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History · Leisure Knoll

Half of Leisure Knoll’s homes were built after 1981

Most of Leisure Knoll was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1888 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Leisure Knoll’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 Leisure Knoll are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18886 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1971. Watch Leisure Knoll change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Leisure Knoll’s history is told.

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On the map

Leisure Knoll on the map, 1888 to 1971

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

Leisure Knoll on the 1888 USGS mapLeisure Knoll on the 1894 USGS mapLeisure Knoll on the 1900 USGS mapLeisure Knoll on the 1947 USGS mapLeisure Knoll on the 1957 USGS mapLeisure Knoll on the 1971 USGS map1888Cassville 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 Leisure Knoll.

The story so far

Leisure Knoll, in brief

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

Leisure Knoll is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Manchester Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Leisure Knoll had a population of 2,562.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,490 to 2,562 (+3%).

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

Leisure Knoll, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,00020002020Peak: 2,707

Between 2,467 and 2,707 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Leisure Knoll

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

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Mark GeigerAmerican association football referee · b. 1974
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Armin ShimermanAmerican actor · b. 1949
Juice NewtonAmerican pop and country singer · b. 1952
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Tom PelphreyAmerican actor · b. 1982
Haakon ChevalierAmerican translator, writer and academic · b. 1901
Steve TischAmerican businessman · b. 1949
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

LakehurstIts storyCLeisure Village WestIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.