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History · Menlo Park Terrace

Half of Menlo Park Terrace’s homes were built after 1954

Most of Menlo Park Terrace was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1954. Below: maps from 1888 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Menlo Park Terrace’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 Menlo Park Terrace are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18888 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1995. Watch Menlo Park Terrace change.Old housesHalf of Menlo Park Terrace’s homes were built before 1954.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Menlo Park Terrace’s history is told.

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On the map

Menlo Park Terrace on the map, 1888 to 1995

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

Menlo Park Terrace on the 1888 USGS mapMenlo Park Terrace on the 1893 USGS mapMenlo Park Terrace on the 1905 USGS mapMenlo Park Terrace on the 1921 USGS mapMenlo Park Terrace on the 1956 USGS mapMenlo Park Terrace on the 1970 USGS mapMenlo Park Terrace on the 1981 USGS mapMenlo Park Terrace on the 1995 USGS map1888Plainfield 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 Menlo Park Terrace.

The story so far

Menlo Park Terrace, in brief

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

Menlo Park Terrace is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,806.

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

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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 Menlo Park Terrace

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

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Jon Bon JoviAmerican musician · b. 1962
David CopperfieldAmerican illusionist · b. 1956
Virginia ApgarAmerican obstetrical anesthesiologist · b. 1909
Bill EvansAmerican jazz pianist · b. 1929
Richie SamboraAmerican rock musician · b. 1959
Charles AddamsAmerican cartoonist · b. 1912
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

IselinIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFordsIts 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. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.