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History · Robbinsville Center
Half of Robbinsville Center’s homes were built after 2002
Most of Robbinsville Center was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2002. Below: maps from 1888 on.
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What stands out about Robbinsville Center’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Robbinsville Center. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1888Bordentown 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 Robbinsville Center.
The story so far
Robbinsville Center, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Robbinsville Center yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Robbinsville Center is a census-designated place (CDP) located within Robbinsville Township (known as Washington Township until 2007) in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 3,164. Prior to 2020, the CDP was known as Robbinsville, with a population of 3,041 at the 2010 census. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08691. The CDP includes the area of the township developed as a part of the Robbinsville Town Center. The CDP also includes the largely undeveloped land bordered by the Hamilton Township border, U.S. Route 130, and New Jersey Route 33, though there are some plans to develop this area as well.
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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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. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
