Galioto, Catherine. "Appointments left unfilled at Shrewsbury organization meeting", Asbury Park Press, January 2, 2015. Accessed January 12, 2015. "The change in committee control from Democrat to Republican in the 0.1 square-mile Township of Shrewsbury left several annual appointments unfilled at Thursday's organization meeting, including township attorney, engineer and auditor. Republican Maryellen McNama-Bailly was sworn into her first term on the committee by Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, and will serve as deputy mayor on the three-person committee. Republican Alfred Melillo was nominated as chairman of the township committee, also the role as mayor."
Raum, John O. The History of New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1, p. 252, J. E. Potter and company, 1877. Accessed July 20, 2013. "Shrewsbury township is level the southern part being sandy the soil is fertile and contains excellent farming land. It was settled by emigrants from Connecticut in 1664. Lewis Morris of Barbadoes, the uncle of Lewis Morris, Governor of New Jersey, carried on iron works here. The village of Red Bank is pleasantly situated on the Navesink river two miles from Shrewsbury and five from the ocean. In 1830 it contained but two houses but is now one of the most thriving villages in the state. It has an extensive trade with New York in vegetables, wood, and oysters. Population in 1870, 2,086." Data listed covers only Red Bank, not Shrewsbury Township.
Staff. A compendium of the ninth census, 1870, p. 260. United States Census Bureau, 1872. Accessed December 7, 2012. Population for Shrewsbury Township of 5,440 included the population of 2,086 for Red Bank, with the population for Shrewsbury Township alone calculated via subtraction.
Porter, Robert Percival. Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins: Volume III - 51 to 75, p. 99. United States Census Bureau, 1890. Accessed August 1, 2012. Population is listed for Shrewsbury Township including Red Bank town as 6,526 in 1880 and 8,367 in 1890, while population for Red Bank town is listed as 2,684 in 1880 and 4,145 in 1890, with results for the two years calculated by subtracting the Red Bank town only total from the combined total.
Gabrielan, Randall. Rumson: Shaping a Superlative Suburb, p. 35. Arcadia Publishing, 2003. ISBN0-7385-2398-4. Accessed October 3, 2015. "Opponents cried 'political revenge', observing that Shrewsbury Township had just elected its first Democratic majority in about two decades, one which would be destroyed by taking from office Oceanic's John M. Corlies."
DeNicola, Linda. "Boro grapples with issue of educating military kids; School district says agreement was for Navy dependents only", Atlanticville, February 15, 2007. Accessed May 18, 2020. "Whether or not the Tinton Falls School District is obligated to educate all children living at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Colts Neck, is expected to be an issue with ramifications for taxpayers in the borough school district.... The resolution states that the education of non-Navy dependent children who will remain at NWS Earle for several more years, as well as additional non-Navy dependent children who will reside at NWS Earle in the future, was never contemplated in the 1988 agreement and is an unfair tax burden to the taxpayers of the Borough of Tinton Falls and the Township of Shrewsbury."
Board of Education Qualifications, Monmouth Regional High School. Accessed May 18, 2020. "The Monmouth Regional High School Board of Education is comprised of nine members. Five are from Tinton Falls, three are from Eatontown, and one resides in Shrewsbury Township."
Astudillo, Carla. "The 10 tiniest towns in New Jersey (they're really small)", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 1, 2016, updated May 16, 2019. Accessed March 5, 2020. "We used square mile data from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to rank the ten municipalities with the smallest area size.... 1. Shrewsbury Township - Coming in at a miniature 0.097 square miles, Shrewsbury Township is New Jersey's tiniest municipality.... Nicknamed 'the Incredible Shrinking Township,' Shrewsbury township used to be much, much bigger. In 1693, the township spanned almost 1,000 square miles and included all of present-day Ocean County. The town was officially incorporated in 1798, making it also the oldest town on our list. Over its 300-year history, 74 other municipalities separated themselves from Shrewsbury."
Astudillo, Carla. "The 10 tiniest towns in New Jersey (they're really small)", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 1, 2016, updated May 16, 2019. Accessed March 5, 2020. "Coming in at a miniature 0.097 square miles, Shrewsbury Township is New Jersey's tiniest municipality.... Nicknamed "the Incredible Shrinking Township," Shrewsbury township used to be much, much bigger. In 1693, the township spanned almost 1,000 square miles and included all of present-day Ocean County. The town was officially incorporated in 1798, making it also the oldest town on our list. Over its 300-year history, 74 other municipalities separated themselves from Shrewsbury."
Marcus, Samantha. "These are the towns with the lowest property taxes in each of N.J.’s 21 counties", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 30, 2019. Accessed November 7, 2019. "New Jersey’s average property tax bill may have hit $8,767 last year — a new record — but taxpayers in some parts of the state pay just a fraction of that.... The average property tax bill in Shrewsbury Township was $4,169 in 2018, the lowest in Monmouth County."
Middletown and Shrewsbury - Using the Records of East and West Jersey Proprietors, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 25, 2017. "Middletown & Shrewsbury, 1665 (a.k.a. Navesink or Monmouth Patent) – In April 1665, twelve men, principally from Long Island, obtained a triangular tract from Governor Nicolls extending from Sandy Hook to the mouth of the Raritan River, up the river approximately twenty-five miles, then southwest to Barnegat Bay. The area was first known as Navesink, then Middletown and Shrewsbury County, and finally in 1683 as Monmouth County. Founders were mostly Baptists and Quakers. Purchasers at Middletown and Shrewsbury subscribed £3 or £4, which entitled them to 120 acres with additional increments for wives and children, and 60 acres for each servant. As many as eighty families arrived from Long Island, Rhode Island and Massachusetts during the first years. Quaker meetings were established by 1670. Settlers understood their patent to have endowed them with a right of government."
Monmouth Regional High School 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 28, 2016. "Monmouth Regional is a comprehensive high school serving a culturally diverse student population of approximately 1050 students. Pupils attending reside in the Monmouth County communities of Eatontown, Shrewsbury Township, and Tinton Falls. In addition, some students come from the military facility of Earle Naval Weapons Station."
Tinton Falls Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Tinton Falls School District. Accessed May 18, 2020. "Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through eight in the Tinton Falls School District. Composition: The Tinton Falls School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Tinton Falls and Shrewsbury Township."
Home page, Shrewsbury Township. Accessed October 28, 2013. "Public school students in grades K through 8 attend the three schools in the Tinton Falls School District. The district is a regional district that also serves students from the neighboring community of Tinton Falls. Shrewsbury Township is represented with one seat out of nine on the district's board of education."
Monmouth County Government, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Accessed July 19, 2022. "Monmouth County is governed by five commissioners elected at-large for three-year terms. Each January, the freeholders select one of their members to serve as the director of the board for the year to preside over the meetings and activities of the Board."
