Around Matawan and Aberdeen

Called New Aberdeen by early settlers and later

known as Middletown Point, the area covered

today by the communities of Matawan Borough,

Aberdeen Township, Cliffwood, and Freneau has a rich

heritage. Local historian Helen Henderson has collected

over 180 historic photographs of the area–many rare

and previously unpublished–to create a comprehensive

and insightful look back at its development from 1890

to the 1960s.