Monmouth County, New Jersey

Founding: 1683
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Monmouthshire, Wales
Seat: Freehold (1714–)
Land area: 469 square miles
Population (2020): 643,615
Population (historic): 16,918 (1790); 32,909 (1840); 46,195 (1870); 82,057 (1900); 147,209 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1840; 1850–2020
Subdivisions: Two cities; 35 boroughs; one village; 21 CDPs; 15 townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 36,438 (13.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 33.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,829
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,102
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,445
Average farm size (1920): 54 acres
_________________________________________________________________________________
 

Freehold

 
Namesake: Freehold Township
Founding: 1714 (founding); 1801 (post office); 1869 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 12,538
Population (historic): 2,432 (1880); 2,934 (1900); 6,894 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1970; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 920 (20.9%)
_________________________________________________________________________________

View and filter the data. Or see a map.

_________________________________________________________________________________