Harvey Cedars is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough’s population was 337, reflecting a decrease of 22 (−6.1%) from the 359 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in direction declined by 3 (−0.8%) from the 362 counted in the 1990 Census. The borough borders the Atlantic Ocean upon Long Beach Island.

Harvey Cedars was incorporated as a borough by an court case of the New Jersey Legislature upon December 15, 1894, from portions of Union Township (now Barnegat Township), based upon the results of a referendum held upon November 20, 1894. The community’s name office was initially known as High Point, the proclaim of a neighborhood in the borough that lies at a well along elevation, before a name alter was made in the 1930s at the demand of the United States Postal Service to differentiate the broadcast office from the northern New Jersey community of High Point in Sussex County.

The majority of the housing units in the borough are seasonal houses used primarily in the summer by owners who liven up elsewhere, bringing the summer population to 12,000. The borough’s quiet environment and niche and ocean access make housing entirely expensive, with many recess or oceanfront houses priced at $2 million or more. Despite the borough’s little size, its property was assessed at over $1.28 billion in 2019.

Before Long Beach Island was developed, its northern area, from the Barnegat Inlet to the Great Swamp (now Surf City), was covered in the same way as Atlantic white cedar (chamaecyparis thyoides). Early inhabitants of the area harvested salt hay (spartina patens) and seaweed to make a living.