No project per say, just interested in spots I've visited in the town and how it has changed
Jason:
Your comment above about how Delran Township has changed caused me to look at the original 7.5-minute USGS quads of the mid-1950s and compare them with the photo-corrected versions from the late 1970s-early 1980s, but the growth continued well into the 1990s and even the new millennium, and these projects do not appear on the later edition of the USGS maps. Nonetheless, I think you will agree that the comparison is remarkable and visibly demonstrates the effects of suburban growth in the formerly agrarian landscape in Delran. During the mid-1950s, Delran Township’s only large subdivisions or nucleated communities included Riverside Park, Fairview, Cambridge, and Bridgeboro:
However, by the 1970s-1980s, Millside Manor/Hunter’s Glen had gone in, as had Millside Heights and other developments. Even the beginnings of Tenby Chase can be seen on these now dated maps and developed continued unabated in the 1980s and 1990s, which cannot be viewed on the map below, but is readily visible on the aerial views available on Google Maps and Bing.com:
Congress rewarding veterans with the G.I. Bill of Rights, including mortgage guarantees, had a profound effect on the farmfields that had formerly produced food, shifting agricultural production away from the family farm and into the major agri-business of the midwest.
Today, Delran’s neighborhoods include:
•Ashley Crossing
•Bridgeboro
•Cabbage Hill
•Cambridge
•Cambridge Park
•Delcrest
•Fairview
•Forest Hills
•Greentree
•Millside Heights
•Millside Manor/Hunter’s Glen
•Moorebridge
•Riverside Park
•Riverview
•Summerhill
•Swedes Run
•Tenby Chase
•The Grande
•Water’s Edge
•Woodview Lane
Beyond the Darling Conrow house and the old communities of Cambridge and Bridgeboro, there is very little historic fabric left for the casual viewer to see. But for those who know where to look, remnants of Delran’s old way of life can still be found.
Best regards,
Jerseyman
