LAKEWOOD


Meaning of LAKEWOOD in English

Township (pop., 2000: 60,352), eastern New Jersey, U.S. Located southwest of Asbury Park, it was settled by the Dutch and English in 1800, and it was known successively as Three Partners' Mill, Washington's Furnace, Bergen Iron Works, and Bricksburg.

It is now a popular resort and recreation area, and its population nearly doubled in the 1980s.

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