Eatontown Historical Museum

05/26/2026

04/24/2026

Weekend In Old Monmouth

Sat. May 2 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sun. May 3 12 p.m.-5p.m.b

04/22/2026

On April 14.1926 Eatontown Township is declared a borough
Charles Dexter Cleveland was elected the first mayor of Eatontown running unopposed May 11,1926 ...he had also been a member of the township committee prior to it's changing to a borough form of government and had a thriving dairy and poultry farm called "Sunnybrook Farm" that produced many prize winning cows and poultry since moving from West Orange in 1912

02/12/2026

Today in : , February 12, 1809, future President Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kentucky. Can you name a time Lincoln came to ? That anniversary is coming up a little over a week from today!

02/11/2026

Hello Friends,

On March 8, 2026, we will be celebrating the remembrance of Mr. Samuel Johnson, a.k.a. Mingo Jack at Wampum Park in Eatontown, NJ at 2:00pm.

So save the date. Bring your family and friends Hope to see you there.

02/10/2026

The Roseld Sociable
@ Wheeler’s Hotel
February 9,1877

02/10/2026

An Afternoon With George and Martha Washington
March 1,2026 @2 pm

11/20/2025

Eatontown Historical Museum
December Open House
December 7, 2025
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11/20/2025

Volunteers Needed !
The Eatontown Historical Committee is in need of residents of Eatontown or surrounding towns interested in learning about Eatontown’s history by becoming a volunteer to help out during committee functions throughout the year
please contact us via messenger or call the Eatontown Museum @ (732) 542-4026

11/19/2025

Before paved roads became the norm, sprinkler trucks often kept down the dust on dirt roads! This photograph, taken around 1897, shows the Long Branch and Asbury Park Boulevard Pumping Station and one of the horse-drawn sprinkler tanks. The firm of M. C. Burns was awarded the contract in July of that year to lay 1,750 feet of iron pipe to supply water for the sprinkle wagons. Although horse-drawn wagons and carriages certainly kicked up their share of dust during dry spells, it was the introduction of the automobile that made such solutions necessary. A fast-moving car, driving at the breathtaking speed of ten or even fifteen miles an hour, could leave behind a choking cloud of fine dust. These trucks were the answer, lightly dampening the top layers of dirt to keep down the dust clouds. By 1903, however, shore area roads were beginning to be paved over, eventually ending the need for the sprinkler wagons.