Long Branch, New Jersey
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Foundation : | April 11, 1867 |
State : | United States |
State : | New Jersey |
County : | Monmouth County |
Coordinates : | 40 ° 18 ′ N , 73 ° 59 ′ W |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
Residents : | 30,719 (as of 2010) |
Population density : | 2,275.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 16.0 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of which 13.5 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) are land |
Height : | 7 m |
Postal code : | 07740 |
Area code : | +1 732 |
FIPS : | 34-41310 |
GNIS ID : | 0885285 |
Website : | www.visitlongbranch.com |
Mayor : | Adam Schneider |
Long Branch is a small town in the US state of New Jersey . According to the 2010 census, Long Branch has 30,719 residents.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town:
- Garret Hobart (1844–1899), Vice President of the United States
- Dorothy Parker (1893-1967), writer
- June Clark (1900–1963), jazz trumpeter
- MH Abrams (1912-2015), literary scholar
- Rubby Sherr (1913-2013), physicist
- Norman Mailer (1923-2007), writer
- Richard Anderson (1926-2017), actor
- Thomas Price (* 1933), rower
- Paul Cohen (1934-2007), mathematician
- Frank Budd (1939-2014), sprinter and American football player
- Garrett Brown (* 1942), cameraman, inventor of the steadicam
- Tom Constanten (* 1944), musician
- Bernie Worrell (1944–2016), musician, composer and producer
- Tobe Levin (* 1948), literary scholar and activist against female genital mutilation
- Bruce Springsteen (born 1949), rock musician
- David Garrison (born 1952), actor
- Patti Scialfa (born 1953), singer
- David Sancious (* 1953), fusion musician
- Jim Jeffcoat (born 1961), American football player
- MarShon Brooks (born 1989), basketball player
- Connor Clifton (born 1995), ice hockey player
Web links
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