Bayville, New Jersey
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Located at the Northernmost section of the Pine Barrens, and at exit '77' on the Garden State Parkway, Bayville is an unincorporated area within Berkeley Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08721. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08721 was 17,148. Central Regional High School is the local high school for the area.
Bayvile is home to Double Trouble State Park, the site of an Ocean Spray cranberry bog, and is said to be haunted by the New Jersey Devil.
[edit] Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Bayville include:
- Megan McCafferty (1973-), author best known for her Jessica Darling series[1]
- Al Leiter, Baseball Pitcher
- Mark Anthony, Internet Radio Host of 100.6 The Hitz Channel
[edit] References
- ^ Ervolino, Bill. "Jessica's a step behind her author", The Record (Bergen County), September 9, 2007. Accessed December 28, 2007. "Like her heroine, McCafferty knows her way around the Garden State, having grown up in Bayville before moving to Brooklyn and Manhattan and then getting married and settling in -- ahem -- Princeton."
