Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Among the most historic 1% of U.S. towns · #3 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it
6 places in town are on the National Register, among them the Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site, a National Historic Landmark, and two historic districts with 476 buildings between them. Below: 11 old photos and papers, maps from 1887 on, and the census since 1850.
Among the most historic 1% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Haddonfield is among the most historic 1% of U.S. towns, #3 of 468 in New Jersey. All 2 inputs put Haddonfield near the top nationally; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest.
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 Haddonfield’s 380 sits above most of its state (94% of New Jersey towns have fewer) while its 479 historic buildings outnumber those of 97% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: our sources. 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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier.
★ Landmark
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Haddonfield. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Haddonfield.
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
1887Sheet 1 of 5Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
From Wikipedia’s history of Haddonfield.
The Lenape were indigenous to Haddonfield and the surrounding area, but this Native American tribe largely disappeared following European arrival. Arrowheads and pottery shards have been found by the banks of the Cooper River. The Lenape heritage of the borough is marked with a monument marking their connection to the area.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
BuiltSamuel Mickle House is built
Born hereTimothy Matlack is born here
In the archiveSketch of Haddonfield, March 1778. Sketch of the roads from Pennyhill to Black Horse thro…
In the archiveHaddonfield Friends meeting-house
In the archive1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - New Jersey (NJ) - Camden County - Haddonfield - E…
Born hereRobert Thomas Moore is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveHaddonfield Junction from cab of PRSL train, September 1965
In the archiveDISPATCHER MARKS LOCATIONS ON A CITY MAP FOR THE DIAL A RIDE RADIO DISPATCHED DOOR-TO-DOO…5 decades in the archive, from the 1770s to the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1965Haddonfield Junction from cab of PRSL train, Septembe…
1969PATCO train in Haddonfield, January 19691974DISPATCHER MARKS LOCATIONS ON A CITY MAP FOR THE DIAL…Map
1974ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE DIAL A RIDE RADIO DISPATCHED DO…
1974BUS DRIVERS WAITING BY THEIR DIAL A RIDE RADIO DISPAT…
1974DIAL A RIDE RADIO DISPATCHED DOOR-TO-DOOR BUSES LINE …
1974DISPATCHING CENTER FOR DIAL A RIDE RADIO DISPATCHED D…No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Haddonfield’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 944 and 13,201 people in every census since 1850.
17 censuses, 1850–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Haddonfield’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Haddonfield’s post office has been open since 1800.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Haddonfield is among the most historic 1% of U.S. towns, #3 of 468 in New Jersey. 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.
6 listings: 3 buildings, among them the Indian King Tavern (listed 1970, the first), 2 historic districts, the Haddonfield Historic District and the Cooper River Park Historic District, with 476 contributing buildings, and 1 site. 479 historic buildings in all.
50% of Haddonfield’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.6 points), against a typical 15% for a New Jersey town; the median home was built in 1938.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (11), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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