Ashland, New Jersey

About Ashland

Ashland is a small unincorporated community in southwestern New Jersey.

Ashland holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.91 square miles.

📰 Ashland News Today

• Contractor sues Toms River over mandatory union labor agreement on paving project New Jersey Globe · Jul 14
• Ashland Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jul 9
• Ashland to close two New Jersey plants in $60 million optimization plan Investing.com · Jul 8
• Ashland Inc. Announces Updates on $60 Million Manufacturing Network Optimization Plan Quiver Quantitative · Jul 8
• Longtime manufacturing plant in Sayreville shuttering, 50 jobs slashed Central New Jersey News · Jul 28

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Ashland Unique

• One of 19 places in the US named Ashland — but the New Jersey one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southwestern New Jersey, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Ashland

• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Tutti Toscani By Lamberti — italian
• Vito's Pizza — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Top Deck Games · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Ashland

• Ashland Village Park reviews ★
• Cherry Hill American Little League reviews ★
• Cranford Road Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Ashland

• Horace Mann Elementary School
• Woodcrest Elementary School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Ashland

🏘️ Nearby Communities