There were 17,979 housing units at an average density of 296.9 per square mile (114.6/km 2) *. The population density was 843.4 per square mile (325.6/km 2). 2010 CensusĪs of the census of 2010, there were 51,075 people, 17,260 households, and 13,618 families residing in the township. Most common ancestries in Howell Township are Italian: 23.8%, Irish: 18.7%, German: 12.7%, Other groups: 11.3%, Polish: 7.7%, English: 4.9% and Russian: 3.0%. The township borders Colts Neck Township, Freehold Township and Wall Township in Monmouth County and Brick Township, Jackson Township and Lakewood Township in Ocean County. The township completely surrounds Farmingdale, making it part of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another. Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Adelphia, Ardena, Ardmore Estates, Shacks Corner, Southard, Squankum, West Farms, Winston Park, Wyckoff Mills and Yellow Brook. Ramtown (with a 2010 Census population of 6,242) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Howell Township. The township, as formed, included in addition to its present area all of what is now Wall Township, Lakewood Township, Brick Township, and all the boroughs along the Atlantic Ocean from Barnegat Inlet of the Shark River Inlet at Belmar. Howell was formed from territory taken from Shrewsbury Township under an act of the New Jersey General Assembly passed February 23, 1801. GeographyĪccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 61.209 square miles (158.530 km 2), including 60.558 square miles (156.844 km 2) of land and 0.651 square miles (1.686 km 2) of water (1.06%). Some scenes for the War of the Worlds 2005 remake were filmed here, and a neighborhood called Ardena Acres was recreated as a set and left standing in Universal Studios Hollywood.
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