Matawan, New Jersey

The Old Bridge Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Old Bridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2016-17 school year, the district's 15 schools had an enrollment of 8,899 students and 708.00 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1.The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.

The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District is a regional public school district in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the communities of Aberdeen Township and Matawan Borough.As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising seven schools, had an enrollment of 3,827 students and 324.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District Central Offices are located at 1 Crest Way, in Aberdeen.

Lake Lefferts (Latitude: 40.414552, Longitude: -74.234589) is an engineered lake in Matawan, New Jersey. The lake is the result of the construction in 1928 of Lake Lefferts Dam, which captured and stored the flow of Matawan Creek. The lake is home to sunnies (sunfish), bluegill, crappies, bass, catfish, and pickerel. Near Ravine Drive is a recreational outdoor area, which includes a public fishing dock, boat launch, and canoe rental.

Maj. John Burrowes Mansion is located in Matawan, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The mansion was built in 1723 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 1972.

Freneau is an unincorporated community located within Matawan in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is named for Philip Freneau (1752–1832), a poet during the American Revolutionary War. The community is located along New Jersey Route 79 in the southern portion of Matawan and was formerly served by the Monmouth County Agricultural Railroad (now a part of the Henry Hudson Trail).

Lita is a restaurant in Aberdeen Township, New Jersey. It was a semifinalist in the Best New Restaurant category of the James Beard Foundation Awards in 2024.

Matawan Regional High School is a four-year regional public high school located in Aberdeen Township, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District. Serving students from Aberdeen Township and Matawan, it is one of Monmouth County's largest schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1951. The school mascot is a husky.As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,139 students and 95.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1. There were 187 students (16.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 45 (4.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Gravelly Brook is a tributary of Matawan Creek in Monmouth County, New Jersey in the United States. Gravelly Brook's source is in the Mount Pleasant Hills, flowing north into Matawan Creek.

Aberdeen–Matawan is a station on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, located in Aberdeen and Matawan, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. This station, convenient to Route 35 and the PNC Bank Arts Center, is popular with both commuters and concertgoers, and is the busiest station on the line between Bay Head and Rahway. The station is located at grade on Atlantic Avenue, on the border of Aberdeen and Matawan, and has two high side platforms, as well as two abandoned low side platforms, and two tracks. A ticket office is located on the New York-bound platform. All trains on the North Jersey Coast Line serve this station. The former Freehold Branch can still be traced in a southeastern parking lot.

Strathmore is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) within Aberdeen Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. At the 2010 census, the CDP's population was 7,258.

VPI Industries Inc., founded by Harry and Sheila Weisfeld, is an American manufacturer of high-end phonographs, tonearms, and phonograph accessories.

Aberdeen Township is a township situated on the Jersey Shore in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is located within the Raritan Valley region and is a part of the New York Metropolitan Area, bordering both Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, in adjacent Middlesex County, New Jersey, as well as Staten Island in New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 19,329, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 1,119 (+6.1%) from the 2010 census count of 18,210, which had in turn reflected an increase of 756 (+4.3%) from the 17,454 recorded at the 2000 census.Aberdeen Township was part of the Bayshore Regional Strategic Plan, an effort by nine municipalities in northern Monmouth County to reinvigorate the area's economy by emphasizing the traditional downtowns, residential neighborhoods, maritime history, and natural environment of the Raritan Bay coastline. The plan has since been integrated into the county's 2016 Master Plan. Aberdeen has worked with neighboring Matawan to build transit-oriented development around the Aberdeen-Matawan train station.