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Mar 8, 2009 · Bergen County (N.J.) -- History, Bergen County (N.J.) -- Biography, New Jersey -- Bergen County Publisher New York : New Jersey Pub. and Engraving Co. Collection americana Book from the collections of Harvard University Language English
Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the county's population was 955,732, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 50,616 (+5.6%) from the 905,116 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 20,998 (2.4%) from the 884,118 counted in the 2000 census.
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borough. Bergen County experienced a 38.5% increase in population between 1890 and 1895, going from 47,226 to 65,415 residents. Farms were slowly fading as the mainstay of the economy. The Federal Census of 1900 would be the last of its kind to classify a majority (59.8%) of Bergen County’s population as Rural. And there was no stopping the ...
On June 1, 1772, Orachanap, Metachenak, Coorange, and Memerisconqua, then sachems of the tribes of Northern New Jersey, executed to Zabriskie a deed for 2,100 acres of land in Bergen County, described as “bounded West by the Saddle River, North and East by Claes Jansen Romeyn, and South by Albert Zabriskie.”.
Eight British soldiers were killed and several wounded by friendly fire when British troops attempted to attack a body of Bergen Militia in the Zabriskie-Steuben House at New Bridge on May 30, 1780. Brigadier General Anthony Wayne led American troops from New Bridge on a raid against the Bull’s Ferry Blockhouse on July 20, 1780.
The first was in 1878 when the Legislature provided for formation of a borough in a township or part of a township, not to exceed four square miles and a population of 5,000. As we saw in the last issue, only Rutherford and Ridgefield boroughs were formed as a result of that law.
Mar 21, 2022 · A barrier-breaker, Mahalick was the first woman member of Wallington's Borough Council and helped pave the way for today's women leaders in Bergen County. Mahalick was also the first female police ...
