Mystic Island, New Jersey | |
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![]() Abandoned Tuckerton Wireless Tower anchor along Ensign Drive | |
![]() Location of Mystic Island in Ocean County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Ocean County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). | |
Location in Ocean County Location in New Jersey | |
Coordinates: 39°34′04″N 74°23′16″W / 39.5677°N 74.3879°W | |
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State | ![]() |
County | Ocean |
Township | Little Egg Harbor |
Area | |
• Total | 7.71 sq mi (19.96 km2) |
• Land | 6.92 sq mi (17.93 km2) |
• Water | 0.78 sq mi (2.03 km2) 10.08% |
Elevation | 3 ft (1 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 8,301 |
• Density | 1,199.4/sq mi (463.1/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
FIPS code | 34-49560[4][5] |
GNIS feature ID | 02389525[6] |
Mystic Island (also called Mystic Islands or Mystic) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[7] located within Little Egg Harbor Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[8][9][10][11] As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 8,301.[12]
Mystic Island is a large, mostly waterfront development originally planned as a resort community that started in the early 1960s as a waterfront community with vacation bungalows. In the past few years, however, many of the original bungalows are slowly being replaced with much larger homes on pilings that are popular in nearby beach communities such as Long Beach Island.