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History · Money Island

Half of Money Island’s homes were built after 1987

Most of Money Island was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1890 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Money Island’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 Money Island are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18904 editions of the USGS map, 1890 to 1972. Watch Money Island change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Money Island’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Money Island on the map, 1890 to 1972

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

Money Island on the 1890 USGS mapMoney Island on the 1942 USGS mapMoney Island on the 1956 USGS mapMoney Island on the 1972 USGS map1890Bridgeton 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 Money Island.

The story so far

Money Island, in brief

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

Money Island is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) that is the smallest and most remote of five rural communities that make up Downe Township in Cumberland County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The road that led to the development of Money Island was constructed in the late 1930s. In the 1940s, the first homes were constructed in the community. The community is located on the shore of the Delaware Bay on the southern side of Nantuxent Creek. Its location may be described as the southwest corner of New Jersey. Money Island is a low-income community which has been devastated by sea level rise and Hurricane Sandy. Local opinions have been divided regarding particip…

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 Money Island

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

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Lester Russell BrownAmerican environmental analyst · b. 1934
Logan Pearsall SmithBritish American-born writer · b. 1865
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Steven S. DeKnightAmerican television screenwriter, producer, and… · b. 1965
Anne WaldmanAmerican poet · b. 1945
Samuel Alexander Kinnier WilsonBritish neurologist · b. 1878
Frank LoBiondoAmerican politician · b. 1946
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Downe TownshipIts storyA−Lawrence TownshipIts storyC+

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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.