ASBURY

See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

PARK  , a city of Monmouth county, New Jersey, U.S.A., on the Atlantic Ocean, about 35 M . S. of New York City (50 M. by rail) . Pop . (lgoo) 4148; (1905) 4526; (1910) 10,150 . It is served by the Central of New Jersey and the Pennsylvania railways, and by electric railway lines connecting it with other New Jersey coast resorts both north and south . Fresh-water lakes, one of which, Deal Lake, extends for some distance into the wooded country, form the northern and southern boundaries . It is one of the most popular seaside resorts on the Atlantic coast, its numerous hotels and cottages accommodating a summer population that approximates 50,000, and a large transient population in the autumn and winter months . There is an excellent beach, along which extends a board-walk about r m. long; the beach is owned and controlled by the municipality . The municipality owns and operates its water-works, water being obtained from artesian wells . Asbury Park was founded in 1869, was named in honour of the Rev . Francis Asbury, was incorporated as a borough in 1874, and was chartered as a city in 1897 . In 1906 territory to the west with a population estimated at 6000 was annexed .