Tavistock’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Tavistock. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusTavistock is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 9, an increase of 4 (+80.0%) from the 2010 census count of 5, which in turn reflected a decline of 19 (−79.2%) from the 24 counted in the 2000 census. As of the 2020 census, Tavistock's population was the second-smallest municipal population in the state of New Jersey; Walpack Township had a population of 7. Tavistock was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 16, 1921. Its territory was drawn from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township. The name of the borough came from the estate in England of a family of ea…
Tavistock was established in 1921. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 5 to 9 (+80%).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Tavistock yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Tavistock’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tavistock’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewGill Homestead at Tavistock: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Tavistock, decade by decade
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Gill Homestead at Tavistock and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.