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Ocean Acres is a Census-designated Place and Unincorporated Area split between Barnegat Township and Stafford Township , in Ocean County , New Jersey , United States . As of the United States 2000 Census , the CDP population was 13,155. The subdivision is one of the largest in Ocean County, alongside Holiday City - Silver Ridge Park in Toms River . The subdivision includes the Ocean Acres Country Club, and is the location for the 98.5 WBBO radio station. HISTORY Ocean Acres is approximately a six-square-mile master-planned community of 5,500 lots, located in the northwestern end of Stafford Township and part of Barnegat. It is the newest, and with approximately 13,155 out of 22,532 total residents, the biggest part of both towns. Most of the streets are named after nautical terms. Ocean Acres was started in the early 1960s, and in its first year, 2,000 lots were sold. Developers used to bus potential buyers to Stafford. Ocean Acres is home to Southern Ocean County Hospital, a 144-bed hospital that started as a satellite of Burlington County Memorial Hospital and grew as the county grew. Mayor Carl W. Block has lived in Ocean Acres for about 30 years. The golf course at Ocean Acres Country Club was included in '' Golf Digest '''s "4,200 Best Places To Play" and was designed by course architect Hal Purdy. Ocean Acres is still developing. A new section, Ocean Acres Barnegat, which opened in 2006, is being developed by Walters Homes , which has developed a large part of Ocean Acres Stafford in recent years. Lighthouse Development Company is also developing the new Ocean Acres Barnegat. Ocean Acres Barnegat was an area of Ocean Acres that sat vacant for years, but is now being finished. There is one development, Oaks of Stafford, is not a part of Ocean Acres, although it is located inside of it. GEOGRAPHY Ocean Acres is located at (39.739800, -74.284106). According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 15.4 Km&2 (5.9 Mi&2 ). 15.2 km&2 (5.8 mi&2) of it is land and 0.2 km&2 (0.1 mi&2) of it (1.52%) is water. DEMOGRAPHICS
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