Library & Archives

City Directories

Please note that smaller towns may have listings with the larger towns, even though they are not so noted.

Monmouth County -- General

1875 [hard copy]
1875 - 1876 [microfilm reel 60 (South Jersey)]
1884 [mf reel 59 (NY & NJ telephone directory)]
1887 - 1888 [mf reel 59 (New Jersey Coast)]
1896 - 1897 [mf reel 55 (Monmouth County) & hc]
1914 [hc (farm and business only)]
1902 - 1903 [mf reel 55 (Monmouth County) & hc]
1934 [hc]
1935 [hc]
1937 [hc]
1938 [hc]
1939 [hc]
1953 [mf reel 60 (business directory) & hc]
1964 - 1965 [hc (industrial only)]
c.1987 [hc]

ASBURY PARK and surrounding towns

1885 - 1886  including these towns: Hamilton, Key East (Avon), Ocean Beach (Belmar), Ocean Grove, Ocean Park, West Asbury Park, Spring Lake Beach, Wall Township, West Grove, West Ocean Beach [mf reel 1]
1887 - 1888 [mf reel 59]
1890 [mf reel 56]
1891 - 1892  including these towns: Avon, Belmar, Ocean Grove, Spring Lake, West Grove, West Park  [mf reel 1]
1892 [mf reel 56]
1896- 1897 [mf reel 55]
1896 [mf reel 56]
1897 including these towns: Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Ocean Grove, West Grove, West Park [mf reel 1]
1898 including these towns: Allenhurst, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken, Loch Arbor, Ocean Grove, West Grove, West Park [mf reel 1]
1899 including these towns: Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Ocean Grove, West Grove, West Park [mf reel 2]
1900 including these towns: Allenhurst, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Loch Arbor, Ocean Grove, West Grove, West Park [mf reel 2]
1901 [mf reel 3]
1902 - 1903 [mf reel 55]
1902 - 1904 [mf reel 56]
1905 including these towns: Allenhurst, Avon, Belmar, Deal, Loch Arbour, Ocean Grove, West Grove, West Park [mf reel 4]
1906 including these towns: Allenhurst, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Loch Arbour, Neptune City, Ocean Grove, West Grove [mf reel 4]
1907 - 1908 including these towns: Allenhurst, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Loch Arbour, Neptune City, Ocean Grove, West Grove [mf reel 5]
1909 - 1910 including these towns: Allenhurst, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Loch Arbour, Neptune City, Ocean Grove, West Grove [mf reel 6]
1911 including these towns: Allenhurst, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Loch Arbour, Neptune City, Ocean Grove, West Grove [mf reel 7]
1912 including these towns: Allenhurst, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Loch Arbour, Neptune City, Ocean Grove, West Grove [mf reel 7]
1913 including these towns: Allenhurst, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Loch Arbour, Neptune City, Ocean Grove, West Grove [mf reel 8]
1914 including these towns: Allenhurst, Belmar, Deal, Loch Arbour, Ocean Grove, Spring Lake,West Grove [mf reel 8]
1915 including these towns: Allenhurst, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken, Loch Arbour, Neptune City, Ocean Grove, West Allenhurst, West Grove [mf reel 9]
1916 [mf reel 9]
1917 [mf reel 10]
1920 - 1921 [mf reel 10]
1922 [mf reel 11]
1924 [mf reel 12]
1926 - 1927 [mf reel 13]
1928 - 1929 [mf reel 14]
1929 [mf reel 60, includes history of town businesses]
1931 [mf reel 15]
1937 [mf reel 16]
1940 [mf reel 17]
1945 [mf reel 18]
1948 [mf reel 19]
1950 [mf reel 20]
1954 [mf reel 21]
1955 [mf reel 22]
1961 [mf reel 23]
1963 [mf reel 24]
1965 - 1966 [mf reel 26]


ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS

1895 - 1896 [mf reel 26]

FAIR HAVEN

1985 [hc]

FREEHOLD

1875 [mf reel 24 and hc]
1889 - 1890 [mf reel 53]
1893 - 1894 [hc]
1896 - 1897 [mf reel 55]
1900 [mf reel 2]
1902 - 1903 [mf reel 55]
1904 - 1905 [mf reel 25]
1922 - 1923 [mf reel 15 and hc]
1937 - 1938 [mf reel 15 and hc]
1947 [mf reel 29]
1949 - 1950 [mf reel 29]
1952 [mf reel 31]
1954 [mf reel 32]
1955 [mf reel 33]
1956 [mf reel 33]
1957 - 1958 [mf reel 17]
1959 - 1960 [mf reel 17]
1961 [mf reel 28]
1962 [mf reel 28]
1964 [mf reel 30]
1965 [mf reel 27]
1967 [mf reel 27]
1968 - 1969 [mf reel 35]
1970 [mf reel 36]
1971 [mf reel 33]
1975 [mf reel 39]
1979 [mf reel 35]
1982 [mf reel 39]

KEYPORT

1875 [hard copy]
1887 - 1888 [mf reel 59]
1889 - 1890 [mf reel 53]
1893 - 1894 [hc]

LITTLE SILVER

1985 [hc]

LOCUST

1985 [hc]

LONG BRANCH

1875 [hc]
1883 [mf reel 27]
1896 - 1897 [mf reel 55]
1902 - 1903 [mf reel 55]
1909 [mf reel 53]
1909 [mf reel 60]
1912 [mf reel 12]
1927 [mf reel 18]
1930 - 1931 [mf reel 53]
1937 - 1938 [mf reel 19]
1940 [mf reel 16 & hc]
1946 [mf reel 20]
1948 [mf reel 22]
1949 - 1950 [mf reel 23]
1953 [mf reel 11]
1955 [mf reel 53]
1956 - 1957 [mf reel 21]
1959 [mf reel 26]
1961 [mf reel 28]
1963 [mf reel 28]
1965 [mf reel 29]
1966 [mf reel 29]
1968 [mf reel 30]
1970 [mf reel 30]


MANASQUAN

1933 (including Brielle and Sea Girt) [mf reel 60]


MATAWAN

1875 [hc]


RED BANK

1875 [hc]
1887 - 1888 [mf reel 59]
1889 - 1890 [mf reel 53]
1893 - 1894 [mf reel 14 and hc]
1896 - 1897 [mf reel 55]
1900 [mf reel 2]
1902 - 1903 [mf reel 55]
1904 [mf reel 27]
1904 - 1905 [mf reel 25]
1931 [mf reel 53]
1945 - 1946 [mf reel 37]
1948 [mf reel 34]
1950 [mf reel 36]
1952 - 1953 [mf reel 36]
1954 [mf reel 40]
1956 [mf reel 40]
1958 - 1959 [mf reel 40]
1961 [mf reel 33]
1962 [mf reel 34]
1964 [mf reel 31]
1966 - 1967 [mf reel 41]
1968 - 1969 [hc]
1969 [mf reel 42]
1970 [mf reel 31]
1972 [mf reel 32]
1973 [mf reel 42]
1976 [mf reel 59]
1978 - 1979 [mf reel 54]
1980 [mf reel 54]
1981 [mf reel 54]
1985 [hc]

RUMSON

1985 [hc]

SHREWSBURY

1985 [hc]

Ocean County

LAKEWOOD

1897 - 1898 [mf reel 57]
1908 [mf reel 57]
1941 [mf reel 57]
1944 [mf reel 57]

TOMS RIVER

1941 [mf reel 57]
1944 [mf reel 57]
1953 - 1954 [mf reel 57]
1963 [mf reel 58]
1966 [mf reel 58]
1969 [mf reel 58]

Other Counties

OCEAN CITY

1893, 1921, 1937 - 1938 [mf reel 59]

MERCER AND MIDDLESEX

1914 [hc (farm & busines only)]

ATLANTIC, BRIDGETON AND CAMDEN

1911, 1912, 1913, 1914 [mf reel 60]

SOUTH JERSEY

1875 - 1876 [mf reel 60]