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Island Heights, NJ - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Island Heights  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Island Heights Home page. The Island Heights Home page provides as much information as possible on Island Heights. Knowing Island Heights’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Island Heights’s Home page, you will also find Island Heights’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Island Heights has a population of 1480. 48.9% of Island Heights’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.1 are female. 47.9% of Island Heights is married and 87.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $410,866, and the average rent is $1,563. Household median income in Island Heights is $90,789, and the individual median income is $53,345. Island Heights’s Ethnic is the following: White(91.3%), Multiple(7.8%), Hispanic(3.9%), Black(0.5%), Asian(0.2%), Other(0.1%).


Island Heights was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 6, 1887, from portions of Dover Township (now Toms River Township), based on the results of a referendum held on November 18, 1886.Island Heights takes its name from two sources: it originally was an island. It is situated by a steep bluff rising 60 feet (18 m) above the Toms River.


It was originally known as Doctor Johnson's island, being included in the patent granted to him in 1680. In the century before the American Revolutionary War, it was known as Dillon's Island, probably for James Dillon, a prominent man in Toms River. The land was purchased by John Imlay of Allentown, who sold it in 1794 to Issac Gulick.


In 1797, Gulick and his wife Abagail sold it to Abraham and George Parker. In 1799, the Parker brothers sold it to Abel Middleton of Upper Freehold Township.


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