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History · Oak Valley

Half of Oak Valley’s homes were built after 1960

Most of Oak Valley was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1960. Below: maps from 1891 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register
0.9%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Oak Valley’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 Oak Valley are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18917 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1995. Watch Oak Valley change.Old housesHalf of Oak Valley’s homes were built before 1960.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Oak Valley’s history is told.

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On the map

Oak Valley on the map, 1891 to 1995

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

Oak Valley on the 1891 USGS mapOak Valley on the 1920 USGS mapOak Valley on the 1949 USGS mapOak Valley on the 1951 USGS mapOak Valley on the 1967 USGS mapOak Valley on the 1986 USGS mapOak Valley on the 1995 USGS map1891Philadelphia 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 Oak Valley.

The story so far

Oak Valley, in brief

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

Oak Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Deptford Township in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Oak Valley had a population of 3,497. Oak Valley and neighboring Pine Acres are located east of Route 45, isolated from the rest of Deptford Township, requiring residents to drive through the neighboring communities of Woodbury Heights or Wenonah to reach other destinations in the township. The neighborhood was built between the mid-1950s and 1963 on a combination of farmland, fruit orchards and the former grounds of the Forest View Country Club, later known as Oak Valley Country Club, which was a golf cour…

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,483 in 2010, 3,497 in 2020.

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

By decade

Oak Valley, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Oak valley cdp nj 0152005Oak valley cdp nj 015
People over time

Oak Valley, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,50020002020Peak: 4,055

Between 3,483 and 4,055 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Oak Valley

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

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Sylvia A. EarleAmerican oceanographer · b. 1935
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Madeline BrewerAmerican actress · b. 1992
Roscoe Lee BrowneAmerican actor and director · b. 1922
Grace HelbigAmerican YouTuber · b. 1985
James Edward BartonAmerican actor · b. 1890
Tyler MillerAmerican soccer player · b. 1993
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Deptford Township1 historic placeBWoodbury HeightsIts storyC−Wenonah1 historic placeB+

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.