Beachwood is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough’s population was 10,859, a end of 186 (-1.7%) from the 2010 census total 11,045, which in viewpoint reflected an growth of 670 (+6.5%) from the 10,375 counted in the 2000 census.

Beachwood was incorporated as a Borough by an fighting of the New Jersey Legislature on March 22, 1917, from portions of Berkeley Township, based upon the results of a referendum held on April 12, 1917.

What is now the borough of Beachwood dates its treaty to a 1914 target backed by the publishers of the New-York Tribune, under which 1,763 acres (7.13 km) of Berkeley Township were purchased and sectioned off as a summer colony called “Beachwood”. Buyers paid $19.60 for a scheme of estate measuring 20 by 100 feet (6.1 m × 30.5 m) and expected a six-month subscription to The Tribune as a bonus. The first residents of the community moved in during April 1915, and work upon a Club House, the Pier, the Bath House, the Lodge, a dining hall and a railroad station were planned to be completed by the end of May. Other offerings within the go ahead included tennis courts, and facilities along the beach and upon the river for canoeing, sailing and swimming. The first “cottages” in the community were constructed during that first summer season.

A Property-Owner’s Association was standard in 1916. In supplement to overseeing local facilities within the development, the processing also advocated that the community should become an independent municipality. Legislation was passed by the Legislature on March 22, 1917, and a referendum positive the instigation of the borough passed on April 12. On May 11, the borough’s first council was elected, along taking into consideration Joseph H. Senior, who was prearranged by the voters as Beachwood’s first mayor. A Board of Education was formed the next year, with bookish transportation provided upon the back of a truck outfitted similar to wooden benches.