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Jackson Township, New Jersey

1844 establishments in New JerseyFaulkner Act (mayor–council)Jackson Township, New JerseyPopulated places established in 1844Populated places in the Pine Barrens (New Jersey)
Townships in Ocean County, New JerseyUse American English from March 2020Use mdy dates from March 2020
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Jackson Township is a township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A portion of the township is located within the New Jersey Pine Barrens. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 58,544, an increase of 3,688 (+6.7%) from the 2010 census count of 54,856, which in turn reflected an increase of 12,040 (+28.1%) from the 42,816 counted in the 2000 census.Roughly equidistant between New York City and Philadelphia, along with being in close proximity to the State Capital of Trenton and the Jersey Shore on I-195, Jackson has rapidly grown as an outer-ring suburb of New York within the New York metropolitan area. Jackson is also a regional commercial hub of Central Jersey, as it is the site of the Jackson Premium Outlets and Six Flags Great Adventure (the second-largest theme park in the world after Disney's Animal Kingdom in Central Florida). Jackson is also home to both Six Flags Hurricane Harbor and the 350-acre (140 ha) Safari Off Road Adventure, which replaced Six Flags Wild Safari in 2013, and Adventure Crossing a mixed-use entertainment complex that opened in 2023.

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