Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Clearbrook was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1888 on and the census since 1990.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clearbrook’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Clearbrook. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Clearbrook.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Clearbrook yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Clearbrook is a gated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 2,909, up from 2,667 in 2010.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Between 2,667 and 3,053 people in every census since 1990.
4 censuses, 1990–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Clearbrook’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Clearbrook itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
