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is an unincorporated area or informal "village" located within Eagleswood Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, in the United States.
The village is named after the stream that runs through it, West Creek. The name "West Creek" is derived from the Lenape word "westeconk," meaning "place of fat meat."
As of the United States 2000 Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08092 was 3,003.
Captain Hazelton Seaman built and designed the first sneakbox, the "Devil's Coffin," in 1836, in West Creek, New Jersey.