• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Events
  • Museum
    • Stages of Development
    • Exhibits
    • OCHS Gift Shop
    • Donate Items To The Collections
  • Research
    • Library and Archival Holdings
    • Family Names of Ocean County
    • Families of Old Dover – Booklets
    • Research Center Donation
  • Bookstore
    • Books by OCHS
    • Books by Other Publishers
    • Maps
    • Other Items
    • Shopping Cart
  • About
    • Hours & Visiting
    • Our Board of Trustees and our Officers
    • Contributions
    • Contact Us
    • Social Media
      • YouTube
      • Facebook
      • Instagram
      • Twitter
  • Support
    • Membership
    • Volunteers
    • Internships
      • Community Service Information
      • Undergraduate Internship Program
      • Graduate Internship Program
  • Donate
    • Tribute and Estate Gifts
    • Annual Appeal
    • Research Center Donation
Ocean County Historical Society Logo

Native American Heritage Map

This map is a version of the WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE LENAPE exhibit in the recently renovated Birdsall Room. It is intended to showcase the extent of the Native American presence in Ocean County. The Ocean County Historical Society volunteers combined their collection of known Native American artifacts with a similar collection in the New Jersey State Museum database, totaling over 200 individual locations. They then used an oversized Ocean County map to plot a dot at the site of every artifact “find”, creating a visual display of the presence of the Lenape throughout the County.

Dr. Geoff Fouad and Michael C. Brown of Monmouth University created this version of our WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE LENAPE map, using RED ICONS for the NJ State Museum database findings and BLUE ICONS for the findings in the Ocean County Historical Society collection.

Discover More About Ocean County

Browse our online bookstore for historical maps, audio/visual media, and books, such as "Shore Chronicles" and "Place Names of Ocean County" - just two of the many fascinating stories about Ocean County.
Shop Now

Ocean County Historical Society 26 Hadley Avenue Toms River, NJ 08753 (732) 341.1880 Contact

© 2023 Ocean County Historical Society. All rights reserved.    Privacy / Admin