1901 Map of Asbury Park

About this map

The Jersey Shore coast between the Shark River Inlet and the Metedeconk Neck is a landscape of established seaside resorts and inland farming hamlets at the dawn of the twentieth century. While coastal towns like Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, and Bradley Beach are densely settled, the interior remains defined by small hubs like Farmingdale and Allaire. The area’s economic life is tied to the coast and the water, visible in the chain of life-saving stations, including L.S. Station Squan Beach and L.S. Station Mantoloking, which guarded the treacherous Atlantic shoreline.