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History · North Middletown

35% of North Middletown’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1888 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about North Middletown’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 North Middletown are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18887 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1998. Watch North Middletown change.Old housesHalf of North Middletown’s homes were built before 1951.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how North Middletown’s history is told.

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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

North Middletown on the map, 1888 to 1998

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

North Middletown on the 1888 USGS mapNorth Middletown on the 1893 USGS mapNorth Middletown on the 1901 USGS mapNorth Middletown on the 1947 USGS mapNorth Middletown on the 1954 USGS mapNorth Middletown on the 1970 USGS mapNorth Middletown on the 1998 USGS map1888Sandy Hook 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 North Middletown.

The story so far

North Middletown, in brief

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

North Middletown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) within Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the CDP population was 3,146, down from 3,295 in 2010. The community was formerly known as East Keansburg and was renamed North Middletown by municipal ordinance around 1988.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,295 to 3,146 (-5%).

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

North Middletown, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,50020002020Peak: 3,295

Between 3,146 and 3,295 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to North Middletown

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

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Charlie PuthAmerican singer, songwriter, and record producer · b. 1991
Kevin SmithAmerican filmmaker · b. 1970
Count BasieAmerican jazz musician and composer · b. 1904
Jodi Lyn O'KeefeAmerican actress and model · b. 1978
Jason MewesAmerican actor · b. 1974
Abigail SpanbergerAmerican politician and former intelligence off… · b. 1979
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

KeansburgIts storyC+Middletown Township16 historic placesAPort Monmouth1 historic placenot 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.