Oceanville New Jersey Map

About Oceanville, New Jersey

Oceanville is a locality in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. It is a small community with a population of 793. The population density is 194.4 people per km². Oceanville is located at 39.4820°N, 74.4526°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 08205, 08231.

Oceanville emerges from the low-lying coastal plain where the brackish waters of Doughty Creek wind through dense salt marshes toward the distant Atlantic Ocean. It lies 1.3 miles south of Galloway, NJ (from Galloway, NJ: bearing 185°T), and is situated 7.7 miles north-northwest of Atlantic City. The landscape here is defined by a persistent, damp horizon, where the sky seems to press down upon the flat, grassy expanses of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the light turns a bruised, metallic violet, catching the reeds and the sluggish, dark currents of the creek in a way that makes the earth feel suspended between the firmament and the tide. Inland from the salt-crusted edges, the terrain flattens into sandy soil, occasionally interrupted by the cool, still surface of Mill Pond, which reflects the heavy, humid air of the Atlantic Ocean coast with a glassy, unblinking intensity.

Oceanville carries the quiet weight of a place built on the slow, rhythmic extraction of resources from the marsh and the nearby water. Historically, the lives of those who settled here were bound to the harvest of the bay and the cultivation of the sandy soil, a legacy that lingers in the modest, weather-beaten architecture that lines the narrow roads. While the local economy has shifted away from the intensive maritime labor of earlier generations, the presence of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge ensures that the surrounding environment remains largely undisturbed, preserving a sense of isolation that feels increasingly rare. Residents of Oceanville observe a pace dictated by the tides and the seasonal migrations of birds, maintaining a sturdy, pragmatic character that resists the frantic pace of the larger, more urbanized centers to the north.

About This Oceanville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oceanville, New Jersey. Coordinates: 39.482, -74.452637. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Oceanville includes the ZIP code (08205, 08231), telephone area code (609, 640), county seat of Atlantic County (Mays Landing), and school district assignment (Galloway Township School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.