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History · Forsgate

Half of Forsgate’s homes were built after 2001

Most of Forsgate was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: maps from 1888 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Forsgate’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 Forsgate 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 1981. Watch Forsgate change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Forsgate’s history is told.

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On the map

Forsgate on the map, 1888 to 1981

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

Forsgate on the 1888 USGS mapForsgate on the 1893 USGS mapForsgate on the 1901 USGS mapForsgate on the 1942 USGS mapForsgate on the 1953 USGS mapForsgate on the 1970 USGS mapForsgate on the 1981 USGS map1888New Brunswick 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 Forsgate.

The story so far

Forsgate, in brief

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

Forsgate is a golf course community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It consists of Forsgate Country Club and its associated housing developments. As of the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 2,056.

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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Famous people

Famous people close to Forsgate

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

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Tim HowardAmerican soccer player · b. 1979
Andrew BynumAmerican basketball player · b. 1987
Mr. LawrenceAmerican voice actor · b. 1969
Brian SelznickAmerican writer and illustrator · b. 1966
Sydney SchneiderJamaican-American soccer player · b. 1999
Nick WilliamsAmerican football wide receiver · b. 1990

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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. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.