Fairfield, Monmouth County, New Jersey

West Farms is an unincorporated community located within Howell Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The settlement is centered on the intersection of West Farms Road and Casino Drive, located to the west of Farmingdale and to the north of the Manasquan Reservoir. It was once home Jewish farmers who settled there in the early 20th century. The rural area is mostly made up of wooded areas with some houses and churches dotted along the two aforementioned roads. Numerous small farms are also located throughout the area.

Ardena is an unincorporated community located within Howell Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The community is located along County Route 524 near Vanderveer Road in the western part of the township. The area consists of about half farmland and half residential developments.

The Freehold and Howell Plank Road was a plank road in New Jersey, running south from Freehold into Howell Township. Its path is now roughly followed by New Jersey Route 79, U. S. Route 9 and County Route 524. The Freehold and Howell Plank Road was chartered March 1, 1853 by an act of the New Jersey Legislature. On June 1, 1901, it was purchased by the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders and incorporated into the county highway system. Portions were later taken over as a state highway.

The Manasquan Reservoir is a source of water for municipalities and utilities, as well as a 1,204-acre (4.87 km2) park, located in Howell Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The reservoir doubles as a park that is part of the Monmouth County Park System. The park has trails, a visitor's center, a nature/environmental center, a boat launching area and several dikes for fishing, among its facilities. The reservoir itself, which is dammed from the Manasquan River, is operated by the New Jersey Water Supply Authority, which is a part of the much larger Raritan Basin Watershed. The nature trails circling around the reservoir are what makes this county park as one of the most popular hiking destinations in Central New Jersey, as the park receives over one million visitors a year. It is reachable by car and there are five parking lots, including one for vehicles hauling trailers. The park's trails are open to walkers, runners, hikers, bicyclists and equestrians.

Howell Township is a township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is the largest municipality in the county by total area, comprised of about 61.21 square miles (158.5 km2). It is located in the New York metropolitan area and has been a steadily growing bedroom community of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 53,537, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 2,462 (+4.8%) from the 2010 census count of 51,075, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,172 (+4.4%) from the 48,903 counted in the 2000 census.

Jerseyville is an unincorporated community located within Howell Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is primarily a rural area within the northern part of the township, near Colts Neck and Freehold. Route 33 Business travels through Jerseyville, with some development, including a gas station, a convenience store, a church, and several residences. Originally known as Green Grove, the area's name was changed by residents to Jerseyville in 1854.

The Talmudical Academy of Central New Jersey (Adelphia) is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva high school and rabbinical college in Howell Township, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2013–14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 44 students and 4.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1. The school's student body was 100.0% White.Founded in 1970 by Rabbi Yeruchim Shain in Adelphia, New Jersey, the school was originally a boarding school for high-school-college aged boys from the New York City area. Today the school has students from all over the world. Many of its alumni are teachers, principals and educators in their respective communities. The Yeshiva has a state-of-the-art gym and a Mikvah (ritual bath) on its 10-acre (40,000 m2) campus.

The Russian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America and New York (Russian: Восточно-Американская и Нью-Йоркская епархия) is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia that is the see of its First Hierarch. The current First Hierarch is Metropolitan Nicholas (Olhovsky) since September 14th, 2022.

Howell High School (HHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades located in Howell Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as one of six secondary schools of the Freehold Regional High School District. The school serves all students from Farmingdale and those from some portions of Howell Township. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1970. Although located in Howell, the school has a Farmingdale mailing address. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,055 students and 133.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.4:1. There were 162 students (7.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 44 (2.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.The school hosts the Fine & Performing Arts Center (FPAC) and the Scholars' Center for the Humanities.Blue and gray are the school colors, although originally all schools in the district had blue and gold as the school colors at least until the late 1970s. This was originally done so the district could attempt to realize some cost savings on uniforms for extracurriculars.

The Farmingdale School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Farmingdale in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 160 students and 24.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.6:1. In the 2016–17 school year, Farmingdale had the 34th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 161 students.The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Howell High School, together with students from portions of Howell. The school is part of the Freehold Regional High School District, which also serves students from Colts Neck Township, Englishtown, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Manalapan Township and Marlboro. As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 2,094 students and 134.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.6:1.

Freewood Acres is an unincorporated community located within Howell Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The area is made up of mostly single-story homes arranged along a street grid in the northern reaches of the Pine Barrens. U.S. Route 9 runs through the center of the community just north of its interchange with Interstate 195. The Land O'Pines Elementary School and Manasquan Reservoir County Park exist to the east of the community. It became the center of the Kalmyk American community in the latter part of the 20th century.

West Jersey and East Jersey were two distinct parts of the Province of New Jersey. The political division existed for 28 years, between 1674 and 1702. Determination of an exact location for a border between West Jersey and East Jersey was often a matter of dispute.