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 |
| Pacack | 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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