Westampton Township dates to 1850, and 2 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 43% of U.S. towns · #346 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it
2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 46 buildings. Most of Westampton Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1947 on and the census since 1850.
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1836. Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
History grade
What drives Westampton Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Westampton Township is more historic than 43% of U.S. towns, #346 of 468 in New Jersey. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Westampton Township’s overall grade.
New Jersey towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical New Jersey town has 3.7 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Westampton Township’s 51.1 sits above most of its state (81% of New Jersey towns have fewer) while its 47 historic buildings outnumber those of 84% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. The pre-1940 share (±1.5 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1850.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Westampton Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
The story so far
Westampton Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Westampton Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Westampton is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 9,121, an increase of 308 (+3.5%) from the 2010 census count of 8,813, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,596 (+22.1%) from the 7,217 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia area. Westampton was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 6, 1850, from portions of Northampton Township (now known as Mount Holly Township). Portions of the township were taken to form Eastampton Township on February 11, 1880. Its name derives from its original location…
Westampton Township was established in 1850. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 8,813 to 9,121 (+3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Westampton Township, 1836 to 2020
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Westampton Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1947Bristol sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Westampton Township.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Another post office, Ancocas, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Ancocas
1836–1836
Rancocas
1838–today
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Hamlets and corners on the map
RancocasTimbuctooWoodlane
1cemetery inside Westampton Township
Rancocas Quaker
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1850, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Westampton Township’s post office opened in 1836, and the census of 1850 counted 1,507 people here.
How does Westampton Township rank for history?
Westampton Township is more historic than 43% of U.S. towns, #346 of 468 in New Jersey. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Westampton Township?
Two places: the Peachfield (listed 1973) and the Rancocas Historic Village (1975).
How old are the homes in Westampton Township?
2% of Westampton Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.5 points), against a typical 15% for a New Jersey town; the median home was built in 1991.
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).
From Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
