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Pemberton Township dates to 1826, and 4 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 59% of U.S. towns · #260 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it
Most of Pemberton Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973. Below: 12 old photos and papers, maps from 1888 on, and the census since 1870.
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1800.
History grade
What drives Pemberton Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pemberton Township is more historic than 59% of U.S. towns, #260 of 468 in New Jersey. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Pemberton Township’s overall grade.
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 Pemberton Township’s 3.7 sits near the middle of its state (49% of New Jersey towns have fewer) while its 10 historic buildings outnumber those of 76% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share (±1.2 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1826.
Founding year: Wikipedia (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 Pemberton Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
New Mills
1800–1827
Pemberton
1827–today
New Lisbon
1834–today
Brown Mills
1850–today
Birmingham
1868–today
Whitesbog
1923–1957
18001910today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BirminghamBrowns MillsBrowns Mills JunctionComical CornersCountry Lake EstatesEarlys CrossingHanover FurnaceLower MillMagnoliaNew LisbonPemberton HeightsPresidential Lake EstatesPresidential Lakes EstatesScrapetownUpper MillUptonWhitesbog
Gone or out of use
Marl Pitmine
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Pemberton Township on the map, 1888 to 1997
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pemberton Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1888Pemberton 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 Pemberton Township.
By decade
Pemberton Township, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
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.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pemberton Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Pemberton is a borough in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,371, a decrease of 38 (−2.7%) from the 2010 census count of 1,409, which in turn reflected an increase of 199 (+16.4%) from the 1,210 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Pemberton was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on December 15, 1826, within portions of New Hanover Township and Northampton Township (now known as Mount Holly Township). Pemberton became an independent borough c. 1894. The borough is named for James Pemberton, a p…
Pemberton Township was established in 1826. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 27,912 to 26,903 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Pemberton Township, 1800 to 1910
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In 1826, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Pemberton Township’s post office opened in 1800, and the census of 1870 counted 797 people here.
How does Pemberton Township rank for history?
Pemberton Township is more historic than 59% of U.S. towns, #260 of 468 in New Jersey. 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.
What is on the National Register in Pemberton Township?
4 listings: 4 buildings, among them the North Pemberton Railroad Station (listed 1978, the first). 10 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Pemberton Township?
4% of Pemberton Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.2 points), against a typical 15% for a New Jersey town; the median home was built in 1973.
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 the Library of Congress (12), the National Register of Historic Places (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
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