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History · Pemberton Heights

Half of Pemberton Heights’ homes were built after 1968

Most of Pemberton Heights was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1968. Below: maps from 1888 on and the census since 1980.

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What stands out about Pemberton Heights’ 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 Pemberton Heights 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 1981. Watch Pemberton Heights change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pemberton Heights’s history is told.

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On the map

Pemberton Heights on the map, 1888 to 1981

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

Pemberton Heights on the 1888 USGS mapPemberton Heights on the 1894 USGS mapPemberton Heights on the 1918 USGS mapPemberton Heights on the 1949 USGS mapPemberton Heights on the 1951 USGS mapPemberton Heights on the 1971 USGS mapPemberton Heights on the 1981 USGS map1888Pemberton 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 Heights.

The story so far

Pemberton Heights, in brief

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

Pemberton Heights is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Pemberton Township, in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Pemberton Heights had a population of 2,485.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,423 to 2,485 (+3%).

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

Pemberton Heights, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500198020002020Peak: 3,150

Between 2,423 and 3,150 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Pemberton Heights’ Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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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.