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History · Fieldsboro

Fieldsboro dates to 1850, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1888 on, and the census since 1900.

1850founded
0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Quick answers

How Fieldsboro began

When was Fieldsboro founded?

1850

Fieldsboro dates its founding to 1850 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1900.

First census: 459 in 19002020 census: 526176 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1880.

What stands out about Fieldsboro’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18888 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1995. Watch Fieldsboro change.Old housesHalf of Fieldsboro’s homes were built before 1958.
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Start Fieldsboro’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Fieldsboro on the map, 1888 to 1995

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

Fieldsboro on the 1888 USGS mapFieldsboro on the 1893 USGS mapFieldsboro on the 1906 USGS mapFieldsboro on the 1918 USGS mapFieldsboro on the 1957 USGS mapFieldsboro on the 1970 USGS mapFieldsboro on the 1981 USGS mapFieldsboro on the 1995 USGS map1888Bordentown 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 Fieldsboro.

The story so far

Fieldsboro, in brief

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

Fieldsboro is a borough in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 526, a decrease of 14 (−2.6%) from the 2010 census count of 540, which in turn reflected an increase of 18 (+3.4%) from the 522 counted in the 2000 census. The borough, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Fieldsboro was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature as Fieldsborough on March 7, 1850, within portions of Mansfield Township. It separated from Bordentown Township as an independent municipality c. 1894. The borough was named for the Field family, prominent early settlers in t…

Fieldsboro was established in 1850. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 540 to 526 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Fieldsboro, 1850 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850
    FoundingFieldsboro is established
  3. 1850In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New Jersey - Burlington County - ED 3-47,…
  4. 1880Post officeThe Fieldsboro post office opens
  5. 1888On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1966Post officeThe Fieldsboro post office closes
By decade

Fieldsboro, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1850s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1850s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New Jersey - Burlington County - ED 3-47, ED 3-48, ED 3-49, ED 3-5018501940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New J…
Today5 recent
Fieldsboro, NJ borough hall, Nov. 20242024Fieldsboro, NJ borough hall, Nov. 2024Fieldsboro, NJ Veterans Memorial, Nov. 20242024Fieldsboro, NJ Veterans Memorial, Nov. 2024Flickr - DVIDSHUB - Individual Augmentee (Image 6 of 11)2011Flickr - DVIDSHUB - Individual Augmentee (Image 6 of …Census Bureau map of2008Census Bureau map ofMapMap of Burlington County highlighting2004Map of Burlington County highlightingMap
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.

1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New Jersey - Burlington County - ED 3-47, ED 3-48, ED 3-49, ED 3-50
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New Jersey - Burlington County - ED 3-47, ED 3-48, ED 3-49, ED 3-50, 1850

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

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People over time

Fieldsboro, census by census

01002003004005006001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 615

Between 459 and 615 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Fieldsboro

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

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James Fenimore CooperAmerican writer · b. 1789
Dennis RodmanAmerican basketball player · b. 1961
Antonin ScaliaAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U… · b. 1936
Poul AndersonAmerican science fiction writer · b. 1926
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Richard KindAmerican actor · b. 1956
Hunter SchaferAmerican actress, model, and LGBTQ activist · b. 1998
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Fieldsboro had its own post office from 1880 to 1966.

Fieldsboro
1880–1966
18801950today

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.

Bordentown Township1 historic placeC+

Questions about Fieldsboro’s history

What year was Fieldsboro founded?

In 1850, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Fieldsboro’s post office opened in 1880, and the census of 1900 counted 459 people here.

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), 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.