(Including Bergen and Essex Counties)
Richard K. Beamer
Passaic County was formed by the New Jersey State Legislature 1837. This peculiar hourglass-shaped county was carved from sections of both Essex and Bergen counties.
Passaic County
Older Name-Present Name
Acquackanonk Landing-Passaic
Charlottenburg-Newfoundland
Clinton-Macopin
Goffle-Hawthorne
Makepin Pond-Echo Lake
New Manchester-Paterson
Ryerson’s-Pompton Lakes
Schuyler’s-Haskell/Wanaque
Weasel-Clifton
Bergen County
Older Name-Present Name
Bendix-Teterboro
Boiling Springs-Rutherford
Closter (1800’s)-Cresskill
Delford-Oradell
East Passaic-Garfield
English Neighbourhood-Ridgefield
Etna-Emerson
Godwinsville-Ridgewood
Haginsack-Hackensack
Hopper’s-Ramapo
Mt. Clinton-Englewood Cliffs
New Bridge-Ridgefield
New Durham-Fairview
New Prospect-Waldwick
Pascack-Park Ridge
Paskack-River Edge
Schraalenburgh-Dumont
Undercliff-Edgewater
Youghpaugh (Yawpaw)-Oakland
Essex County
Older Name-Present Name
Camptown-Livingston
Cedarville-Cedar Grove
Cheapside-Livingston
Compton-Irvington
Franklin-West Caldwell
Franklin(ville)-Nutley
Freemantown-West Orange
Jefferson-Maplewood
McLellan-West Orange
Middleville-Maplewood
Milford-Newark
Northfield-West Orange
Second River-Belleville
Spring Garden-Nutley
Speertown-Montclair
Stonehouse Plains-Bloomfield
Strahlenburg-Dumont
Wardsesson-Bloomfield
Westville-West Caldwell
Williamstown-West Orange
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