Cream Ridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[5] located within Upper Freehold Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[6] The rural area is made up of farmland, on which are located many horse farms. Numerous small business line with County Route 539.[citation needed]
Cream Ridge, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40°08′06″N 74°31′27″W / 40.13500°N 74.52417°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Monmouth |
Township | Upper Freehold |
Area | |
• Total | 3.04 sq mi (7.88 km2) |
• Land | 3.02 sq mi (7.82 km2) |
• Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2) |
Elevation | 131 ft (40 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 630 |
• Density | 208.54/sq mi (80.52/km2) |
FIPS code | 34-15730[4] |
GNIS feature ID | 875715[2] |
As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 630.[3]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 630 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[7] 2020[3] |
The soil in Cream Ridge is Freehold sandy loam, some of the richest in the state of New Jersey. Many of the early residents became relatively wealthy gentleman farmers, with the actual farm work done by tenant farmers. Most of the early families were Presbyterians, Quakers, or Northern Baptists. Some of the surnames associated with the area are Holmes, Meirs, Rue, Cox, Wright, Lawrence, and Ridgway. The gentleman farmer lifestyle was dramatically curtailed during the Great Depression and after World War II, although remnants of this bygone lifestyle existed into the 1980s.
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Cream Ridge include: