Place:Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

NameMonmouth
Alt namesMonmouthsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates40.3°N 74.167°W
Located inNew Jersey, United States     (1683 - )
See alsoOcean, New Jersey, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
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Unknown
Passage Point
Borough
Allenhurst
Allentown
Atlantic Highlands
Avon-by-the-Sea
Belmar
Bradley Beach
Brielle
Deal
Eatontown
Englishtown
Fair Haven
Farmingdale
Freehold
Highlands
Interlaken
Keansburg
Keyport
Lake Como
Little Silver
Manasquan
Matawan
Monmouth Beach
Neptune City
Oceanport
Red Bank
Roosevelt
Rumson
Sea Bright
Sea Girt
Shrewsbury
Spring Lake Heights
Spring Lake
Tinton Falls
Union Beach
West Long Branch
Cemetery
Hendrickson Family Burial Ground
Throckmorton-Lippit-Taylor Burial Ground
Census-designated place
Allenwood
Belford
Cliffwood Beach
East Freehold
Fairview
Leonardo
Lincroft
Morganville
Navesink
North Middletown
Oakhurst
Ocean Grove
Port Monmouth
Ramtown
Shark River Hills
Strathmore
Wanamassa
West Belmar
West Freehold
Yorketown
Inhabited place
Adelphia
Algers Mills
Allaire
Ardena
Asbury Park
Baileys Corner
Bairdsville
Bartentown
Bergen Mills
Bergerville
Blansingburg
Bradevelt
Bucks Mill
Burlington Heights
Candlewood
Carmerville
Carrs Corner
Carrs Tavern
Carsons Mills
Centerville
Chapel Hill
Charleston Springs
Clarksburg
Claytons Corner
Collingwood Park
Colts Neck
Cooks Mills
Cooleys Corner
Cranbury
Crawford Corners
Cream Ridge
Davis Station
Deal Park
Dogs Corners
Earle
East Keansburg
East Newark
Elton
Ely
Elys Corner
Everett
Fair Play
Fairfield
Fort Hancock
Fort Plains
Freewood Acres
Georgia
Glendola
Hazlet
Hendrickson Corners
Henningers Mill
Herberts Corner
Hillsdale
Holland
Holmdel
Holmeson
Homes Mills
Hornerstown
Imlaystown
Jeffers Landing
Jefferson
Jerseyville
Kirbys Mills
Lafayette Mills
Lake Club
Land of Pines
Larrabees
Leonardville
Loch Arbour
Locust
Long Branch
Lower Squankum
Macedonia
Manalapan
Manasquan Park
Mantoloking
Marlboro
Matthews
Maxim
Middletown
Millhurst
Monmouth Heights at Manalapan
Monmouth Heights at Marlboro
Monmouth Hills
Montrose
Morrell Corners
Mount Pleasant
Nelsonville
New Sharon
New
North Centerville
Oak Glen
Oak Hill
Oakhurst Manor
Oakland Mills
Osbornes Mills
Pages Corner
Parkway Pines
Perrineville
Phalanx
Philips Mills
Pleasant Valley Crossroads
Pleasant Valley
Polhemustown
Pullentown
Red Hill
Red Valley
Remsen Mill
River Plaza
Robertsville
Robinsville
Salem Hill
Scobeyville
Shacks Corner
Siloam
Smithburg
Smocks Corners
South Belmar
South Bound Brook
Southard
Spring Mill
Spring Valley
Squankum
Sterling Woods
Stone Church
Stone Tavern
Stonehurst East
Stonehurst West
Sweetman
Taylors Mills
Tennent
Topenemus
Vanderburg
Villa Park
Walnford
Waterloo
Waterwitch
Wertheins Corner
West Farms
West Shrewsbury
Whittier Oaks
Wickatunk
Wileys Corners
Windsor
Winston Park
Wrightsville
Wyckoff Mills
Populated place
Allentown (town)
Township
Barnegat
Freehold (township)
Howell
Manahawkin
Middletown (township)
Neptune
Shrewsbury (township)
Upper Freehold (township)
Wall
Unknown
Elberon
Sandy Hook
Upper Freehold
Wayside
West Allenhurst
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Monmouth County is a county located on the coast of central New Jersey, in the United States within the New York metropolitan area, situated along the northern half of the Jersey Shore. As of the 2020 United States Census, Monmouth County's population was enumerated at 643,615, making it the state's fifth-most populous county, representing an increase of 13,245 (2.1%) from the 2010 Census, when the population was counted to be 630,380, in turn an increase of 15,079 from 615,301 at the 2000 Census. As of 2010, the county fell to the fifth-most populous county in the state, having been surpassed by Hudson County.[1] Monmouth County's geographic area comprises 30% water, with a trend toward more expensive homes being constructed along the Shore, bringing rapid gentrification to the county overall.


Monmouth's county seat is Freehold Borough. The most populous place was Middletown Township, with 67,106 residents at the time of the 2020 Census, while Howell Township covered , the largest total area of any municipality.[1]

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History

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Etymology

The naming of Monmouth County has different historical theories. It is thought that the county received its name from the Rhode Island Monmouth Society. This is likely, due to many of the county's earliest settlers originating from Rhode Island. Another plausible theory, is from a suggestion from Colonel Lewis Morris that the county should be named after Monmouthshire in Wales, Great Britain. Other suggestions include that it was named for James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649–1685), who had many allies among the East Jersey leadership.

Indigenous history

See also Lenape people

Around the year 1000, the area of Monmouth County began to be inhabited by the Lenape Native Americans prior to the arrival of European settlers. They came from the Mississippi River area. They lived along the vicinity of the Jersey Shore, the Raritan Bay, the Raritan River and other areas in the northeastern United States. The Lenape were a hunter-gatherer society. They were largely sedentary, changing campsites seasonally. They were prolific hunters of small game and birds. They were also skilled fisherman, and were known to harvest vast amounts of clams from the bays and inlets on the Jersey Shore. They also practiced some agriculture to augment their food supply. During this time, an important crossroad of two major Lenape trails was located in the area of Freehold in western Monmouth County.

Dutch and English colonization

See also Monmouth Tract

In 1609, the English navigator, Henry Hudson, and his crew aboard the Dutch vessel Half Moon spotted land in what is now Monmouth County, most likely off Sandy Hook; however, some historical accounts credit this landing to present-day Keansburg. Among the first European settlers and majority landowners in the area were Richard and Penelope Stout. Penelope "miraculously" survived her wounds from a native attack in Sandy Hook and further lived to the age of 110. Additionally, a group of Quaker families from Long Island settled the Monmouth Tract, an early land grant from Richard Nicolls issued in 1665. They were followed by a group of Scottish settlers who inhabited Freehold Township in about 1682–1885, followed several years later by Dutch settlers. As they arrived in this area, they were greeted by Lenape people, who lived in scattered small family bands and developed a largely amicable relationship with the new arrivals. Enslaved Africans were present in the area from at least 1680, and by 1726 made up 9% of the total population of the county.

Monmouth County was established on March 7, 1683, while part of the province of East Jersey. On October 31, 1693, the county was partitioned into the townships of Freehold, Middletown and Shrewsbury.


At the June 28, 1778, Battle of Monmouth, near Freehold Township, General George Washington's soldiers battled the British under Sir Henry Clinton, in the longest land battle of the American Revolutionary War. It was at Monmouth that the tactics and training from Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben developed at Valley Forge during the winter encampment were first implemented on a large scale.

At independence, Monmouth's population included 1,640 slaves, as well as an undetermined number of free African Americans. The number of enslaved persons fell steeply after 1820, though a small number remained until at least 1850. Monmouth's free African American population climbed from 353 in 1790 to 2,658 in 1860.[2] There was a small African-American middle class consisting of freedmen present in Monmouth County by the 1840s and 1850s.

Ocean County was carved out of Monmouth County in 1850.

In 1790 Monmouth County's population was 16,918, of whom roughly 6,600 were of English descent and the remainder were Welsh, Dutch and Swedish, as well as small amounts of African Americans and Northern Irish Protestants. By the year 2010 Monmouth County's population was 628,112 of whom 40,489 were of English descent. Between 1890 and 1907 nearly 18 million European immigrants came to America. At the same time the region underwent massive and not unrelated economic changes, this process led to places like Monmouth County, New Jersey becoming significantly more diverse and somewhat less rural.

Timeline

Date Event Source
1683 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1790 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1790 16,918
1800 19,872
1810 22,150
1820 25,038
1830 29,233
1840 32,909
1850 30,313
1860 39,346
1870 46,195
1880 55,538
1890 69,128
1900 82,057
1910 94,734
1920 104,925
1930 147,209
1940 161,238
1950 225,327
1960 334,401
1970 459,379
1980 503,173
1990 553,124

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States

Research Tips

External links

http://shore.co.monmouth.nj.us/


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