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Jersey Shore, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 4482
Housing Units (2000): 1904
Land area (2000): 1.226227 sq. miles (3.175913 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.226227 sq. miles (3.175913 sq. km)
FIPS code: 38128
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.202587 N, 77.266715 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Jersey Shore

The Jersey Shore is the coastal region of the state of New Jersey. Geographically, the term encompasses about of oceanfront from Sandy Hook in the north to Cape May Point in the south. The Jersey Shore area includes Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Atlantic County, Cape May County, and Ocean County. While there is no defined border between North Jersey and South Jersey, the Raritan River, Manasquan River or Interstate 195 are often mentioned as the border, with most of the shore region being located in South Jersey.

To many New Jersey residents, it is simply referred to as "The Shore." A commonly said phrase within New Jersey is to go "down the shore", or to have done something "down the shore".

Famous for its many boardwalks with arcades, water parks, and amusement parks boasting hundreds of rides and attractions, the Jersey Shore is a popular vacation spot for New Jerseyans, New Yorkers, and Pennsylvanians, and various other states in the Northeastern United States. Certain communities are also popular with visitors from the nearby Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario.

Jersey Shore (TV series)

Jersey Shore is an American reality television series which ran on MTV from December 3, 2009 to December 20, 2012 in the United States. The series follows the lives of eight housemates spending their summer at the Jersey Shore in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Season 2 followed the cast escaping the cold northeast winter to Miami Beach, Florida, with Season 3 returning to the Jersey Shore. The fourth season, filmed in Italy, premiered on August 4, 2011. The show returned for a fifth season, at Seaside Heights, New Jersey on January 5, 2012. The fifth season finale aired on March 15, 2012. On March 19, 2012, MTV confirmed that the series would return for their sixth season. On August 30, 2012, MTV announced that the Jersey Shore would end after the sixth season, which premiered on October 4. The series finale aired on December 20, 2012.

The show debuted amid large amounts of controversy regarding the use of the words " Guido/ Guidette", portrayal of Italian-Americans due to the fact some of the members of the cast were not of Italian descent or fully of Italian descent and for perpetuating stereotypes, as well as scrutiny from locals because the cast members were not residents of the area.

The University of Chicago and the University of Oklahoma are among the educational institutions that have had classes or conferences about the show. In 2010, the cast of Jersey Shore were named on Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People list, and the series has since been exported to dozens of countries worldwide.

There are several remakes of the show in other countries, with two set in the United Kingdom; the well-known Geordie Shore, set in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and The Valleys, which is filmed and set in Cardiff, Wales. Another remake of the show is Gandía Shore, set in Gandía, Spain. Acapulco Shore was announced in January 2014, with the premiere to take place in September 2014.

Jersey Shore (disambiguation)

The Jersey Shore is the coastal area of New Jersey. Jersey Shore may also refer to:

  • Jersey Shore (TV series), a reality television series

:* Jersey Shore Soundtrack, a compilation album based on the series

  • Jersey Shore Boca, a soccer team based in Toms River, New Jersey
  • Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, an inland borough
  • Jersey Shore sound, a rock music genre

Usage examples of "jersey shore".

We got into the boat, and the young man began to row with slow regular strokes up-river to the high green Jersey shore opposite.

That was when my parents began to make me spend a few weeks each summer at Uncle Cubby's place on the Jersey shore.

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge of South Carolina were selected for the mission and rode overland to the New Jersey shore.

Rock stars, pickpockets, homies, pimps, pushers, pregnant women in bikinis, future astronauts, politicians, geeks, ghouls, and droves of families who buy American and eat Italian all come to the Jersey shore.

The morgue kindly cropped most of the Jersey shore from the picture.