Little Silver, New Jersey
Little Silver is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 5,950. Little Silver was established with a Kings Land Grant in 1663 and settled in 1667. Little Silver incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 19, 1923, from portions of Shrewsbury Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 28, 1923.
Prior to the settlement of Europeans, the area that is now Little Silver was inhabited by the Navesink Native Americans.
There are several tales of how Little Silver received its name. In one, brothers Joseph and Peter Parker, who settled in this area in 1667 and owned land bounded by Parker’s Creek on the south and Little Silver Creek on the north, named their holdings “Little Silver” after their father’s (George Parker) estate in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. This in turn can be traced overseas to Little Silver, a village in Devonshire, England.
The borough’s earliest European residents were mostly farmers, fishermen and merchants.
John T. Lovett, a nurseryman, circulated a petition in 1878 to the community with the selection of one name, and it became Little Silver. His nursery once covered almost half the town, supplying large catalog houses such as Sears Roebuck, Macy’s and Newberry’s. On July 30, 1879, the Post Office name was changed from “Parkersville” to “Little Silver”.
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U.S. Census Little Silver Quick Facts
| People QuickFacts | Little Silver | New Jersey |
| Population, 2010 | 5,950 | 8,791,894 |
| Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 | -3.6% | 4.5% |
| Population, 2000 | 6,170 | 8,414,350 |
| Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
| Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 27.9% | 23.5% |
| Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 15.8% | 13.5% |
| Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.1% | 51.3% |
| White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 96.4% | 68.6% |
| Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 13.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.7% | 8.3% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 1.1% | 2.7% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 3.0% | 17.7% |
| White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 93.7% | 59.3% |
| Living in same house 1 year & over, 2005-2009 | 94.4% | 89.0% |
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009 | 7.3% | 19.7% |
| Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2005-2009 | 8.8% | 27.6% |
| High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 | 98.8% | 86.8% |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 | 71.6% | 34.1% |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2005-2009 | 34.4 | 29.6 |
| Housing units, 2010 | 2,278 | 3,553,562 |
| Homeownership rate, 2005-2009 | 95.8% | 67.1% |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2005-2009 | 0.8% | 35.8% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2005-2009 | $629,900 | $356,800 |
| Households, 2005-2009 | 2,099 | 3,152,877 |
| Persons per household, 2005-2009 | 2.93 | 2.68 |
| Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009 | $65,917 | $34,566 |
| Median household income 2005-2009 | $149,659 | $68,981 |
| People of all ages in poverty – percent, 2005-2009 | 1.7% | 8.8% |
| Business QuickFacts | Little Silver | New Jersey |
| Total number of firms, 2007 | 782 | 781,622 |
| Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 7.7% |
| American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.4% |
| Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 8.7% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1% |
| Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 8.7% |
| Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 27.3% |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | NA | 116,608,094 |
| Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 233,413,004 |
| Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 237,774 | 124,813,580 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $38,858 | $14,453 |
| Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 4,759 | 19,993,613 |
| Geography QuickFacts | Little Silver | New Jersey |
| Land area in square miles, 2010 | 2.71 | 7,354.22 |
| Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2,197.2 | 1,195.5 |
| FIPS Code | 40770 | 34 |
| Counties | ||
| Monmouth County | ||
| (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. | ||
| (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. | ||
| FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data | ||
| NA: Not available | ||
| D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information | ||
| X: Not applicable | ||
| S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards | ||
| Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown | ||
| F: Fewer than 100 firms | ||
| Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts | ||
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