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Sea Bright, New Jersey Sea Bright is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 1,818.Sea Bright was formed as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 21, 1889, from portions of Ocean Township, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day. The borough was reincorporated on March 10, 1897. History While Sea Bright's formal history starts in 1869, there was, in the early 1840s, a small cluster of wooden shacks nestled among the tall grass-topped sand dunes of the barrier beach. This was the fishing village of Nauvoo. Long an enigma to local historians and often misinterpreted as a Native American word, the origin of 'Nauvoo' is Sephardic Hebrew. It is clearly the same word that Mormon leader Joseph Smith gave to the Illinois town he founded in 1839. Meaning literally 'beautiful of pleasant place,' New Jersey's Nauvoo might well have been named by Smith as he visited Monmouth County in 1839. In an event, moved by Mormon influence, Nauvoo was the name chosen by local fisherman for their tiny settlement on the Jersey Shore.One of the earliest accounts of the barrier beach, published a dozen years before Sea Bright's existence, describes a steamboat journey from New York to the Ocean House, a low rambling wooden structure situated on the beach opposite the mouth of the Navesink River. Built in 1842, this first hotel on the sandy strip offered 'excellent fishing, fine sea bathing and capital accommodations' for three hundred patrons. At the Ocean House one 'found a number of beach carriages', as they are called, awaiting the arrival of the boat from New York City to take passengers to Long Branch. Geography Sea Bright is located at 40°22′13″N 73°58′24″W / 40.370314°N 73.973471°W / 40.370314; -73.973471 (40.370314, -73.973471). It is also the eastern most town in New Jersey.Sea Bright has seven members-only beach clubs, five in the North Beach area: Ship Ahoy, Sands, Surfrider, The Sea Bright Beach Club and Chapel Beach Club, and two south of the center of town: Driftwood and Edgewater. In addition, there is a large public, municipal beach in the center of town which charges a fee, but includes free parking and is protected by lifeguards. This beach is also close to restaurants and shops. The traditional surfing beach area, called the Anchorage, is free and public, but unguarded. In addition, there are numerous public access stairs to other unguarded beaches for fishing, recreation and suntanning.According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.9 km2), of which, 0.6 square miles (1.7 km2) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) of it (43.36%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,818 people, 1,003 households, and 402 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,846.9 people per square mile (1,096.8/km2). There were 1,202 housing units at an average density of 1,882.3/sq mi (725.1/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 94.39% White, 1.76% African American, 2.26% Asian, 0.88% from other races, and 0.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.51% of the population.There were 1,003 households out of which 11.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.6% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 59.9% were non-families. 45.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.81 and the average family size was 2.51.In the borough the population was spread out with 11.2% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 41.5% from 25 to 44, 31.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 109.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.5 males.The median income for a household in the borough was $65,563, and the median income for a family was $72,031. Males had a median income of $60,417 versus $41,100 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $45,066. About 5.3% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.0% of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over. Local government Sea Bright is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.As of January 2010 the members of the Sea Bright Borough Council are Republican Council President William 'Jack' Keeler (term through 2012), Democrat Dina Long (term through 2012), Republican Brian P. Kelly (term through 2010), Republican Peggy Bills (term through 2010), Republican James LoBiondo III (term through 2011) and Republican C. Read Murphy (term through 2011). Federal, state and county representation Sea Bright is in the Sixth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 11th Legislative District.New Jersey's Sixth Congressional District is represented by Frank Pallone (D, Long Branch). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken). 11th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature, which is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Sean T. Kean (R, Wall Township) and in the New Jersey General Assembly by Mary Pat Angelini (R, Ocean Township) and Dave Rible (R, Wall Township). The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham). The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach). Monmouth County is governed by a five-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. As of 2010[update], Monmouth County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director Lillian G. Burry (R, Colts Neck), Freeholder Deputy Director Robert D. Clifton (R, Matawan), John D'Amico, Jr. (D, Oceanport), Amy A. Mallet (D, Fair Haven) and John P. Curley (R, Middletown). Education Public school students in Kindergarten through eighth grade are educated by the Oceanport School District as part of a sending/receiving relationship. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Wolf Hill Elementary School, with 361 students in Kindergarten through 4th grade; and Maple Place Middle School, with 312 students in grades 5 - 8.For grades 9 - 12, public school students attend Shore Regional High School, a regional high school that serves students from the constituent districts of Monmouth Beach, Sea Bright, Oceanport and West Long Branch. The high school is part of the Shore Regional High School District. Transportation The Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, a 1,240-foot drawbridge built in 1932, connects Highlands in the west to Sea Bright in the east, across the Shrewsbury River. The eastern terminus is at the entrance to Sandy Hook. The span is part of Route 36. Between 2008-2011 it will be replaced with a fixed span instead of a drawbridge. It will rise 65 feet instead of the original span's 35 feet.Sea Bright can be accessed from Rumson to the west via Rumson Road/County Route 520 via the Shrewsbury River Bridge. Notable residents Notable current and former residents of Sea Bright include:Fred Alexander(1880-1969), top-ranked tennis player in the early 20th century. John J. McCook(1845-1911), Civil War officer, prominent New York attorney, railroad executive Juan Trippe(1899-1981),U.S.airlineentrepreneurand founder ofPan Am. Tal Farlow(1921–1998), jazz guitarist