Place:Freehold (township), Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

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NameFreehold (township)
Alt namesFreehold Township
Freeholdsource: WeRelate abbreviation
TypeTownship
Located inMonmouth, New Jersey, United States
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Freehold Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The township is both a regional commercial hub for Central New Jersey (home to the Freehold Raceway and Freehold Raceway Mall) and a bedroom community of New York City, located within the Raritan Valley region of the much larger New York Metropolitan Area. The township is located roughly away from Manhattan and about away from Staten Island. As of the 2020 United States Census, the township's population was 35,369,[1][2][3] reflecting a decrease of 815 (−2.3%) from the 36,184 counted in the 2010 Census.

Freehold Township was first formed on October 31, 1693, and was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of Freehold Township were taken to form Upper Freehold Township, so some wills and official records following the split referred to "Lower Freehold Township" although the official name has always been Freehold Township. Additional portions formed Millstone Township (February 28, 1844), Jackson Township (March 6, 1844), Atlantic Township (February 18, 1847; now Colts Neck Township), Marlboro Township (February 17, 1848) and Manalapan Township (March 9, 1848). Freehold town was formed within the township on March 25, 1869, and formally separated when it was reconstituted as a borough on April 15, 1919, including additional portions of the township.

The Battle of Monmouth was fought in June 1778 in what has been preserved as Monmouth Battlefield State Park, which is in Freehold Township and Manalapan Township.

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