Celebrate Brick Township's Birthday At Town's Party

BRICK, NJ -- In 1850, Millard Fillmore became president, the debate over the future of slavery was heating up, and the Pinelands were home to a host of saw mills, grist mills and iron forges.

And on Feb. 15, 1850, Brick Township came into being.

The town’s boundaries were far different then, encompassing the area where Lakewood, Point Pleasant, Point Pleasant Beach, Bay Head and Mantoloking as well as Brick exist today, according to the Brick Township Historical Society. Its population was far different too; according to the historical society, Brick’s population in the 1850 Census was recorded as 1,558.

The township turned 166 years old on Monday and town officials and its Brick Youth Club are inviting township residents to come out and help celebrate its birthday at a birthday party on Saturday at Civic Plaza.

The party runs from noon to 2 p.m. at the plaza on Chambersbridge Road and will include performances by Broadway Bound, Idol Time Academy, Standing Ovation Dance School and Voices From the Lake, the chorus from Lake RIviera Middle School.

There will be cake, games, prizes and much more, organizers said. Admission is free and there will be fun for the whole family, organizers said.