Editing Barnegat Township, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 40.41 square miles (104.65&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 34,00 square miles (88.07&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 6.40 square miles (16.58&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (15.85%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

[[Barnegat (CDP), New Jersey|Barnegat CDP]] (2010 Census population of 2,817<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212140353/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3403040 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Barnegat CDP, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 23, 2012.</ref>) is an [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) located within Barnegat Township, while [[Ocean Acres, New Jersey|Ocean Acres]] (16,142,<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212143111/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3454315 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Ocean Acres CDP, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 23, 2012.</ref> of which 925 are in Barnegat and 15,217 are in Stafford) is a census-designated place and unincorporated area split between Barnegat Township and [[Stafford Township, New Jersey|Stafford Township]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20150419174657/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34029 GCT-PH1 - Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Ocean County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 24, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www2.census.gov/acs2010_5yr/summaryfile/UserTools/Geography/NJ.xls 2006-2010 American Community Survey Geography for New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 24, 2012.</ref><ref name=CPH232>[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)], [[United States Census Bureau]], August 2012. Accessed December 24, 2012.</ref>

The township borders the Ocean County municipalities of [[Harvey Cedars, New Jersey|Harvey Cedars]], [[Lacey Township, New Jersey|Lacey Township]], [[Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey|Little Egg Harbor Township]], [[Long Beach Township, New Jersey|Long Beach Township]], [[Ocean Township, Ocean County, New Jersey|Ocean Township]] and [[Stafford Township, New Jersey|Stafford Township]]; and both [[Bass River Township, New Jersey|Bass River Township]] and [[Woodland Township, New Jersey|Woodland Township]] in [[Burlington County, New Jersey|Burlington County]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1085107/touches.html Areas touching Barnegat Township], MapIt. Accessed March 16, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://chnj.njpn.org/ocean-county/ Ocean County Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319081147/http://chnj.njpn.org/ocean-county/ |date=March 19, 2022 }}, Coalition for a Healthy NJ. Accessed March 16, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Cedar Bridge, Howardsville, Lower Dock and Upper Dock.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709092825/http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt |date=2016-07-09 }}, State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 22, 2015.</ref>