On Stafford Avenue just west of Division Street, on the left when traveling west.
This private home is a Queen Ann Victorian style house built in 1898, at a cost of $5,000. The home features fish scale shingles, stained glass windows, a two story turret with witches hat roof, gingerbread trim, two inside stairways, a personal . . . — — Map (db m209209) HM
On Stafford Avenue just west of North Union Street, on the right when traveling west.
This Grier/Campbell residence is an unusual hybrid of English and Dutch house framing practices. This building may be the oldest existing home in Stafford Township. In 1871, the Stafford Land Company purchased this building as an office and . . . — — Map (db m209213) HM
On West Bay Avenue, 0.1 miles west of South Main Street (U.S. 9), on the left when traveling west. Reported damaged.
Stafford Township has a long history of patriotism and honoring those who have served our nation. Stafford Township residents have served with honor and distinction from the American Revolution to the deserts of Iraq and the Mountains of . . . — — Map (db m209271) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 9) just north of Stafford Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
In 1885, Mr. William R Hall, a general contractor from Philadelphia, purchased land from Lewis R. Peckworth to build a store with "rooms for rent" on the second floor. The original store is built in the French Second Empire with a Mansard roof . . . — — Map (db m209244) HM
On North Main Street (Route 9) north of North Lakeshore Drive, on the left when traveling north.
In loving memory of Henry Remsen Hankinson born August 22 1843 at Manahawkin N.J. Died June 27 1866 at Pensacola Florida. He served his country through the Civil War during two enlistments in the United States Navy from November 6 1860 to March 8 . . . — — Map (db m209247) HM WM
On Stafford Avenue at Division Street, on the right when traveling east on Stafford Avenue.
A small pharmacy was built on this site in 1890 for Dr. John Lewis Lane, who had grown up in Tuckerton, graduated from Jefferson Medical college in Philadelphia, and then returned to the area to practice.
While still a pharmacy, the less . . . — — Map (db m209210) HM
On Stafford Avenue close to North Union Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Methodist congregation originally worshiped at the Manahawkin Free Church (Old Baptist Church) until a separate chapel was constructed on Beach Avenue in 1803 on land purchased for $10 from Reuben F. Randolph. A new church was constructed and . . . — — Map (db m209211) HM
On Stafford Avenue just east of Letts Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
The railroad Station came to Manahawkin as part of the post Civil War railroad boom. The Tuckerton Railroad (1871-1940) developed 28.9 miles of track between Whiting and Tuckerton providing a transportation corridor between Philadelphia and the . . . — — Map (db m209215) HM
On West Bay Avenue, 0.2 miles west of South Main Street (U.S. 9), on the left when traveling west.
The railroad Station came to Manahawkin as part of the post Civil War railroad boom. The Tuckerton Railroad (1871-1940) developed 28.9 miles of track between Whiting and Tuckerton providing a transportation corridor between Philadelphia and the . . . — — Map (db m209267) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 9) at North Lakeshore Drive, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
On this ground, Capt. Reuben Randolph led the Manahawkin militia (Company 5, 2nd Monmouth) against a force of British loyalists that was twice as large and commanded by the notorious Capt. John Bacon. During the action, Lines Pangborn was killed, . . . — — Map (db m40580) HM
On Stafford Avenue just west of North Union Street, on the right when traveling west.
This map of Manahawkin village by surveyor H.C. Woolman and illustrated by T.F. Rose appeared in the "1878 Atlas of the New Jersey Coast". Stafford Avenue, which today is still the widest local road, is clearly the "main street" and Grier and . . . — — Map (db m209212) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 9) just north of Stafford Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Once one of several inns on Main Shore Road (Route 9), the National Hotel evolved from a rooming house into a hotel for stagecoach and wagon travelers, and subsequently, Tuckerton Railroad passengers. The hotel's peak coincided with the railroad . . . — — Map (db m209217) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 9) at North Lakeshore Drive, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
The present structure (1867) encompasses the Free Church of Stafford Township, recognized by both New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places as the oldest existing house of worship in what is now Ocean County. The Free Church, built before . . . — — Map (db m209246) HM
On West Bay Avenue, 0.1 miles west of South Main Street (U.S. 9), on the left when traveling west.
Before the advent of the supermarkets and specialty stores of today, the general store provided a diversity of goods and a gathering place for the local population. This store was originally built about 1750 by Captain Reuben Randolph in the . . . — — Map (db m209273) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 9) at Hilliard Drive, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
The Randolph farmstead dates from approximately the year that Stafford Township was established by separating from Shrewsbury Township in Monmouth County. The building has served as home for several of our noted citizens. Reuben Randolph was the . . . — — Map (db m209252) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 9) just north of Beach Street, on the left when traveling north.
This building was originally a tavern or "public house" built by Captain Reuben F Randolph around 1750. During the Revolutionary War, the Manahawkin Tavern served as the headquarters of the Manahawkin Militia, which was comprised of local . . . — — Map (db m209216) HM
On North Main Street at Hilliard Drive, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Born on Amber Street in Beach Haven on July 22, 1905, Doc moved with his family to Manahawkin in 1906. He earned his nickname by frequently accompanying "old" Doctor Hilliard on his medical rounds in his horse drawn carriage. As a dynamic defensive . . . — — Map (db m209255) HM
On West Bay Avenue, 0.1 miles west of South Main Street (U.S. 9), on the left when traveling west.
Born on Amber Street in Beach Haven on July 22, 1905, Doc moved with his family to Manahawkin in 1906. He earned his nickname by frequently accompanying "old" Doctor Hilliard on his medical rounds in his horse drawn carriage. As a dynamic defensive . . . — — Map (db m209275) HM
On Stafford Avenue just west of North Union Street, on the right when traveling west.
In memory of those Stafford Township residents who made the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of the United States of America
Byram B. Bolton •
Arthur Cramer •
Kareem R. Khan •
Charles Martin •
Joseph Morecraft •
Linus Pangorn . . . — — Map (db m209214) WM
On Beach Avenue at Center Street, on the right when traveling east on Beach Avenue.
This beam was recovered from Ground Zero and donated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to the Township of Stafford dedicated to honor and remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 — — Map (db m209205) WM