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Monmouth County, New Jersey

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116historic places

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1683formed

643,615pop. 2020

52cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 116 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 10 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Red Bank, Asbury Park, Holmdel.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

66 of 116 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

116 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
ALEXANDER HAMILTON (steamship)	Atlantic Highlands	Structure	1977
All Saints' Memorial Church Complex NHL	Navesink	Building	1974
Allaire Village	Farmingdale	District	1974
Allen House	Shrewsbury	Building	1974
Allenhurst Railroad Station	Allenhurst	Building	1980
Allenhurst Residential Historic District	Allenhurst	District	2010
Allentown Historic District	Allentown	District	1982
Allentown Mill	Allentown	Building	1978
Allgor-Barkalow Homestead	Asbury Park	Building	1984
Arbutus Cottage	Asbury Park	Building	2015
Asbury Park Commercial Historic District	Asbury Park	District	2014
Asbury Park Convention Hall	Asbury Park	Building	1979
Audenried Cottage	Spring Lake	Building	1991
Bell Laboratories-Holmdel	Holmdel Township	Building	2017
Bradley Beach Free Public Library	Bradley Beach	Building	2013
Bradley Beach Station	Bradley Beach	Building	1984
Brielle Road Bridge over the Glimmer Glass	Manasquan	Structure	2008
Brookdale Farm Historic District	Middletown Township	District	2020
Burrowes, Maj. John, Mansion	Matawan	Building	1972
CHAUNCY JEROME JR Shipwreck Site	Long Branch City	Site	1996
Camp Evans NHL	Wall Township	District	2012
Camp Evans Historic District	New Bedford	District	2002
Camp Evans Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)	New Bedford	District	2012
Carlton, Theatre, The	Red Bank Borough	Building	2009
Christ Church	Middletown	Building	1971
Christ Church (Episcopal), Shrewsbury	Shrewsbury	Building	1995
Church of the Presidents	Long Branch	Building	1976
Clarksburg Methodist Episcopal Church	Millstone Township	Building	1999
Clarksburg School	Clarksburg	Building	1999
Cooke, Dr. Robert W., Medical Office	Holmdel	Building	2011
Court Street School	Freehold	Building	1995
Coward-Hendrickson House	Cream Ridge	Building	1985
Coward-Smith House	Upper Freehold	Building	1989
Dempsey Pump House	Middletown Township	Building	2024
Duggan, Frederic A, First Aid and Emergency Squad Building	Spring Lake	Building	1998
First Presbyterian Church of Oceanic	Rumson	Building	2010
Fisk Chapel	Fair Haven	Building	1975
Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District NHL	Fort Hancock and vicinity	District	1980
Fort Hancock, U.S. Life Saving Station	Highlands	Building	1981
Fort Monmouth Historic District	Oceanport Borough	District	2014
Fortune, T. Thomas, House NHL	Red Bank	Building	1976
Gregory Primary School	Long Branch	Building	2012
Grover House	Middletown	Building	2002
Guggenheim, Murry, House	West Long Branch	Building	1978
Hankinson-Moreau-Covenhoven House	Freehold	Building	1974
Holmdel Dutch Reformed Church	Holmdel	Building	1980
Holmes-Hendrickson House	Holmdel	Building	1978
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church	Spring Lake	Building	1991
Horn Antenna NHL	Holmdel	Structure	1989
House at 364 Cedar Avenue	Long Branch	Building	1979
Imlaystown Historic District	Upper Freehold Township	District	1985
Jersey Homesteads Historic District	Roosevelt	District	1983
Kovenhoven	Holmdel	Building	1974
Laird & Company Distillery Historic District	Colts Neck Township	District	2024
Lauriston	Rumson	Building	2002
Little Silver Station	Little Silver	Building	1984
Longstreet Farm	Holmdel	Building	1979
MacGregor-Tallman House	West Long Branch	Building	1985
Maloney, Martin, Cottage	Spring Lake	Building	1992
Manasquan Friends Meetinghouse and Burying Ground	Manasquan	Building	1992
Matawan Station	Matawan	Building	1984
McLeod-Rice House	Middletown Township	Building	2018
Merino Hill House and Farm	Wrightsville	Building	1988
Middletown Village Historic District	Middletown	District	1974
Monmouth Battlefield NHL	Freehold	District	1966
Monmouth Boat Club	Red Bank	Building	1994
Navesink Historic District	Navesink	District	1975
Navesink Light Station NHL	Highlands	District	2006
Navesink Military Reservation	Middletown Township	District	2015
North Long Branch School-Primary No. 3	Long Branch	Building	1999
North Shrewsbury Ice Boat and Yacht Club	Red Bank	Building	2019
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association District	Ocean Grove	District	1976
Old Kentuck	Holmdel	Building	1973
Old Mill at Tinton Falls	Tinton Falls	Building	1973
Old Scots Burying Ground	Marlboro	Site	2001
Palace Amusements	Asbury	Building	2000
Parker Homestead	Little Silver	District	2011
Players Boat Club	Fair Haven	Building	2019
Portland Place	Highland	Building	2012
Probasco-Dittner Farmstead	Colts Neck	Building	2006
Reckless, Anthony, Estate	Red Bank	Building	1982
Red Bank Passenger Station	Red Bank	Building	1976
River Street School	Red Bank	Building	1995
Romer Shoal Light Station	Highlands Borough	Structure	2007
Salter's Mill	Imlaystown	Building	1980
Sandy Hook Archeological Site	Highlands	Site	1998
Sandy Hook Light NHL	Sandy Hook	Building	1966
Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club NHL	Rumson	Building	1991
Seabrook-Wilson House	Middletown	Building	1974
Shadow Lawn NHL	West Long Branch	Building	1978
Shrewsbury Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Shrewsbury	District	1978
Shrewsbury Township Hall	Red Bank	Building	1980
Squan Beach Life-Saving Station #9	Manasquan	Building	2008
St. George's-by-the-River Episcopal Church	Rumson	Building	2007
St. James Memorial Church of Eatontown	Eatontown	Building	1978
St. John's Episcopal Church	Little Silver	Building	1990
St. Peter's Episcopal Church	Freehold Borough	Building	1998
Steinbach-Cookman Building	Asbury Park	Building	1982
Taylor, George, House	Freehold Borough	Building	1994
Tinton Falls Historic District	Tinton Falls	District	1977
Towers, The	Atlantic Highlands	Building	2012
Trinity Church	Asbury Park City	Building	2014
Turf Club	Asbury Park	Building	2025
Twin Lights	Highlands	Building	1970
Union Schoolhouse	Red Bank	Building	1976
Upper Freehold Baptist Meeting	Imlaystown	Building	1975
Upper Meeting House of the Baptist Church of Middletown	Holmdel	Building	1990
Village Inn	Englishtown	Building	1972
Walker-Combs-Hartshorne Farmstead	Freehold	Building	1990
Walnford	Allentown	District	1976
Wardell House	Shrewsbury	Building	1974
Water Witch Club Casino	Highlands	Building	1990
Water Witch Club Historic District	Middletown Township	District	2004
White, Robert, House	Red Bank	Building	2012
Winsor Building	Asbury Park	Building	1979
Wurts, George, Summer Home	Asbury Park	Building	1989

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Monmouth was formed in 1683 (1683-03-07) from unknown / original county.

7 March 1682/1683. MONMOUTH created as one of four original counties in East New Jersey.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Monmouth County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
16,918	19,872	25,038	32,909	39,346	55,538	82,057	104,925	161,238	225,327	334,401	503,173	615,301	643,615

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

52 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 52 of 52 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Allentown Methodist Cemetery	40.18166	-74.58424
Allentown Presbyterian Cemetery	40.17415	-74.5862
Atlantic View Cemetery	40.12683	-74.05828
Bay View Cemetery	40.40177	-74.05708
Bay View Cemetery	None	None
Brewer Cemetery	40.17775	-74.15822
Cedarwood Cemetery	40.42733	-74.19189
Conover Cemetery	40.32485	-74.18796
Cream Ridge Cemetery	40.13483	-74.5236
Crystal Stream Cemetery	40.39979	-74.04785
Emleys Hill Cemetery	40.14376	-74.48217
Evergreen Cemetery	40.19983	-74.1832
Fair View Cemetery	40.37344	-74.09403
Fields Cemetery	40.28491	-74.07371
Glenwood Cemetery	40.29488	-74.02591
Green Grove Cemetery	40.43299	-74.19319
Greenlawn Cemetery	40.29928	-74.01407
Greenwood Cemetery	40.11332	-74.06608
Hamilton Cemetery	40.20739	-74.07726
Harmony Cemetery	40.41197	-74.12411
Holmdel Cemetery	40.3647	-74.18901
Maplewood Cemetery	40.25233	-74.28931
Midway Green Cemetery	40.39729	-74.21943
Monmouth Memorial Park	40.22043	-74.11501
Mount Calvary Cemetery	40.22639	-74.04688
Mount Carmel Cemetery	40.28927	-74.00986
Mount Olivet Cemetery	40.37529	-74.08037
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	40.4039	-74.2382
Mount Prospect Cemetery	40.21483	-74.04375
Old Scots Cemetery	40.33977	-74.25949
Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery	40.17002	-74.47313
Presbyterian Church Cemetery	40.32323	-74.06045
Quaker Cemetery	40.35374	-74.0153
Quaker Cemetery	40.16283	-74.15404
Red Bank Hebrew Cemetery	40.31737	-74.11065
Rose Hill Cemetery	40.42441	-74.24431
Rosemont Cemetery	40.42621	-74.19209
Saint Annes Cemetery	40.18594	-74.07927
Saint Catharine's Cemetery	40.13916	-74.04837
Saint Clements Cemetery	40.41879	-74.0963
Saint Gabriels Cemetery	40.33672	-74.2293
Saint John's Cemetery	40.17619	-74.59293
Saint Josephs Cemetery	40.42621	-74.20987
Shoreland Memorial Gardens	40.41677	-74.16903
Shoreline Memorial Gardens	40.42531	-74.19198
Smock Family Cemetery	40.33536	-74.16218
State Hospital Cemetery	40.33572	-74.23029
Temple Beth El Cemetery	40.20955	-74.0743
Union Prospect Cemetery	40.39795	-74.21997
Wayside Cemetery	40.26031	-74.06953
White Ridge Cemetery	40.28708	-74.04903
Woodbine Cemetery and Mausoleum	40.30205	-74.0283

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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