West Creek is an unincorporated area or informal "village" located within Eagleswood Township

Eagleswood Township, New Jersey

Eagleswood Township is a Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population had increased to a record high of 1,603....

, in Ocean County

Ocean County, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 510,916 people, 200,402 households, and 137,876 families residing in the county. The population density was 803 people per square mile . There were 248,711 housing units at an average density of 151/km²...

, New Jersey

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History

The village is named after the stream that runs through it, West Creek. The name "West Creek" is derived from the Lenape

Lenape language

The Delaware languages, also known as the Lenape languages, are Munsee and Unami, two closely related languages of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family...

 word "westeconk," meaning "place of fat meat".

Education

Present day schools are Eagleswood Elementary School and Pinelands Regional School District

Pinelands Regional School District

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Location

The area is served as United States Postal Service

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 ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 08092. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area

ZIP Code Tabulation Area

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 08092 was 3,003. The village is served by a general aviation

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 airport, Eagles Nest Airport

Eagles Nest Airport (New Jersey)

Eagles Nest Airport is a privately-owned public-use airport serving general aviation aircraft. It was built in April 1989. It is located two nautical miles north of the community of West Creek, in Eagleswood Township, New Jersey....

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More History

Captain Hazelton Seaman built and designed the first sneakbox

Sneakbox

A sneakbox is a small boat that can be sailed, rowed, poled or sculled. It is predominantly associated with the Barnegat Bay in New Jersey, just as the canoe-like Delaware Ducker is associated with the New Jersey marshes along the Delaware River near Philadelphia.Railbird skiffs and garvey-like...

, the "Devil's Coffin," in 1836, in West Creek, New Jersey.

External links

• http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=86000US08092&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C16000US3465790&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=04000US34&_zip=08092&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=population_0&ds_name=null&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=Census 2000 Fact Sheet for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08092] from the United States Census Bureau
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