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History · Browns Mills

Half of Browns Mills’ homes were built after 1974

Most of Browns Mills was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: 4 old photos and papers from 1890 on.

0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
2famous people
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From Browns Mills’ archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Browns Mills’ 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.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Browns Mills’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewInterior of Cup & Saucer Tea Room: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Browns Mills, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Browns Mills yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Browns Mills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Pemberton Township, in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census the CDP's population was 10,734, a decrease of 489 (-4.4%) from the 11,223 counted at the 2010 United States census, which in turn reflected a decrease of 34 (-0.3%) from the 2000 census. Browns Mills is known as the home of Deborah Heart and Lung Center.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 11,223 to 10,734 (-4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Browns Mills, 1890 to 1968

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890In the archiveInterior of Cup & Saucer Tea Room
  3. 20th century
  4. 1910In the archiveGeneral view of White's Bog. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey
  5. 1965Born hereJon Hensley is born here
  6. 1968Born hereBeetlejuice is born here
By decade

Browns Mills, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1890s to the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s–1910s4 items
Interior of Cup & Saucer Tea Room1890Interior of Cup & Saucer Tea RoomGeneral view of White's Bog. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey1910General view of White's Bog. Location: Browns Mills, …General View of part of Whites Bog1910General View of part of Whites BogJennie Capparomie, 708 S. Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 5 years old. Whites Bog1910Jennie Capparomie, 708 S. Walnut Street, Philadelphia…
1920s–1990snothing yet
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.
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Then & now

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Interior of Cup & Saucer Tea Room
Retake this viewInterior of Cup & Saucer Tea Room, 1890

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Browns Mills

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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BeetlejuiceAmerican actor · b. 1968
Jon HensleyAmerican actor, singer and songwriter · b. 1965

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (4) and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.