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Welcome to Laurelton ...

Laurelton is located in Ocean County<1>.

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<2>.

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

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.

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 near Laurelton ...

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

  • Long Branch
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Branch is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,210 people
  • Asbury Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Neptune City is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,594 people
  • Shrewsbury
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Shrewsbury is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
  • Loch Arbour
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Loch Arbour is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Arbour
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
  • Bay Head Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Bay Head Junction is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Head Junction
  • Lakewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lakewood is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
  • Allenwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Allenwood is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenwood
  • Normandy Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Normandy Beach is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Beach
  • Allaire Village ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Allaire Village is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allaire Village
    • Allaire Village has also been known as:
    • Allaire

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 (so far) for Laurelton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Laurelton post office opened in 1914. The Laurelton post office closed in 1959.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Laurelton.

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 Laurelton - 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/