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==Historic district== {{Infobox NRHP | name = Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association District | nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes | image = Ocean Grove Auditorium and Stokes Statue.jpg | caption = A statue of Ellwood H. Stokes and the Great Auditorium facing Ocean Pathway β once named one of the ten most beautiful streets in America | location= Bounded by Fletcher Lake, [[New Jersey Route 71|NJ Route 71]], Lake Wesley and the Atlantic Ocean | coordinates = | locmapin = USA New Jersey Monmouth County#New Jersey#USA | map_label = | architect = | architecture = Bungalow/craftsman, Stick/eastlake, Queen Anne | added = April 12, 1976 | area = {{convert|220|acre}} | refnum = 76001170<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a|refnum=76001170}}</ref> | designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places | designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP | designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places | designated_other1_date = December 16, 1975 | designated_other1_number = 2036<ref name=NJRHP>{{cite web | title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Monmouth County | url=http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/Monmouth.pdf#page=14 | publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] - Historic Preservation Office | page=14 | date=January 22, 2023 }}</ref> | designated_other1_num_position = bottom | designated_other1_color = #ffc94b }} [[Ocean Grove, New Jersey|Ocean Grove]] is an [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]]<ref>[https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/tab20/tigerweb_tab20_cdp_2020_nj.htmlState of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref> (CDP) that is part of Neptune Township, in [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]].<ref name=CPH232>[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf New Jersey: 2010 β Population and Housing Unit Counts β 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)], [[United States Census Bureau]], August 2012. Accessed December 16, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34025 GCT-PH1 β Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 β County β County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Monmouth County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212203413/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34025 |date=2020-02-12 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 16, 2012.</ref> It had a population of 3,057 at the [[2020 United States census]].<ref name=Census2020/> Founded in 1869 by a group of [[Methodism|Methodist]] clergymen, led by William B. Osborn and Ellwood H. Stokes, this historic community is located on the Atlantic Ocean's [[Jersey Shore]], between [[Asbury Park, New Jersey|Asbury Park]] to the north and [[Bradley Beach, New Jersey|Bradley Beach]] to the south. It was here where the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association was founded as a summer camp meeting site on the New Jersey shore. Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], Ocean Grove is noted for its abundant examples of [[Victorian architecture]] and the Great Auditorium, acclaimed as "the state's most wondrous wooden structure, soaring and sweeping, alive with the sound of music".<ref name=Genovese>{{cite news|last=Genovese|first=Peter|title=Tent City: Life in Ocean Grove's one-of-a-kind community β but no barbecues or dogs, please|publisher=NJ.com|url=https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/07/tent_city_life_in_ocean_groves_one-of-a-kind_community.html|date=July 15, 2013|access-date=2023-01-22}}</ref> <gallery heights=150px widths=225px mode="nolines"> File:Ocean_Grove_Welcome_Sign.jpg|Ocean Grove Welcome Sign File:Glimpses of New Jersey coast resorts. A collection of choice photographic views of Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, Avon, Belmar, Spring Lake, Sea Girt, Allenhurst, Interlaken, Deal, Elberon, Hollywood, (14597175627).jpg|Photograph of Ocean Grove from the early 20th century File:North End Hotel (Ocean Grove NJ).jpg|Street scene of Ocean Grove from atop the North End Hotel from the early 20th century File:Ocean Grove, NJ street.jpg|Modern Ocean Grove cityscape File:CENTENNIAL COTTAGE, OCEAN GROVE, MONMOUTH, NJ.jpg|Centennial Cottage, an example of Victorian architecture in this village File:Great Auditorium Ocean Grove NJ1A.jpg|[[The Great Auditorium]] </gallery>
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