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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 1682–85, followed several years later by Dutch settlers. As they arrived in this area, they were greeted by Lenape Native Americans, who lived in scattered small family bands and developed a largely amicable relationship with the new arrivals.
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. Its name may come 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. In 1714, the first county government was established.
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.
Adjacent Counties
Municipalities
Aberdeen Twp. Including: Cliffwood, Cliffwood Beach CDP, Henningers Mills, Strathmore CDP
Allenhurst
Allentown
Asbury Park
Atlantic Highlands Including: Hilton and Stone Church
Avon-by-the-Sea
Belmar
Bradley Beach
Brielle Including: Manasquan Park
Colts Neck Twp. Including: Bucks Mill, Colonial Terrace, Cooks Mills, Montrose, Phalanx, Scobeyville, Vanderburg
Deal
Eatontown
Englishtown
Fair Haven
Farmingdale
Freehold Borough
Freehold Twp. Including: Burlington Heights, East Freehold CDP, Georgia, Orchard Estates, Siloam, Smithburg, Stonehurst East, Stonehurst West,
West Freehold CDP
Hazlet Twp. Including: Centerville, Mechanicsville, North Centerville, Tiltons Corner, Van Marters Corner, West Keansburg
Highlands Including: Waterwitch
Holmdel Twp. Including: Centerville, Crawford Corners, Everett, Morrells Corner, Pleasant Valley Crossroads
Howell Twp. Including: Adelphia, Ardena, Ardmore Estates, Bergerville, Candlewood, Collingwood Park, Fairfield, Fort Plains, Freewood Acres, Jerseyville, Lake Club, Land of Pines, Larrabees, Lower Squankum, Matthews, Maxim, Oak Glen, Parkway Pines, Ramtown CDP, Salem Hill, Shacks Corner, Southard, Squankum, West Farms, Winston Park, Wyckoff Mills
Interlaken
Keansburg Including: Tiltons Corner
Keyport
Lake Como
Little Silver Including: Little Silver Point
Loch Arbour
Long Branch Including: Branchport, East Long Branch, Elberon, North Long Branch, Pier Village, West End
Manalapan Twp. Including: Clarks Mills, Elton, Gordons Corner, Lafayette Mills., Millhurst, Monmouth Heights, Oakland Mills, Smithburg, Taylors Mills, Tennent, Whittier Oaks, Yorketown CDP
Manasquan
Marlboro Twp. Including: Beacon Hill, Bradevelt, Claytons Corner, Henningers Mills, Herberts Corner, Hillsdale, Marlboro, Monmouth Heights, Montrose, Morganville CDP, Mount Pleasant, Pleasant Valley, Robertsville CDP, Smocks Corner, Spring Valley, Wickatunk
Matawan Including: Freneau
Middletown Twp. Including: Belford CDP, Chapel Hill, East Keansburg, Everett, Fairview CDP, Harmony, Hendrickson Corners, Holland, Leonardo CDP, Leonardville, Lincroft CDP, Locust, Monmouth Hills, Navesink CDP, New Monmouth, North Middletown CDP, Oak Hill, Philips Mills, Port Monmouth CDP, Red Hill, River Plaza, Stone Church, Tiltons Corner, Town Brook
Millstone Twp. Including: Bairdsville, Bergen Mills, Carrs Corner, Carrs Tavern, Charleston Springs, Clarksburg, Ely, Elys Corner, Fair Play, Holmeson, Perrineville, Smithburg, Stone Tavern, Sweetman
Monmouth Beach Including: Galilee
Neptune Twp. Including: Bradley Park, Green Grove, Hamilton, Ocean Grove CDP, Shark River Hills CDP, West Grove
Neptune City
Ocean Twp. Including: Cold Indian Springs, Deal Park, Elberon Park, Green Grove, Oakhurst CDP, Oakhurst Manor, Wanamassa CDP, Wayside, Wertheins Corner, West Allenhurst
Oceanport Including: Port-au-peck and Sands Point
Red Bank
Roosevelt
Rumson Including: Oceanic and Waterloo
Sea Bright Including: Low Moor, Navesink Beach, Normandie
Sea Girt
Shrewsbury Borough
Shrewsbury Twp.
Spring Lake Including: North Spring Lake
Spring Lake Heights Including: Villa Park
Tinton Falls Including: Green Grove, Hockhockson, Macedonia, Pine Brook, Reevytown, Wayside, West Shrewsbury, Wileys Corner
Union Beach Including: Natco and Van Marters Corner
Upper Freehold Twp. Including: Arneytown, Cooleys Corner, Cream Ridge, Ellisdale, Emleys Hill, Homes Mills, Hornerstown, Imlaystown, Kirbys Mills, Nelsonville, New Canton, New Sharon, Polhemustown, Pullentown, Red Valley, Robinsville, Sharon, Shrewsbury, Spring Mill, Walnford, Wrightsville
Wall Twp. Including: Allaire, Allenwood CDP, Collingwood Park, Glendola, New Bedford, West Belmar
West Long Branch
Cemeteries
Links
National Register of Historic Places
USS Monmouth County - LST 1032
Monmouth County Open Records Search
Monmouth County Genealogy Society
Monmouth County Historical Association
