Dover Beaches North

History

What is now Dover Beaches North was first settled in the early 19th century by the Chadwick family as a hunting and fishing resort. Further development continued in 1883 with the construction of a Coast Guard Lifesaving Station and the completion of the Pennsylvania Railroad on the peninsula, which included a stop at Chadwick Beach. The area was opened to major development after the completion of what is now Route 35 in 1913. The area saw its largest growth as a vacation resort in the middle of the 20th century. In 1961, the Pennsylvania Railroad right-of-way was converted into a new southbound roadway for Route 35, allowing the original 1913 roadway to exclusively carry northbound traffic. Today, the area consists of several private beaches governed by homeowners' associations; there are no public beaches in the CDP. These private beach communities, from south to north, are roughly as follows: *Ocean Beach, developed from 1946 into the 1960s and consisting of four sections (Units 1-3 and Ocean Beach Shores) *Brightwater Beach *Rutherford Beach *Sunset Manor *Monterey Beach, established in 1948 *Seacrest Beach, established in 1954 *Chadwick Beach *Silver Beach *Normandy Beach, established in 1916

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of , including of land and of water (41.92%).

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American herring gull, Smithsonian Gull

  Larus smithsonianus Coues, 1862 · Aves
  13,833
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,112
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  11,790
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  11,040
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,011
• Laughing Gull

  Leucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,944
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,897
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,780

Largest nearby schools

• Toms River High School North
  High · TOMS RIVER · 1,931 students · 14.2:1 ratio
• Toms River High School East
  High · TOMS RIVER · 1,520 students · 14.2:1 ratio
• Lakewood High School
  High · LAKEWOOD · 1,423 students · 17.1:1 ratio
• Toms River High School South
  High · TOMS RIVER · 1,359 students · 14.8:1 ratio
• Brick Township Memorial High School
  High · BRICK · 1,320 students · 13.5:1 ratio
• Toms River Intermediate School East
  Middle · TOMS RIVER · 1,294 students · 14.2:1 ratio
• Brick Township High School
  High · BRICK TOWN · 1,267 students · 12.5:1 ratio
• Toms River Intermediate School South
  Middle · BEACHWOOD · 1,048 students · 11.9:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 3 — 2025-08-03
  0 km W of Little Ferry, New Jersey
• M 2.9 — 2024-05-24
  6 km E of Califon, New Jersey
• M 2.6 — 2024-05-01
  1 km NW of Gladstone, New Jersey
• M 2.9 — 2024-04-27
  7 km WSW of Gladstone, New Jersey
• M 2.6 — 2024-04-10
  5 km WSW of Gladstone, New Jersey
• M 3.7 — 2024-04-05
  7 km WSW of Gladstone, New Jersey