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History · Middlebush

Middlebush’s post office opened in 1849, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Middlebush was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977.

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How Middlebush began

When was Middlebush founded?

1849

The Middlebush post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 2,368177 years
Founding year: the first Middlebush post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 listing protects 37 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
37
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Somerset2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSix Mile Run1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFranklin CenterIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Millstone1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Middlebush’s history

What year was Middlebush founded?

The Middlebush post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 →