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History · Oakhurst

11% of Oakhurst’s homes were built before 1940

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Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0

What stands out about Oakhurst’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Oakhurst are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Oakhurst’s homes were built before 1963.
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Oakhurst, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Oakhurst yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Oakhurst is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP population was 4,069, making it the second most populated neighborhood in Ocean Township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,995 in 2010, 4,069 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Oakhurst, decade by decade

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Oakhurst

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Norma EberhardtAmerican actress and fashion model · b. 1929
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Rowland HughesAmerican government official · b. 1896

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1) and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.