Welcome to Adelphia ...

Adelphia is located in Monmouth County<1>.

The location of Adelphia has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Adelphia, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

Adelphia is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Adelphia lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Adelphia: (732) and (848)<4>

Websites for Adelphia ...

Junior League:   www.jlmc.org/

Communities Also Named Adelphia ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Adelphia - it's located in Kansas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Adelphia.

Communities near Adelphia ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Adelphia.

• Long Branch
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Long Branch is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,210 people
• Asbury Park
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Park
  • Asbury Park is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,377 people
• South Amboy
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Amboy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amboy
  • South Amboy is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,095 people
• Neptune City
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
  • Neptune City is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,594 people
• Shrewsbury
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
  • Shrewsbury is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
• Loch Arbour
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loch Arbour have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Arbour
  • Loch Arbour is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
• East Freehold
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Freehold have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freehold
  • East Freehold is located in Monmouth County
• Bucks Mill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mill
  • Bucks Mill is located in Monmouth County
• Maxim
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
  • Maxim is located in Monmouth County
• Tennent
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennent
  • Tennent is located in Monmouth County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Adelphia. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Adelphia.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Adelphia. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Adelphia.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Adelphia. See our Newspapers Page for Adelphia.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Adelphia ...

Looking for more information about Adelphia? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Adelphia, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Adelphia.

Adding Adelphia to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Adelphia in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Adelphia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Adelphia post office opened in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Adelphia.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Adelphia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Monmouth County: www.co.monmouth.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/