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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 716 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ASBURY, FRANCIS (1745–1816)

ASBURY See also:
PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)
PARK , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

Monmouth See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, New See also:

Jersey, U.S.A., on the See also:

ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean, about 35 M. S. of New See also:

York City (50 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail). Pop. (lgoo) 4148; (1905) 4526; (1910) 10,150. It is served by the Central of New Jersey and the See also:

Pennsylvania See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, and by electric railway lines connecting it with other New Jersey See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast resorts both See also:

north and See also:

south. Fresh-See also:

WATER

water lakes, one of which, See also:

DEAL

Deal See also:

Lake, extends for some distance into the wooded See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

NORTHERN

northern and See also:

SOUTHERN

southern boundaries. It is one of the most popular seaside resorts on the Atlantic coast, its numerous hotels and cottages accommodating a summer See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population that approximates 50,000, and a large transient population in the autumn and See also:

winter months. There is an excellent See also:

BEACH

beach, along which extends a See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board-walk about r m. See also:

long; the beach is owned and controlled by the See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality. The municipality owns and operates its water-See also:

WORKS

works, water being obtained from artesian See also:

wells. Asbury Park was founded in 1869, was named in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the Rev. See also:

Francis Asbury, was incorporated as a See also:

borough in 1874, and was chartered as a city in 1897. In 1906 territory to the See also:

west with a population estimated at 6000 was annexed.

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