Galilee, New Jersey

Galilee, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
At the intersection of Route 36 and Central Avenue
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Coordinates: 40°20′11″N 73°58′27″W / 40.33639°N 73.97417°W / 40.33639; -73.97417Coordinates: 40°20′11″N 73°58′27″W / 40.33639°N 73.97417°W / 40.33639; -73.97417
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Monmouth
Borough	Monmouth Beach
Named for	Galilee
Elevation^[1]	7 ft (2 m)
GNIS feature ID	882462^[1]

Galilee is an unincorporated community located within Monmouth Beach in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.^[2] The area is named for the Biblical city of Galilee and was founded as a fishing village.^[3]^[4] Located at the northern extent of Monmouth Beach, it is located along the peninsula where it begins to greatly narrow between the Shrewsbury River and the Atlantic Ocean. Single family homes typically make up the ocean side of the peninsula while condominiums and a marina are located on the river side.^[5]

References

1 2 "Galilee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 24, 2015.
↑ Hutchinson, Viola L. (May 1945). The Origin of New Jersey Place Names (PDF). New Jersey Public Library Commission. p. 14. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
↑ Cheslow, Jerry (October 6, 2002). "If You're Thinking of Living In/Monmouth Beach; A Town Where Water Lovers Abound". The New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2015. ALONG with its upper-crust resort area, Monmouth Beach also developed a fishing community known as Galilee in its northern section near the Sea Bright line.
↑ Google (October 3, 2015). "Aerial view of Galilee" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 3, 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States

County seat: Freehold Borough

Cities	Asbury Park Long Branch

Boroughs	Allenhurst Allentown Atlantic Highlands Avon-by-the-Sea Belmar Bradley Beach Brielle Deal Eatontown Englishtown Fair Haven Farmingdale Freehold Borough Highlands Interlaken Keansburg Keyport Lake Como Little Silver Manasquan Matawan Monmouth Beach Neptune City Oceanport Red Bank Roosevelt Rumson Sea Bright Sea Girt Shrewsbury Spring Lake Spring Lake Heights Tinton Falls Union Beach West Long Branch

Townships	Aberdeen Colts Neck Freehold Hazlet Holmdel Howell Manalapan Marlboro Middletown Millstone Neptune Ocean Shrewsbury Upper Freehold Wall

Village	Loch Arbour

CDPs	Allenwood Belford Cliffwood Beach East Freehold Fairview Leonardo Lincroft Morganville Navesink North Middletown Oakhurst Ocean Grove Port Monmouth Ramtown Robertsville Shark River Hills Strathmore Wanamassa West Belmar West Freehold Yorketown

Other unincorporated communities	Adelphia Algers Mills Allaire Ardena Ardmore Estates Arneytown Baileys Corner Bairdsville Beacon Hill Bergen Mills Bergerville Blansingburg Bradevelt Bradley Park Branchport Bucks Mill Burlington Heights Candlewood Carmerville Carrs Corner Carrs Tavern Centerville Chapel Hill Charleston Springs Clarks Mills Clarksburg Claytons Corner Cliffwood Cold Indian Springs Collingwood Park Cooks Mills Cooleys Corner Coxs Corner Crawford Corners Cream Ridge Deal Park Dogs Corners East Keansburg East Long Branch Elberon Elberon Park Ellisdale Elton Ely Elys Corner Emleys Hill Everett Fair Play Fairfield Fort Plains Freewood Acres Freneau Galilee Georgia Glendola Gordons Corner Green Grove Hamilton Harmony Hendrickson Corners Henningers Mills Herberts Corner Hillsdale Hilton Hockhockson Holland Holmeson Homes Mills Hornerstown Imlaystown Jerseyville Kirbys Mills Lafayette Mills Lake Club Land of Pines Larrabees Leonardville Little Silver Point Locust Low Moor Lower Squankum Macedonia Manasquan Park Marlboro Matthews Maxim Mechanicsville Millhurst Monmouth Heights at Manalapan Monmouth Heights at Marlboro Monmouth Hills Montrose Morrells Corner Mount Pleasant Natco Navesink Beach Nelsonville New Bedford New Canton New Monmouth New Sharon Normandie North Centerville North Long Branch North Spring Lake Oak Glen Oak Hill Oakhurst Manor Oakland Mills Oceanic Orchard Estates Osbornes Mills Parkway Pines Perrineville Phalanx Philips Mills Pine Brook Pleasant Valley Pleasant Valley Crossroads Polhemustown Port-au-peck Prospertown Pullentown Red Hill Red Valley Reevytown Remsen Mills River Plaza Robinsville Salem Hill Sands Point Scobeyville Shacks Corner Sharon Shrewsbury (Upper Freehold) Siloam Smithburg Smocks Corner Southard Spring Mill Spring Valley Squankum Sterling Woods Stone Church Stone Tavern Stonehurst East Stonehurst West Sweetman Taylors Mills Tennent Tiltons Corner Town Brook Van Marters Corner Vanderburg Villa Park Walnford Waterloo Waterwitch Wayside Wertheins Corner West Allenhurst West Deal West End West Farms West Grove West Keansburg West Shrewsbury Whitesville Whittier Oaks Wickatunk Wileys Corner Winston Park Wyckoff Mills

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