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History · Robertsville
Robertsville’s post office opened in 1862
Most of Robertsville was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1888 on and the census since 1980.
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Quick answers
How Robertsville began
When was Robertsville founded?
1862
The Robertsville post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 8,461 in 19802020 census: 11,399164 years
Founding year: the first Robertsville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
What stands out about Robertsville’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 Robertsville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1888New Brunswick 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 Robertsville.
The story so far
Robertsville, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Robertsville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Robertsville is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Marlboro Township, Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 11,399.
Its first post office opened in 1862. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 11,297 in 2010, 11,399 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Robertsville in 1885
Passages that mention Robertsville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Monmouth county, New Jersey ..1885 · page 179Read the page →
Read the text
Robertson, William, Methodist preacher. Freehold Circuit, appointed, 1836, Robertson, William, justice of the peace, 1874, 1879, Robertsville, School District, No. 40, schoolhouse built, 1832, Marlborough Township, account of, Methodist organization of, services held in schoolhouse, 1832,
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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