Editing Berkeley Township, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Double Trouble cranberry bog.jpg|thumb|300px|A [[cranberry bog]] within [[Double Trouble State Park]], which straddles Berkeley Township and a smaller portion within neighboring [[Lacey Township, New Jersey|Lacey Township]] in Ocean County]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 54.25 square miles (140.51&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 42.72 square miles (110.64&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 11.53 square miles (29.87&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (21.26%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

The township is located in the central part of Ocean County along the Atlantic Ocean and [[Barnegat Bay]], which is part of the [[Intracoastal Waterway]].

Approximately 72% of the township's land area is within the federally designated [[New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve]] and 38% is within the State's Pineland Area, which is within the Pinelands National Reserve. [[Toms River, New Jersey|Toms River]] forms the northern border of the township, [[Cedar Creek (Barnegat Bay)|Cedar Creek]] and [[Lacey Township, New Jersey|Lacey Township]] form the southern border. The barrier island, on which South Seaside Park and [[Island Beach State Park]] are situated, is the township's eastern boundary.<ref name=TownCenter>[http://www.twp.berkeley.nj.us/docs/TC%20Redevelopment%20Plan%20Adopted%208-24-09.pdf ''Town Center Redevelopment Plan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202031011/http://twp.berkeley.nj.us/docs/TC%20Redevelopment%20Plan%20Adopted%208-24-09.pdf |date=2016-12-02 }}, Berkeley Township, June 10, 2009. Accessed October 31, 2016. "Berkeley shares its municipal border with Seaside Park Borough on the Barrier Island; Ocean Gate Borough, Pine Beach Borough, Beachwood Borough, South Toms River Borough and Toms River Township to the north; Manchester Township to the west in the Pinelands; and Lacey Township to the south. Berkeley technically shares a border with a two other municipalities – Island Heights and Seaside Heights. Both borders are considered inconsequential due to the fact that Island Heights is separated from Berkeley by the Toms River, and the Seaside Heights border adjoins Pelican Island, a small bay island separated from the Berkeley mainland by Barnegat Bay."</ref>

[[Holiday City-Berkeley, New Jersey|Holiday City-Berkeley]] (2010 Census population of 12,831<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212135009/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3432415 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Holiday City-Berkeley CDP, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 13, 2012.</ref>), [[Holiday City South, New Jersey|Holiday City South]] (3,689 as of 2010<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212135548/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3432418 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Holiday City South CDP, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 13, 2012.</ref>), [[Holiday Heights, New Jersey|Holiday Heights]] (2,099<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212134748/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3432424 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Holiday Heights CDP, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 13, 2012.</ref>) and [[Silver Ridge, New Jersey|Silver Ridge]] (1,133<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212133624/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3467665 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Silver Ridge CDP, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 13, 2012.</ref>) are [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|unincorporated communities]] and [[census-designated place]]s located within Berkeley 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2012.</ref> The four CDPs are parts of [[Holiday City – Silver Ridge Park]], an age-restricted adult [[planned community]] with separate communities, each with its own homeowners association and amenities.

Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located wholly or partially within the township include Barnegat Park, Barnegat Pier, [[Bayville, New Jersey|Bayville]], Benders Corners, Berkeley Heights, [[Crossley, New Jersey|Crossley]], Double Trouble, Dover Forge, Glen Cove, Glenside Park, Good Luck Point, Holly Park, Manitou Park, Pelican Island, [[Pinewald, New Jersey|Pinewald]], River Bank, Silver Ridge Park, Silver Ridge Park West, South Seaside Park, Stony Hill, Union Village and Zebs Bridge.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed November 29, 2014.</ref>

The township borders the Ocean County communities of [[Barnegat Light, New Jersey|Barnegat Light]], [[Beachwood, New Jersey|Beachwood]], [[Island Heights, New Jersey|Island Heights]], [[Lacey Township, New Jersey|Lacey Township]], [[Manchester Township, New Jersey|Manchester Township]], [[Ocean Township, Ocean County, New Jersey|Ocean Township]], [[Pine Beach, New Jersey|Pine Beach]], [[Seaside Heights, New Jersey|Seaside Heights]], [[Seaside Park, New Jersey|Seaside Park]], [[South Toms River, New Jersey|South Toms River]] and [[Toms River, New Jersey|Toms River]]; The township completely surrounds the borough of [[Ocean Gate, New Jersey|Ocean Gate]].<ref name=TownCenter/><ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1085101/touches.html Areas touching Berkeley Township], MapIt. Accessed March 19, 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 19, 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>

The township is one of 11 municipalities in Ocean County that are part of the [[Toms River]] [[drainage basin|watershed]].<ref>[https://www.barnegatbaypartnership.org/learn/watershed-map/toms-river-watershed/ Toms River Watershed], Barnegat Bay Partnership. Accessed July 3, 2022.</ref>