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History · Vista Center

Half of Vista Center’s homes were built after 2004

Most of Vista Center was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. Below: maps from 1888 on and the census since 2000.

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

What stands out about Vista Center’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 Vista Center 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 1981. Watch Vista Center change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Vista Center’s history is told.

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On the map

Vista Center on the map, 1888 to 1981

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

Vista Center on the 1888 USGS mapVista Center on the 1894 USGS mapVista Center on the 1900 USGS mapVista Center on the 1947 USGS mapVista Center on the 1957 USGS mapVista Center on the 1970 USGS mapVista Center on the 1981 USGS map1888Cassville 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 Vista Center.

The story so far

Vista Center, in brief

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

Vista Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Jackson Township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Vista Center had a population of 2,370.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,095 to 2,370 (+13%).

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

Vista Center, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,500200020202,370

Grew from 541 people in 2000 to 2,370 in 2020, 4 times over.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Vista Center

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

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Janis IanAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1951
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Armin ShimermanAmerican actor · b. 1949
Juice NewtonAmerican pop and country singer · b. 1952
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Tom PelphreyAmerican actor · b. 1982
Haakon ChevalierAmerican translator, writer and academic · b. 1901
Steve TischAmerican businessman · b. 1949

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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.