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Happy Birthday Ocean County !

Posted: February 16, 2022

Happy 172nd Birthday Ocean County!

Ocean County celebrated it’s 172nd birthday yesterday !

“Ocean County was established on February 15, 1850. Ocean County originally consisted of six townships – Brick, Dover, Jackson, Plumsted, Stafford and Union (now Barnegat). Dover (now Toms River) was designated as the county seat and construction began on the Ocean County Court House in 1850!”- OCPO

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