Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Waretown, NJ

Waretown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on the Jersey Shore within Ocean Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey.

Waretown traces its roots to the Rogerines, a religious sect expelled from Connecticut that arrived in the area in 1737 under Abraham Waier.

The community was originally called Waier Creek or Waier Mills in 1762, after Abraham Waier, and the modern name Waretown derives from his surname.

During the 1700s and 1800s, Waretown was renowned as a shipbuilding center on Barnegat Bay.

Waretown's Jacob Birdsall championed the creation of Ocean County in 1850 and became the county's first representative in the New Jersey Legislature.

The New Jersey Central Railroad reached Waretown in the 1870s, speeding shipments of seafood to North Jersey and New York.

The 2020 census counted 1,483 residents in the Waretown CDP, which covers less than one square mile; the 2000 census counted 1,582 residents in 641 households.

Waretown is home to Albert Music Hall, a long-running live music venue celebrating the sounds of the Pinelands.

The Little Red School House, which served Waretown children from the mid-1800s until 1958, is now a museum operated by the Waretown Historical Society.

Although Ocean Township was incorporated on April 13, 1876, locals so widely call the whole township "Waretown" that a 2006 petition to officially rename the township failed to gather enough signatures.