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History · Eagleswood Township

Eagleswood Township dates to 1874, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 39% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: 5 old photos and papers, maps from 1888 on, and the census since 1880.

1874founded
0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
5old photos & papers
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From Eagleswood Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Eagleswood Township began

When was Eagleswood Township founded?

1874

Eagleswood Township dates its founding to 1874 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1880.

First census: 592 in 18802020 census: 1,722152 years

How historic is Eagleswood Township?

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More historic than 39% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1834.
History grade

What drives Eagleswood Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Eagleswood Township is more historic than 39% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Eagleswood Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1874, from Wikidata: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194023.2% of homes (±4.7) · typical NJ town 14.7% · U.S. 8.4%A−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical NJ town 3.7 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 39%
NewerOlder

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 Eagleswood Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (12% of New Jersey towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1874.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.7 points).

Founding year: Wikidata (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 Eagleswood Township’s past

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

Shrank, then grewLost half of its people between 1890 and 1920, then grew 4-fold.On the map since 18885 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1972. Watch Eagleswood Township change.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Eagleswood Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.
★ What stands out · People over time

Eagleswood Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001,80018801900192019401960198020002020791 in 1890Low: 420

Lost half of its people between 1890 and 1920, then grew 4-fold.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

On the map

Eagleswood Township on the map, 1888 to 1972

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

Eagleswood Township on the 1888 USGS mapEagleswood Township on the 1893 USGS mapEagleswood Township on the 1942 USGS mapEagleswood Township on the 1951 USGS mapEagleswood Township on the 1972 USGS map1888Little Egg Harbor 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 Eagleswood Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Staffordville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

West Creek
1834–today
Staffordville
1872–1895
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CoxstownEagleswood VillageSpraguetownStafford ForgeStaffordvilleWest Creek
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Eagleswood Township
StaffordvilleWest Creek

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Eagleswood Township, in brief

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

Eagleswood Township is a township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,722, the highest recorded in any decennial count and an increase of 119 (+7.4%) from the 2010 census count of 1,603, which in turn reflected an increase of 162 (+11.2%) from the 1,441 counted in the 2000 census. Eagleswood Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1874, from portions of Stafford Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Beach Haven (November 11, 1890) and Long Beach Township (March 23, 1899).

Eagleswood Township was established in 1874. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,603 to 1,722 (+7%).

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

Timeline

Eagleswood Township, 1834 to 2020

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1834Post officeThe West Creek post office opens
  3. 1866In the archiveEagleswood, New Jersey title QS:P1476,en:"Eagleswood, New Jersey "label QS:Len,"Eagleswoo…
  4. 1872Post officeThe Staffordville post office opens
  5. 1874
    FoundingEagleswood Township is established
  6. 1888On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1895Post officeThe Staffordville post office closes
  8. 20th century
  9. 1970In the archiveMarshlands on the New Jersey Shore near West Creek, New Jersey
  10. 21st century
  11. 2020CensusPopulation peaks at 1,722
By decade

Eagleswood Township, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1860s to the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1860s1 item
Eagleswood, New Jersey title QS:P1476,en:"Eagleswood, New Jersey "label QS:Len,"Eagleswood, New Jersey "1866Eagleswood, New Jersey title QS:P1476,en:"Eagleswood,…
1970s1 item
Marshlands on the New Jersey Shore near West Creek, New Jersey1970Marshlands on the New Jersey Shore near West Creek, N…
1980s–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.
Add from your album
Date unknown3 to date
GENERAL VIEW OF SOUTH SIDE - Schoolhouse, Division Street, West Creek, Ocean County, NJDate?GENERAL VIEW OF SOUTH SIDE - Schoolhouse, Division St…PERSPECTIVE VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST - West Creek United Methodist Church, Church Street, West Creek, Ocean County, NJDate?PERSPECTIVE VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST - West Creek Unite…Towns of West Creek and Staffordville, U.S. Highway 9, West of Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, West Creek, Ocean Cou…Date?Towns of West Creek and Staffordville, U.S. Highway 9…
Today8 recent
West Creek United Methodist Church, Eagleswood, NJ, Dec. 20242024West Creek United Methodist Church, Eagleswood, NJ, D…Eagleswood, NJ fire company, Dec. 20242024Eagleswood, NJ fire company, Dec. 2024Eagleswood Township, NJ municipal building, Dec. 20242024Eagleswood Township, NJ municipal building, Dec. 2024Eagle's Nest Airport Sign November 20242024Eagle's Nest Airport Sign November 2024Eagle's Nest Airport November 20242024Eagle's Nest Airport November 2024Aerial view of Northern New Jersey2017Aerial view of Northern New JerseyCensus Bureau map of Eagleswood Township, New Jersey2008Census Bureau map of Eagleswood Township, New JerseyMapEagleswood twp nj 0292005Eagleswood twp nj 029
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Eagleswood, New Jersey title QS:P1476,en:"Eagleswood, New Jersey "label QS:Len,"Eagleswood, New Jersey "
Retake this viewEagleswood, New Jersey title QS:P1476,en:"Eagleswood, New Jersey "label QS:Len,"Eagleswood, New Jersey ", 1866

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Eagleswood Township’s page.

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Help out

Start Eagleswood Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eagleswood Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo3 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewEagleswood, New Jersey title QS:P1476,e…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Long Beach TownshipIts storyC−Little Egg Harbor TownshipIts storyD−Stafford Township2 historic placesB

Questions about Eagleswood Township’s history

What year was Eagleswood Township founded?

In 1874, according to Wikidata. Eagleswood Township’s post office opened in 1834, and the census of 1880 counted 592 people here.

How does Eagleswood Township rank for history?

Eagleswood Township is more historic than 39% of U.S. towns. 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.

How old are the homes in Eagleswood Township?

23% of Eagleswood Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.7 points), against a typical 15% for a New Jersey town; the median home was built in 1972.

Memory lane

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

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (12), the Library of Congress (1), 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.