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Newfield’s post office opened in 1864, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 34% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: 2 old photos and papers from 1850 on.

1864first post office
0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Newfield’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Newfield began

When was Newfield founded?

1864

The Newfield post office opened in 1864, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1924.

2020 census: 1,774162 years

How historic is Newfield?

C

More historic than 34% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Newfield post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1924.
History grade

What drives Newfield’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Newfield is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Newfield’s overall grade.
Founding era1864, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194018.0% of homes (±6.0) · typical NJ town 14.7% · U.S. 8.4%B+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical NJ town 3.7 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 34%
NewerOlder

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 Newfield’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (12% of New Jersey towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.0 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata gives 1924.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 →

What stands out about Newfield’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Newfield’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Newfield’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District Descri…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Newfield, in brief

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

Newfield is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,774, an increase of 221 (+14.2%) from the 2010 census count of 1,553, which in turn reflected a decline of 63 (−3.9%) from the 1,616 counted in the 2000 census. Newfield was formed as a borough by the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1924, from portions of Franklin Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 1, 1924. In the weeks before the legislature approved the formation of the borough, a group of 240 residents traveled to Trenton by train to lobby on behalf of the creation of an independent municipality. The borough's name d…

Its first post office opened in 1864. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,553 to 1,774 (+14%).

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

Timeline

Newfield, 1850 to 1912

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New Jersey - Gloucester County - ED 8-29,…
  3. 1864Post officeThe Newfield post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1912In the archiveUS Post office Newfield NJ 1912
By decade

Newfield, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1850s to the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1850s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New Jersey - Gloucester County - ED 8-29, ED 8-30, ED 8-31, ED 8-32, ED…18501940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New J…
1910s1 item
US Post office Newfield NJ 19121912US Post office Newfield NJ 1912
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today4 recent
Newfield, NJ EMS station, Nov. 20242024Newfield, NJ EMS station, Nov. 2024First Baptist Church, Newfield, NJ, Nov. 20242024First Baptist Church, Newfield, NJ, Nov. 2024Edgarton Christian Academy, Newfield, NJ, Nov. 20242024Edgarton Christian Academy, Newfield, NJ, Nov. 2024Map of Gloucester County highlighting Newfield Borough2004Map of Gloucester County highlighting Newfield BoroughMap
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New Jersey - Gloucester County - ED 8-29, ED 8-30, ED 8-31, ED 8-32, ED…
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New Jersey - Gloucester County - ED 8-29, ED 8-30, ED 8-31, ED 8-32, ED…, 1850

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Newfield’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Newfield

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

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Steven S. DeKnightAmerican television screenwriter, producer, and… · b. 1965
Logan Pearsall SmithBritish American-born writer · b. 1865
Roscoe LockwoodAmerican rower · b. 1875
Anne WaldmanAmerican poet · b. 1945
Al McCoyAmerican boxer · b. 1894
Joe GacyAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1987
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Franklin TownshipIts storyC

Questions about Newfield’s history

What year was Newfield founded?

The Newfield post office opened in 1864, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1924.

How does Newfield rank for history?

Newfield is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns. 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.

How old are the homes in Newfield?

18% of Newfield’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.0 points), against a typical 15% for a New Jersey town; the median home was built in 1975.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (6), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.