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History · Silver Ridge

Half of Silver Ridge’s homes were built after 1974

Most of Silver Ridge was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1888 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register
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Photo: No machine-readable author provided. JimIrwin assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY 2.5

What stands out about Silver Ridge’s 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 Silver Ridge 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 1995. Watch Silver Ridge change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Silver Ridge’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Silver Ridge on the map, 1888 to 1995

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

Silver Ridge on the 1888 USGS mapSilver Ridge on the 1893 USGS mapSilver Ridge on the 1941 USGS mapSilver Ridge on the 1953 USGS mapSilver Ridge on the 1970 USGS mapSilver Ridge on the 1989 USGS mapSilver Ridge on the 1995 USGS map1888Barnegat 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 Silver Ridge.

The story so far

Silver Ridge, in brief

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

Silver Ridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Berkeley Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Silver Ridge had a population of 1,167.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,133 to 1,167 (+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

Silver Ridge, census by census

02004006008001,0001,20020002020Peak: 1,211

Between 1,133 and 1,211 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Silver Ridge’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Silver Ridge

Nobody well known was born in Silver Ridge itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Lou Taylor PucciAmerican actor · b. 1985
Mark GeigerAmerican association football referee · b. 1974
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Armin ShimermanAmerican actor · b. 1949
Juice NewtonAmerican pop and country singer · b. 1952
Haakon ChevalierAmerican translator, writer and academic · b. 1901
Steve TischAmerican businessman · b. 1949
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Holiday City South1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHoliday City-BerkeleyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.