On March 11, 1908, the Eatontown Council passed the following resolution: “Resolved that the Township Committee, of the Township of Eatontown, do earnestly protest against the incorporation of the proposed borough of West Long Branch as imperious to the township in seriously reducing its already small territory and cutting off a valuable portion of its assessed valuation in which but a small portion of its permanent population resides.” An election was held on May 5, 1908 and the minutes of Eatontown Council state:

“On June 16th, 1908 the Township was separated in two sections, Eatontown and Oceanport remaining in Eatontown Township and West Long Branch as The Borough of West Long Branch.”