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History · Delaware Park

35% of Delaware Park’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1890 on and old-book passages.

0on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Delaware Park’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Delaware Park 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 Delaware Park change.Old housesHalf of Delaware Park’s homes were built before 1954.
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On the map

Delaware Park on the map, 1890 to 1994

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

Delaware Park on the 1890 USGS mapDelaware Park on the 1932 USGS mapDelaware Park on the 1943 USGS mapDelaware Park on the 1953 USGS mapDelaware Park on the 1994 USGS map1890Easton 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 Delaware Park.

The story so far

Delaware Park, in brief

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

Delaware Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Lopatcong Township, in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that was created as part of the 2010 United States census. As of the 2020 census, Delaware Park had a population of 739.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 700 to 739 (+6%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Delaware Park in 1929

Passages that mention Delaware Park, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Delaware Park is a suburb of Phillipsburg, on the highway leading to Belvidere. POHATCONG TOWNSHIP Pohatcong Township was formed in 1881 from that part of Greenwich lying in the extreme southwestern corner of the county. It was named from the creek whose beautiful valley forms a part of its territo…
History and directory of Warren County, New Jersey1929 · page 26Read the page →
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Delaware Park is a suburb of Phillipsburg, on the highway leading to Belvidere. POHATCONG TOWNSHIP Pohatcong Township was formed in 1881 from that part of Greenwich lying in the extreme southwestern corner of the county. It was named from the creek whose beautiful valley forms a part of its territory.

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Delaware Park

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

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James McKeen CattellAmerican psychologist · b. 1860
Jack ColemanAmerican actor and screenwriter · b. 1958
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Randall MunroeAmerican cartoonist, author and engineer · b. 1984
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Yvonne ZimaAmerican actress · b. 1989
Courtney HenggelerAmerican actress · b. 1978
Florence Barbara SeibertAmerican biochemist · b. 1897

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.