1957 Map of Allentown

About this map

Allentown sits at the heart of this central New Jersey landscape, where the convergence of Doctors Creek and Negro Run reflects a centuries-old reliance on local waterpower. The map illustrates a transitional period for Monmouth Co and Mercer Co, as the modern Pennsylvania New Jersey Turnpike carves through a countryside still defined by small milling hamlets and agricultural crossroads. Smaller settlements like Imlaystown, with its adjacent Imlaystown Lake, and Walnford along the Crosswicks Creek highlight the persistence of 18th-century settlement patterns into the late 1950s.