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Native Americans traded freely with English and Dutch settlers in the mid-17th century, who purchased land in the area.
It is believed that the name Red Bank was first used when Thomas Morford sold Joseph French "a lot of over three acres on the west side of the highway that goes to the red bank," in 1736. In those early days the land known today as Red Bank was part of Shrewsbury Township, one of Monmouth County’s first three townships. In 1870 it split from Shrewsbury to become the town of Red Bank. Nine years later, it rejoined Shrewsbury only to separate again a few months later. In 1908, Red Bank was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature and was permanently set off from Shrewsbury Township.
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- 1854 - Red Bank
Red Bank, a post-village of Monmouth county, New Jersey, 45 miles E. from Trenton, contains about 10 stores, several factories, 1 or 2 churches, and about 100 dwellings. There is a great deal of coasting trade done at this place.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. 
1870 - C. D. Warner, while grading his grounds at Red Bank, N. J., recently found a quantity of stone implements,
consisting of an ax, pestle, oyster knife, etc., undoubtedly the relics of a now extinct race.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
April 30, 1870
R.R. Station, Red Bank, N.J.
Postcard- 1895 - Red Bank
Red Bank, a post-town of Monmouth co., N.J., in Shrewsbury township, on the Shrewsbury River, and on the New Jersey Southern Railroad, 28 miles S. of New York, and about 7 miles N.W. of Long Branch. It is said to be the most flourishing town in Monmouth co. Steamboats run daily from New York to Red ...Read MORE... 
Broad Street, looking North
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The Shrewsbury River
Postcard- 1905 - BOSTON IDEALS BURNED OUT. COMPANY LOSES COSTUMES AND PROPERTIES IN RED BANK THEATRE.
Special to The New York Times.
Red Bank, N. J., June 24. - The Red Bank Opera House was destroyed by fire early this morning. Two hours after the alarm was given nothing was left of the structure but a pile of twisted iron and bricks.
Adjoining the Opera House to the east is the Central House, in ...Read MORE... - 1906
Rcdbank, Gloucester co., N.J., on the Delaware River, 6 miles below Camden. Here a battle (commemorated by a monument) was fought between the Americans and the Hessians, Oct. 21, 1777.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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R.R. Station, Red Bank, N.J.
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Broad Street, looking North
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The Shrewsbury River
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1854 - Red Bank
Red Bank, a post-village of Monmouth county, New Jersey, 45 miles E. from Trenton, contains about 10 stores, several factories, 1 or 2 churches, and about 100 dwellings. There is a great deal of coasting trade done at this place.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
1870 - C. D. Warner, while grading his grounds at Red Bank, N. J., recently found a quantity of stone implements,
consisting of an ax, pestle, oyster knife, etc., undoubtedly the relics of a now extinct race.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
April 30, 1870
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1895 - Red Bank
Red Bank, a post-town of Monmouth co., N.J., in Shrewsbury township, on the Shrewsbury River, and on the New Jersey Southern Railroad, 28 miles S. of New York, and about 7 miles N.W. of Long Branch. It is said to be the most flourishing town in Monmouth co. Steamboats run daily from New York to Red ... Read MORE...
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1905 - BOSTON IDEALS BURNED OUT. COMPANY LOSES COSTUMES AND PROPERTIES IN RED BANK THEATRE.
Special to The New York Times.
Red Bank, N. J., June 24. - The Red Bank Opera House was destroyed by fire early this morning. Two hours after the alarm was given nothing was left of the structure but a pile of twisted iron and bricks.
Adjoining the Opera House to the east is the Central House, in ... Read MORE...
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1906
Rcdbank, Gloucester co., N.J., on the Delaware River, 6 miles below Camden. Here a battle (commemorated by a monument) was fought between the Americans and the Hessians, Oct. 21, 1777.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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