located in New York (2), Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Laurelton ...

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

• Long Branch
  (17 miles [27.4 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
  (12 miles [19.3 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
  (10 miles [16.1 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 north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
  • Shrewsbury is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
• Loch Arbour
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loch Arbour have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
• Lakewood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
  • Lakewood is located in Ocean County
• Allenwood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenwood
  • Allenwood is located in Monmouth County
• Normandy Beach
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Beach
  • Normandy Beach is located in Ocean County
• Allaire Village ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allaire Village
  • Allaire Village is located in Monmouth County
  • Allaire Village has also been known as:
  • Allaire
• Dover Beaches North
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover Beaches North have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Beaches North
  • Dover Beaches North 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 Laurelton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Laurelton.

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

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

Adding Laurelton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Laurelton 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 Laurelton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Laurelton post office opened in 1914.

We also found Laurelton on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Laurelton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Laurelton. 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.state.nj.us/