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History · Corbin City

Corbin City’s post office opened in 1922, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 12 buildings. Below: maps from 1890 on and the census since 1930.

1922first post office
1on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Corbin City began

When was Corbin City founded?

1922

The Corbin City post office opened in 1922, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 256 in 19302020 census: 471104 years
Founding year: the first Corbin City post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Corbin City’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Corbin City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18905 editions of the USGS map, 1890 to 1994. Watch Corbin City change.
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Start Corbin City’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Corbin City’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Corbin City on the map, 1890 to 1994

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

Corbin City on the 1890 USGS mapCorbin City on the 1941 USGS mapCorbin City on the 1956 USGS mapCorbin City on the 1972 USGS mapCorbin City on the 1994 USGS map1890Tuckahoe 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 Corbin City.

The story

How Corbin City came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Corbin City.

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The city has been one of several New Jersey municipalities that have considered consolidation. In 2008, Corbin City announced that it was investigating a prospective merger with neighboring Upper Township, across the county line in Cape May County, citing proximity and that Corbin City's children already attend Upper Township schools. There are no municipalities within New Jersey that have incorporated lands within multiple counties, and by 2010 Cape May County's Board of Chosen Freeholders objected to the plan, citing an analysis that the added costs of serving Corbin City would exceed revenues.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Corbin City, 1890 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1922Post officeThe Corbin City post office opens
  5. 1954Post officeThe Corbin City post office closes
By decade

Corbin City, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Corbin City, NJ city hall (2), Dec. 20242024Corbin City, NJ city hall (2), Dec. 2024Corbin City, NJ city hall (1), Dec. 20242024Corbin City, NJ city hall (1), Dec. 2024Corbin City Hall32024Corbin City Hall3Corbin City Hall22024Corbin City Hall2Corbin City Hall12024Corbin City Hall1Census Bureau map of Corbin City, New Jersey2008Census Bureau map of Corbin City, New JerseyMap
On the National Register

1 listing protects 12 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
12
each building in a district counts
first listed
1989
Marshallville Historic District
Marshallville Historic District
Districts
Marshallville Historic DistrictDistrict

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Corbin City, census by census

010020030040050019401960198020002020Peak: 492

Between 220 and 492 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Corbin City

Nobody well known was born in Corbin City itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Gregory Goodwin PincusAmerican biochemist · b. 1903
Keith AndesAmerican actor · b. 1920
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Robert EttingerAmerican academic, trans humanist and cryonics … · b. 1918
Allan KaprowAmerican artist · b. 1927
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Benjamin BurnleyAmerican rock musician · b. 1978
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Norman Joseph WoodlandInventor of the barcode · b. 1921
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Corbin City had its own post office from 1922 to 1954.

Corbin City
1922–1954
19201970today

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.

Estell Manor3 historic placesC+Upper Township6 historic placesAEgg Harbor Township1 historic placeBMarshallville1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Corbin City’s history

What year was Corbin City founded?

The Corbin City post office opened in 1922, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Corbin City?

One place: the Marshallville Historic District (listed 1989).

Memory lane

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

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.