Bayville, New Jersey

Bayville, New Jersey
Double Trouble State Park
Bayville, New Jersey is located in Ocean County, New Jersey
Bayville, New Jersey
Bayville, New Jersey
Bayville's location in Ocean County (Inset: Ocean County in New Jersey)
Bayville, New Jersey is located in New Jersey
Bayville, New Jersey
Bayville, New Jersey
Bayville, New Jersey (New Jersey)
Bayville, New Jersey is located in the United States
Bayville, New Jersey
Bayville, New Jersey
Bayville, New Jersey (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°54′33″N 74°09′18″W / 39.90917°N 74.15500°W / 39.90917; -74.15500
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyOcean
TownshipBerkeley
Elevation
36 ft (11 m)
Population
 • Total20,512
ZIP code
08721[2][3]
GNIS feature ID0874560[4]

Bayville is an unincorporated community located within Berkeley Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.[5] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08721. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 08721 was 20,512.[1] Central Regional High School is the local high school for the area.

Bayville is home to the majority of Double Trouble State Park, where Ocean Spray manages a cranberry bog.[6] The area is said to be haunted by the mythical Jersey Devil.[7]

Bayville received 21 inches (530 mm) of snow in the January 2022 North American blizzard, the most of any place in the state.[8]

WOBM-FM radio started broadcasting from Bayville in March 1968. The station relocated to studios in Toms River in 2013.[9]

  1. ^ a b DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from 2010 Demographic Profile Data for ZCTA5 08721, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 9, 2015.
  2. ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Bayville, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed August 27, 2013.
  3. ^ Zip Codes, State of New Jersey. Accessed August 27, 2013.
  4. ^ "Bayville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  5. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  6. ^ Double Trouble State Park Overview, New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. Accessed September 23, 2021.
  7. ^ Roncace, Kelly. "13 times the Jersey Devil has been spotted in the Garden State", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 31, 2016, updated May 16, 2019. Accessed September 23, 2021.
  8. ^ "Blizzard drops 21 inches of snow on Bayville; most in New Jersey", News 12 Networks, January 30, 2022, updated February 16, 2022. Accessed February 16, 2022. "A January blizzard pummeled New Jersey with snow this weekend, leaving parts of the Garden State with nearly 2 feet of snow. Bayville had the most snow in New Jersey with 21 inches."
  9. ^ Michaels, Shawn. "WOBM Is Moving – Join Us For A Look Back At Nearly 45 Years", WOBM-FM, January 20, 2013. Accessed March 21, 2023. "Townsquare Media has designed and constructed a new state of the art facility in Downtown Toms River (8 Robbins Street) and we are very excited to begin the new chapter for your 'Hometown' Station 92.7 WOBM. WOBM went on the air March 1, 1968 in these Bayville studios ....in the middle of a snowstorm!"