Little Silver, New Jersey
Little Silver, New Jersey | |
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Map of Little Silver in Monmouth County. Inset: Location of Monmouth County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Little Silver, New Jersey | |
Location in Monmouth County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°20′13″N 74°02′04″W / 40.336952°N 74.034535°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Monmouth |
| Incorporated | April 28, 1923 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Robert C. Neff Jr. (R, term ends December 31, 2027) |
| • Administrator / Municipal clerk | Kevin Burke |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.32 sq mi (8.60 km2) |
| • Land | 2.71 sq mi (7.02 km2) |
| • Water | 0.61 sq mi (1.57 km2) 18.28% |
| • Rank | 323rd of 565 in state 22nd of 53 in county |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 6,131 |
• Estimate (2023) | 6,053 |
| • Rank | 343rd of 565 in state 28th of 53 in county |
| • Density | 2,260.7/sq mi (872.9/km2) |
| • Rank | 276th of 565 in state 33rd of 53 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07739 |
| Area code(s) | 732 |
| FIPS code | 3402540770 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885282 |
| Website | www |
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Little Silver is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,131, an increase of 181 (+3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 5,950, which in turn reflected a drop of 220 (−3.6%) from the 6,170 counted in the 2000 census.
Little Silver was established with a King's land grant in 1663 and settled in 1667. Little Silver was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 19, 1923, from portions of Shrewsbury Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 28, 1923.