1953 Map of Freehold

About this map

The Monmouth County seat at Freehold serves as the focal point for this mid-century portrait of central New Jersey. The landscape is defined by its colonial-era legacy and water-driven history, seen in the numerous mill settlements like Mounts Mills, Taylors Mills, and Lafayette Mills that line the many brooks feeding into Matchaponix Brook. The Central RR of New Jersey and the Pennsylvania railroad lines provide the primary infrastructure through which the region's agricultural and social life flows.