Wampum Park – Eatontown NJ

Project type: Parks and Recreation
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Description

This park and recreational lake was created largely by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and dedicated in 1940. The borough of Eatontown funded $3,500 of the cost of the project and the WPA $35,000.

The park is still in use.

Source notes

"The Red Bank Register" May 2nd 1940.
Accessed through the Red Bank Public Library Archives.

Project originally submitted by Bob Hespe on January 15, 2023.

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Location Info


Route 35 + West Street
Eatontown, NJ 07724

Coordinates: 40.34963, -74.07296

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