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History · Vienna

Vienna’s post office opened in 1853, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1888 on and old-book passages.

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How Vienna began

When was Vienna founded?

1853

The Vienna post office opened in 1853, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 881173 years
Founding year: the first Vienna post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Vienna’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 Vienna are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18883 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1905. Watch Vienna change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Vienna’s history is told.

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On the map

Vienna on the map, 1888 to 1905

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

Vienna on the 1888 USGS mapVienna on the 1894 USGS mapVienna on the 1905 USGS map1888Hackettstown 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 Vienna.

The story

How Vienna came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Vienna.

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The settlement was first called "Cumminstown", named for the Cummins family, early settlers who had purchased land in the area in 1755 and remained in the area until 1880.

Around 1828, the settlement's name was changed to Vienna after the city in Austria, the home country of the Cummins family. A Christian church was organized in Vienna in 1839.

By 1882, the population had grown to 450, at which time Vienna had a post office, hotel, chair factory, foundry, and a "large local trade".

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Vienna, 1886–1929

Passages that mention Vienna, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Vienna is one of the most beautiful country towns in the state. Its streets are lined with sugar maples planted many years ago. A new concrete highway runs through the town. ‘The handsome brick schoolhouse, built between Great Meadows and Vienna, would be a credit to towns thrice their size.
History and directory of Warren County, New Jersey1929 · page 90Read the page →
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Vienna is one of the most beautiful country towns in the state. Its streets are lined with sugar maples planted many years ago. A new concrete highway runs through the town. ‘The handsome brick schoolhouse, built between Great Meadows and Vienna, would be a credit to towns thrice their size.

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Vienna. Danville and Petersburg are the three villages located in the township. Vienna is situated one mile southeast of Danville, and is a pleasant village of about ;$00 inhahiiaids. It was settled at a very early date. Danville is located in the western part of the township near the Hope township…
Warren County history and directory1886 · page 390Read the page →
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Vienna. Danville and Petersburg are the three villages located in the township. Vienna is situated one mile southeast of Danville, and is a pleasant village of about ;$00 inhahiiaids. It was settled at a very early date. Danville is located in the western part of the township near the Hope township line. It has fewer inhabitants than its more beautiful neighbor, Vienna. Petersburg is a small hamlet of half a dozen houses.

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

Vienna, decade by decade

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US 46 wb in Vienna, NJ, Jan. 20262026US 46 wb in Vienna, NJ, Jan. 2026US 46 wb entering Vienna, NJ, Jan. 20262026US 46 wb entering Vienna, NJ, Jan. 2026Former Vienna, NJ United Methdoist Church, Jan. 20262026Former Vienna, NJ United Methdoist Church, Jan. 2026Vienna, NJ post office, Nov. 20242024Vienna, NJ post office, Nov. 2024
Famous people

Famous people close to Vienna

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

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Jimmi SimpsonAmerican film and television actor · b. 1975
Eric MilleganAmerican actor · b. 1974
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Walt AderRacecar driver · b. 1912
Daniel Elmer SalmonAmerican veterinarian · b. 1850
Chris WyldeAmerican actor · b. 1976
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Kristen MaloneyAmerican Olympic gymnast · b. 1981
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Great MeadowsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Vienna’s history

What year was Vienna founded?

The Vienna post office opened in 1853, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.