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Port Colden House, Port Colden, NJPhoto: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · Port Colden

27% of Port Colden’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register.

1on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0
On the National Register

1 listing protects 59 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
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historic buildings protected
59
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

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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 →