Populated place in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
Unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States
Freewood Acres is an unincorporated community located within Howell Township in Monmouth County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] 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 .[ 6] The Land O'Pines Elementary School and Manasquan Reservoir County Park exist to the east of the community.[ 7]
It became the center of the Kalmyk American community in the latter part of the 20th century.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
References
^ a b "Freewood Acres" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
^ Lurie, Maxine N.; Lurie, Maxine; M.D, Michael Siegel; Mappen, Marc (April 13, 2004). Encyclopedia of New Jersey . Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813533254 – via Google Books.
^ "Parcel and Subdisvision Map" . Howell Township. October 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2020 .
^ "NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex" (PDF) . New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 29, 2020 .
^ Locality Search , State of New Jersey. Accessed February 24, 2015.
^ Shear, Jeffrey (September 16, 1979). "The Kalmuks: A Touch Of Mongolia in Monmouth" . The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
^ "Aerial view of Freewood Acres" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved November 8, 2015 .
^ New Jersey in Focus Buildings in Monmouth: Stories and Styles
^ "A Tiny Jersey Ethnic Group, The Kalmyks, Traces Its Roots To Mongolia and Genghis Khan-www.njmonthly.com" . New Jersey Monthly . March 14, 2011.
^ "Expedition Magazine - Penn Museum" . www.penn.museum .
^ "Buddhist Community Has Deep Roots in Howell" . Howell, NJ Patch . May 18, 2012.