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Welcome to Normandy Beach ...

Normandy Beach is located in Ocean County<1>.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Normandy Beach, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1929.

A typical abbreviation for Normandy Beach: Normandy Bch.

Normandy Beach is near sea level<2>.

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

Telephone area codes for Normandy Beach: (732) & (848)<3>

Websites for Normandy Beach ...

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

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

Communities near Normandy Beach ...

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

  • Asbury Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • 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
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
    • Neptune City is located in Monmouth County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,594 people
  • Loch Arbour
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loch Arbour have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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
  • Arrowhead Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrowhead Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Village
    • Arrowhead Village is located in Ocean County
  • Bay Head Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Head Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Head Junction
    • Bay Head Junction is located in Ocean County
  • Holiday City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
    • Holiday City is located in Ocean County
  • Leisure Village East
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Village East have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village East
    • Leisure Village East is located in Ocean County
  • Herbertsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herbertsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbertsville
    • Herbertsville is located in Ocean County
  • Toms River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
    • Toms River is located in Ocean County
  • Williams
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
    • Williams 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 Normandy Beach. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Normandy Beach.

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

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

Adding Normandy Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Normandy Beach 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 Normandy Beach was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Normandy Beach post office opened in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Normandy Beach.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Normandy Beach. 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/

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 Normandy Beach - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>Area code (848) is an overlay for area code (732).
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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