Ocean Grove, New Jersey

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Ocean Grove, New Jersey, a city and noted summer resort of Monmouth County, about 60 miles south of New York City and 7 miles south of Long Branch, on the Atlantic Ocean and on the Pennsylvania and the Central of New Jersey railroads. It is directly south of Asbury Park and separated from it by Wesley Lake. Ocean Grove is on a splendid beach. It is characterized by rigid religious observances, due to its management by a Church organization, as it is controlled by a camp-meeting association of the Methodist Church. There are many fine hotels for summer guests, which frequently number 60,000, an auditorium, temple, etc. Permanent population in 1920, 1,581.