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Berlin Township dates to 1927

More historic than 14% of U.S. towns · #456 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it

Most of Berlin Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1888 on, and the census since 1930.

1927founded
0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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From Berlin Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Berlin Township began

When was Berlin Township founded?

1927

Berlin Township dates its founding to 1927 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1930.

First census: 1,955 in 19302020 census: 5,86799 years

How historic is Berlin Township?

D

More historic than 14% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1892.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Berlin Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Berlin Township is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #456 of 468 in New Jersey. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.

D
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Berlin Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1927, from Wikidata: founded 1900–1944, an older era than 9% of U.S. townsDHomes built before 19408.9% of homes (±5.9) · typical NJ town 14.7% · U.S. 8.4%C+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical NJ town 3.7 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 14%
NewerOlder
New Jersey towns of 2,500+ (468)Ahead of 3%

New Jersey towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical New Jersey town has 3.7 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Berlin Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (12% of New Jersey towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.9 points). Two sources give 1927.

Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Berlin Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18886 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1981. Watch Berlin Township change.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Berlin Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Berlin Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo4 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewBenton Filling Station, 33 East Taunton…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Berlin Township on the map, 1888 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Berlin Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Berlin Township on the 1888 USGS mapBerlin Township on the 1894 USGS mapBerlin Township on the 1942 USGS mapBerlin Township on the 1953 USGS mapBerlin Township on the 1967 USGS mapBerlin Township on the 1981 USGS map1888Mount Holly sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Berlin Township.

The story

How Berlin Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Berlin Township.

Read it all →

What is now Berlin was known in earlier times as "Longacoming." The Lenape Native Americans used Lonaconing Trail to describe the travel route that ran through the area, connecting the Jersey Shore to the Delaware River. Another tradition cites early European visitors who found a stream at the head of the Great Egg Harbor River and appreciated the respite as being "long a coming".

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Berlin Township, 1888 to 1927

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1892Post officeThe West Berlin post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1927
    FoundingBerlin Township is established
By decade

Berlin Township, decade by decade

Date unknown4 to date
Benton Filling Station, 33 East Taunton RoadDate?Benton Filling Station, 33 East Taunton RoadBenton Filling Station, Residence, 33 East Taunton RoadDate?Benton Filling Station, Residence, 33 East Taunton Ro…Benton Filling Station, Filling Station Building, 33 East Taunton RoadDate?Benton Filling Station, Filling Station Building, 33 …Benton Filling Station, Ticket Agent Building, 33 East Taunton RoadDate?Benton Filling Station, Ticket Agent Building, 33 Eas…
Today6 recent
Marie Fleche Memorial Library, Berlin, NJ, Feb. 20252025Marie Fleche Memorial Library, Berlin, NJ, Feb. 2025Centenary United Methodist Church, Berlin, NJ, Feb. 20252025Centenary United Methodist Church, Berlin, NJ, Feb. 2…Berlin Borough, NJ veterans memorial, Feb. 20252025Berlin Borough, NJ veterans memorial, Feb. 2025Berlin Borough, NJ Municipal Building, Feb. 20252025Berlin Borough, NJ Municipal Building, Feb. 2025Berlin NJ Depot2011Berlin NJ DepotCensus Bureau map of2008Census Bureau map ofMap
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Benton Filling Station, 33 East Taunton Road
Retake this viewBenton Filling Station, 33 East Taunton Road

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Berlin Township’s page.

Retake this view · +15
People over time

Berlin Township, census by census

02,0004,0006,0008,00019401960198020002020Peak: 7,588

Between 1,753 and 7,588 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Berlin Township’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
East BerlinWest Berlin

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Berlin2 historic placesBWest BerlinIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVoorhees Township2 historic placesC−Evesham Township9 historic placesB+LindenwoldIts storyC−

Questions about Berlin Township’s history

What year was Berlin Township founded?

In 1927, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Berlin Township’s post office opened in 1892, and the census of 1930 counted 1,955 people here.

How does Berlin Township rank for history?

Berlin Township is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #456 of 468 in New Jersey. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Berlin Township?

9% of Berlin Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.9 points), against a typical 15% for a New Jersey town; the median home was built in 1970.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikimedia Commons (6), the Library of Congress (4), Wikidata (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.