Beverly’s post office opened in 1849, and 49% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 93% of U.S. towns · #44 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it
Its Register listing is the St. Stephens Episcopal Church. Its Register listing is the St. Stephens Episcopal Church. Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1895 on, and the census since 1860.
Founding year: the first Beverly post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1850.
History grade
What drives Beverly’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Beverly is more historic than 93% of U.S. towns, #44 of 468 in New Jersey. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Beverly’s overall grade.
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 Beverly’s 11.9 sits above most of its state (71% of New Jersey towns have fewer) while its 3 historic buildings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from A− to A+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±11.3 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata gives 1850.
Founding year: the first post office (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 Beverly’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
People over time
Beverly, census by census
Peaked at 3,400 in 1960; 2,499 people lived here in 2020.
17 censuses, 1860–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Beverly’s Wikipedia page.
The story so far
Beverly, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Beverly yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Beverly is a city in Burlington County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 2,499, a decrease of 78 (−3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 2,577, which in turn had reflected a decline of 84 (−3.2%) from the 2,661 counted in the 2000 census. The city and all of Burlington County constitute a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Beverly was originally incorporated as a borough on March 5, 1850, within Willingboro Township. Beverly was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 13, 1857, replacing Beverly borough, based on the results of a referendum held that day. Beverly Township, formed in 1859, co…
Its first post office opened in 1849. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,577 to 2,499 (-3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Beverly, 1849 to 1960
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
The Beverly post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1850.
How does Beverly rank for history?
Beverly is more historic than 93% of U.S. towns, #44 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.
What is on the National Register in Beverly?
One place: the St. Stephens Episcopal Church (listed 1999).
How old are the homes in Beverly?
49% of Beverly’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±11.3 points), against a typical 15% for a New Jersey town; the median home was built in 1943.
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 (10), the Library of Congress (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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