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History · East Freehold

Half of East Freehold’s homes were built after 1985

Most of East Freehold was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1888 on and the census since 1980.

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What stands out about East Freehold’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 East Freehold are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18887 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1995. Watch East Freehold change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Freehold’s history is told.

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On the map

East Freehold on the map, 1888 to 1995

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

East Freehold on the 1888 USGS mapEast Freehold on the 1893 USGS mapEast Freehold on the 1901 USGS mapEast Freehold on the 1947 USGS mapEast Freehold on the 1954 USGS mapEast Freehold on the 1981 USGS mapEast Freehold on the 1995 USGS map1888Sandy Hook 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 East Freehold.

The story so far

East Freehold, in brief

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

East Freehold is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP population was 4,987.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 4,894 in 2010, 4,987 in 2020.

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

East Freehold, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005,0005,500198020002020Peak: 4,987

Between 2,990 and 4,987 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to East Freehold

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

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Kevin SmithAmerican filmmaker · b. 1970
Count BasieAmerican jazz musician and composer · b. 1904
Melissa RauchAmerican actress · b. 1980
Abigail SpanbergerAmerican politician and former intelligence off… · b. 1979
Edmund WilsonAmerican writer, literary and social critic, an… · b. 1895
Janis IanAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1951
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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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 U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.