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Bergen County, New Jersey

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
280historic places
—earliest paper
1683formed
955,732pop. 2020
49cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 280 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Saddle River, Franklin Lakes, Wyckoff.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New Jersey is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Bergen titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

243 of 280 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

280 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Achenbach HouseSaddle RiverBuilding1979
Ackerman HouseSaddle RiverBuilding1983
Ackerman HouseRidgewoodBuilding1983
Ackerman HouseRidgewoodBuilding1983
Ackerman, Abram, HouseSaddle RiverBuilding1983
Ackerman, David, HouseRidgewoodBuilding1983
Ackerman, Garret Augustus, HouseSaddle RiverBuilding1986
Ackerman, Garret and Maria, HouseSaddle RiverBuilding1986
Ackerman-Boyd HouseFranklin LakesBuilding1983
Ackerman-Dater HouseSaddle RiverBuilding1983
Ackerman-Demarest HouseHo-Ho-KusBuilding1983
Ackerman-Dewsnap HouseSaddle RiverBuilding1986
Ackerman-Hopper HouseGlen RockBuilding1983
Ackerman-Smith HouseSaddle RiverBuilding1986
Ackerman-Van Emburgh, HouseRidgewoodBuilding1983
Ackerman-Zabriskie-Steuben HouseRiver EdgeBuilding1983
Ackerson, John G., HousePark RidgeBuilding1983
Alcoa Edgewater WorksEdgewaterBuilding1978
Anderson OutkitchenHackensackBuilding1985
Archibald-Vroom HouseRidgewoodBuilding1984
Arnault, Fridolin, HouseWood-Ridge BoroughBuilding2009
BINGHAMTON (ferryboat)EdgewaterStructure1982
Baldwin, David, HouseMidland ParkBuilding1983
Banta, Derick, HouseDumontBuilding1983
Banta, John, HouseHillsdaleBuilding1983
Banta-Coe HouseTeaneckBuilding1983
Bartholf, John, HouseMahwahBuilding1983
Beauclaire-Vreeland HouseBergenfieldBuilding1983
Beech Street SchoolRidgewoodBuilding1998
Benson, John G., HouseEnglewoodBuilding1983
Berdan, G. V. H., HouseFair LawnBuilding1983
Berdan, Richard J., HouseFair LawnBuilding1983
Bergen County Court House ComplexHackensackBuilding1983
Blackledge-Gair HouseCresskillBuilding1983
Blackledge-KearneyAlpineBuilding1984
Blanch, Capt. Thomas, HouseNorwoodBuilding1983
Blanch-Haring HouseHarrington ParkBuilding1983
Blauvelt HouseHarrington ParkBuilding1983
Blauvelt HouseNorwoodBuilding1983
Blauvelt HouseFranklin LakesBuilding1985
Blauvelt-Demarest HouseHillsdaleBuilding1983
Bogert HouseBogotaBuilding1983
Bogert HouseDemarestBuilding1983
Bogert, Isaac, HouseMahwahBuilding1983
Bogert, John Jacob, HouseHarrington ParkBuilding2004
Brinkerhoff HouseWood-RidgeBuilding1984
Brinkerhoff-Demarest HouseTeaneckBuilding1983
Cadmus HouseWoodcliff LakeBuilding1984
Cadmus-Folly HouseFair LawnBuilding1983
Cairns-Whitten-Blauvelt HouseWyckoffBuilding1983
Campbell-Christie HouseRiver EdgeBuilding1983
Carlock, J. J., HouseSaddle RiverBuilding1986
Christie-Parsels HouseTenaflyBuilding1983
Church of the Holy CommunionNorwoodBuilding1988
Church of the MadonnaFort LeeBuilding1976
Civil War Drill Hall and ArmoryLeoniaBuilding1978
Cole-Allaire HouseLeoniaBuilding1983
Concklin-Sneden HouseRockleighBuilding1983
Cooper, Thunise & Richard, HouseOradellBuilding1985
Cooper, Tunis R., HouseBergenfieldBuilding1995
Crim-Tice HouseWoodcliff LakeBuilding1983
Crocker-McMillin Mansion-Immaculate Conception SeminaryRamseyBuilding1997
Cruse-Hossington HouseWyckoffBuilding1983
Darlington SchoolhouseDarlingtonBuilding2008
De Clark, William, HouseClosterBuilding1983
De Gray HouseFranklin LakesBuilding1983
Debaun, Isaac, HousePark RidgeBuilding1983
Debaun-Demarest HouseRiver EdgeBuilding1983
Demaree, Abram, HouseClosterBuilding1979
Demarest HouseOaklandBuilding1983
Demarest HouseRiver EdgeBuilding1983
Demarest HouseOradellBuilding1983
Demarest Railroad DepotDemarest BoroughBuilding2004
Demarest, Cornelius, HouseRochelle ParkBuilding1983
Demarest, Daniel, HouseDumontBuilding1983
Demarest, Jacobus, HouseOaklandBuilding1983
Demarest, John R., HouseDemarestBuilding1983
Demarest, Samuel R., HouseDemarestBuilding1984
Demarest, Thomas, HouseEnglewoodBuilding1983
Demarest-Atwood HouseCresskillBuilding1984
Demarest-Bloomer HouseNew MilfordBuilding1985
Demarest-Hopper HouseOaklandBuilding1983
Demarest-Lyle HouseTenaflyBuilding1983
Demott-Westervelt HouseEnglewoodBuilding1983
DesMarest, Jacobus, HouseNew MilfordBuilding1978
Doremus HouseHackensackBuilding1984
Draw Bridge at New BridgeRiver EdgeStructure1989
Durie, Garret J., HouseHaworthBuilding1983
Durie, Garret, HouseHillsdaleBuilding1983
Durie, John P., HouseHaworthBuilding1983
Dutch Reformed Church at RomopockMahwahBuilding1985
Dutch Reformed Church in the English NeighborhoodRidgefield BoroughBuilding1998
Eckerson HouseMontvaleBuilding1983
Edgewater Borough HallEdgewaterBuilding2008
Edgewater Public LibraryEdgewaterBuilding2009
Erie Railroad Signal Tower, Waldwick YardWaldwickBuilding1987
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saddle River and Ramapough BuildingSaddle RiverBuilding1986
Ferdon HouseNorwoodBuilding1983
Folly HouseWyckoffBuilding1983
Ford Motor Company Edgewater Assembly PlantEdgewaterBuilding1983
Foringer, Alonzo, House and StudioSaddle RiverBuilding1986
Forshee-Van Orden HouseMontvaleBuilding1984
Garretson, Peter, HouseFair LawnBuilding1974
Garrison, Garret, HouseMahwahBuilding1983
Gethsemane CemeteryLittle FerrySite1994
Hardenburgh Avenue BridgeDemarest BoroughStructure2001
Haring, Abraham A., HouseRockleighBuilding1983
Haring, Frederick, HouseOld TappanBuilding1983
Haring, Gerrit, HouseOld TappanBuilding1983
Haring, Nicholas, HouseRockleighBuilding1983
Haring, Teunis, HouseOld TappanBuilding1979
Haring-Auryanson HouseClosterBuilding1983
Haring-Blauvelt HouseNorthvaleBuilding1983
Haring-Blauvelt-Demarest HouseRiver ValeBuilding1983
Haring-Corning HouseRockleighBuilding1985
Haring-DeWolf HouseOld TappanBuilding1983
Haring-Vervalen HouseNorwoodBuilding1983
Hennion HouseUpper Saddle RiverBuilding1983
Hermitage, The NHLHo-Ho-KusBuilding1970
Hess, Harold, Lustron HouseCloster BoroughBuilding2000
Hillsdale StationHillsdaleBuilding1984
Holdrum, William, HouseRiver ValeBuilding1983
Holdrum-Van Houten HouseMontvaleBuilding1983
Hopper Gristmill SiteMahwahSite1983
Hopper HouseUpper Saddle RiverBuilding1983
Hopper HouseSaddle RiverBuilding1984
Hopper, Andrew H., HouseGlen RockBuilding1983
Hopper, Garret, HouseGlen RockBuilding1983
Hopper, Hendrick, HouseGlen RockBuilding1983
Hopper, John, HouseHackensackBuilding1983
Hopper-Goetschius HouseUpper Saddle RiverBuilding1983
Hopper-Van Horn HouseMahwahBuilding1973
Huyler, Peter, HouseCresskillBuilding1983
IviswoldRutherfordBuilding2004
Jefferson, Joe, ClubhouseSaddle RiverBuilding1986
Kip HomesteadRutherfordBuilding1983
Lozier House and Van Riper MillMidland ParkBuilding1975
Lydecker, Garret, HouseEnglewoodBuilding1983
Masker HouseWyckoffBuilding1983
Maywood Railroad StationMaywoodBuilding2003
Meyerhoff, John, HouseDemarestBuilding1983
Midland SchoolParamusBuilding1978
Myers-Masker HouseMidland ParkBuilding1983
Nagle, John, HouseClosterBuilding1983
Naugle HouseFair LawnBuilding1983
Naugle, Henry, HouseClosterBuilding1983
Naugle, Isaac, HouseClosterBuilding1983
New Milford Plant of the Hackensack Water CompanyOradellBuilding2001
New North Reformed Low Dutch ChurchUpper Saddle RiverBuilding1982
New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad ALCO Type S-2 Locomotive #206Maywood BoroughStructure2010
North ChurchDumontBuilding1983
O'Blenis HouseSaddle RiverBuilding1986
Oradell StationOradellBuilding1984
Osborn, Garret K., House and BarnSaddle RiverBuilding1986
Outwater, Richard, HouseEast RutherfordBuilding1983
Packer HouseFranklin LakesBuilding1983
Palisade Interstate ParkwayFort LeeDistrict1999
Palisades Interstate Park NHLFort Lee and vicinitySite1966
Paramus Reformed Church Historic DistrictRidgewoodDistrict1975
Park Ridge StationPark RidgeBuilding1984
Paulison-Christie HouseRidgefield ParkBuilding1983
Perry, Peter D., HousePark RidgeBuilding1983
Post, Peter P., HouseWoodcliffBuilding1983
Presbyterian Church of NorwoodNorwood BoroughBuilding2006
Pulis, Albert, HouseFranklin LakesBuilding1983
Radburn NHLFair LawnDistrict1975
Radburn-Fair Lawn StationFair LawnBuilding1984
Rathbone-Zabriskie HouseRidgewoodBuilding1983
Reaction Motors Rocket Test FacilityFranklin LakesBuilding1979
Reformed Dutch Church and GreenHackensackDistrict1983
Reformed Dutch Church of WyckoffWyckoff TownshipBuilding2003
Ridgewood Country ClubParamus BoroughDistrict2015
Ridgewood StationRidgewoodBuilding1984
River Road SchoolLyndhurstBuilding1977
Rockleigh Historic DistrictNorwoodDistrict1977
Romeyn-Oldis-Brinkerhoff HouseMaywoodBuilding1983
Romine-Van Voorhis HouseMaywoodBuilding1983
Rose, James, HouseRidgewood BoroughBuilding2019
Roy, Dr. E. G., HouseSaddle RiverBuilding1986
Rutherford StationRutherfordBuilding1984
Saddle River Center Historic DistrictSaddle RiverDistrict1986
Seven ChimneysWestwoodBuilding1971
Smith, Albert, HouseWaldwickBuilding1983
Smith, John, HouseMahwahBuilding1983
South Church ManseBergenfieldBuilding1979
South Schraalenburgh ChurchBergenfieldBuilding1975
St. Paul's Episcopal ChurchEnglewoodBuilding2014
Stagg, John C., HouseWyckoffBuilding1983
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, House NHLTenaflyBuilding1975
Steuben Estate ComplexRiver EdgeDistrict1980
Steuben HouseRiver EdgeBuilding1970
Stillwell-Preston HouseSaddle RiverBuilding1986
Storms HouseFranklin LakesBuilding1984
Tallman-Vanderbeck HouseClosterBuilding1983
Taylor, Joseph, HouseAllendaleBuilding2015
Tenafly StationTenaflyBuilding1979
Terhune HouseParamusBuilding1996
Terhune HouseWyckoffBuilding1983
Terhune-Gardner-Lindenmeyr HouseParamusBuilding1972
Terhune-Hopper HouseUpper Saddle RiverBuilding1983
Terhune-Hopper HouseHo-Ho-KusBuilding1983
Terhune-Ranlett HouseHo-Ho-KusBuilding1983
Texwipe Corporation HeadquartersUpper Saddle RiverDistrict2025
Theodore Roosevelt MonumentBorough of TenaflyObject2006
U.S.S. LINGHackensackStructure1978
Upper Closter-Alpine Historic DistrictAlpineDistrict1985
Vaill, Edward W., HouseOradellBuilding1990
Van Allen HouseOaklandBuilding1973
Van Blarcom - Jardine HouseWyckoffBuilding1983
Van Blarcom HouseWyckoffBuilding1983
Van Blarcom HouseFranklin LakesBuilding1984
Van Blarcom, Albert, HouseWyckoffBuilding1983
Van Buskirk, Andries Thomas, HouseSaddle RiverBuilding1983
Van Buskirk, Laurance Thomas, HouseSaddle RiverBuilding1983
Van Buskirk-Oakley HouseOradellBuilding1979
Van Dien HouseRidgewoodBuilding1983
Van Dien, Harmon, HouseParamusBuilding1983
Van Gelder HouseWyckoffBuilding1983
Van Gelder Studio and HomeEnglewood CliffsBuilding2022
Van Gelder, Abraham, HouseMahwahBuilding1983
Van Gelder, David, HouseRamseyBuilding1983
Van Horn, David & Cornelius, HouseClosterBuilding1983
Van Horn-Ackerman HouseWyckoffBuilding1983
Van Horn-Newcomb HouseEnglewoodBuilding1984
Van Houten HouseFranklin LakesBuilding1983
Van Houten-Ackerman HouseFranklin LakesBuilding1983
Van Houten-Ackerman HouseWyckoffBuilding1983
Van Houten-Hillman HouseElmwood ParkBuilding1983
Van Koert-Winters HouseFranklin LakesBuilding1984
Van Voorhees-Quackenbush HouseWyckoffBuilding1983
Van Voorhis-Quackenbush HouseWyckoffBuilding1984
Van Winkle HouseFranklin LakesBuilding1984
Van Winkle-Fox HouseOaklandBuilding1983
Van Zile HouseMidland ParkBuilding1983
Vandelinda, Adam, HouseTeaneckBuilding1983
Vandelinda, James, HouseTeaneckBuilding1983
Vanderbeck HouseRidgewoodBuilding1983
Vanderbeck HouseMahwahBuilding1983
Vanderbeck, Jacob, Jr., HouseFair LawnBuilding1983
Vanderbeek HouseHillsdaleBuilding1984
Vervalen HouseClosterBuilding1983
Vreeland HouseLeoniaBuilding1978
Waldwick Railroad StationWaldwickBuilding1978
Wandell, B. C., House-The CedarsSaddle RiverBuilding1986
Wandell, F. L., Estate and Ward Factory SiteSaddle RiverBuilding1990
Ware, Dr. John Christie, BungalowSaddle RiverBuilding1986
Westervelt HouseTenaflyBuilding1983
Westervelt, Benjamin P., HouseCresskillBuilding1983
Westervelt, Caspar, HouseTeaneckBuilding1983
Westervelt, John, HouseHarrington ParkBuilding1983
Westervelt, Peter, House and BarnEnglewoodBuilding1975
Westervelt-Ackerson HouseRamseyBuilding1977
Westervelt-Cameron HouseRidgewoodBuilding1983
Westervelt-Lydecker HouseWoodcliff LakeBuilding1983
Westwood Railroad StationWestwoodBuilding2020
White Tenant HouseWaldwickBuilding1983
Williams, William Carlos, HouseRutherfordBuilding1973
Winkle, Jacob W., HouseLyndhurstBuilding1983
Winters, Aaron, HouseFranklin LakesBuilding1984
Winters-Courter HouseFranklin LakesBuilding1983
Wittmer, William A., Lustron HouseAlpine BoroughBuilding2000
Woman's Club of EnglewoodEnglewoodBuilding2025
Woman's Club of Rutherford ClubhouseRutherford BoroughBuilding2017
World War I MonumentRutherford BoroughObject2013
Wortendyke BarnPark RidgeBuilding1973
Wortendyke, Frederick, HouseWoodcliff LakeBuilding1983
Wortendyke, Frederick, HousePark RidgeBuilding1983
Wortendyke, Jacob, HouseWoodcliff LakeBuilding1983
Wortendyke-Demund HouseMidland ParkBuilding1983
Yeareance, Jeremiah J., HouseLyndhurstBuilding1986
Yereance-Berry HouseRutherfordBuilding1983
Zabriskie HouseHo-Ho-KusBuilding1983
Zabriskie Tenant HouseParamusBuilding1984
Zabriskie, Albert J., FarmhouseRidgewoodBuilding1977
Zabriskie, Garret, HouseHaworthBuilding1983
Zabriskie, Henry, HouseHaworthBuilding1983
Zabriskie, John A. L., HouseVillage of RidgewoodBuilding2019
Zabriskie, Nicholas, HouseWashington TownshipBuilding1983
Zabriskie-Christie HouseDumontBuilding1983
Zabriskie-Kipp-Cadmus HouseTeaneckBuilding1978

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Bergen was formed in 1683 (1683-03-07) from unknown / original county.

7 March 1682/1683. BERGEN created as one of four original counties in East New Jersey.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Bergen County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

956k484k13k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
12,60115,15618,17813,22321,61836,78678,441210,703409,646539,139780,255845,385884,118955,732

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Paterson Great Falls National Historical ParkNational Historical Park10.1 km
Saint Paul's Church National Historic SiteNational Historic Site25.8 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

49 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 49 of 49 listed
NameLatLon
Americus Cemetery40.91287-74.10875
B'Nai Israel Cemetery40.91211-74.10876
Berry Lawn Cemetery40.83803-74.08752
Beth-El Cemetery40.97315-74.05958
Brookside Cemetery40.90646-73.96424
Cedar Park Cemetery40.97148-74.05153
Fair Lawn Memorial Cemetery40.94638-74.13682
Fairview Cemetery40.81481-74.00542
French Huguenot – Demarest Cemetery40.92481-74.02847
George Washington Memorial Park40.94009-74.08625
Gethsemane Cemetery40.85539-74.04164
Hackensack Cemetery40.90481-74.0357
Hillside Cemetery40.81204-74.1082
Holy Cross Cemetery40.78815-74.12542
Lodi Burial Grounds40.87787-74.08236
Lodi Cemetery40.8709-74.09166
Madonna Cemetery40.86204-73.98014
Mahwah Cemetery41.09591-74.15164
Maple Grove Park Cemetery40.86018-74.03847
Mount Carmel Cemetery40.91204-73.96625
Mount Moriah Jewish Cemetery40.82218-74.00303
Mountain Cemetery41.1212-74.18987
New Zion Cemetery40.80926-74.11014
North Arlington Jewish Cemetery40.77408-74.12903
Old Hook Cemetery40.98426-74.0193
Pascack Cemetery41.03092-74.04403
Pascack Reformed Church Cemetery41.03249-74.04333
Ponds Cemetery41.01624-74.25315
Ramapo Lutheran Church Cemetery41.0911-74.15333
Ramapo Reformed Church Cemetery41.09582-74.15278
Redeemer Cemetery41.03882-74.18146
Riverside Cemetery40.893-74.08173
Saddle River Low Dutch Reformed Cemetery41.07085-74.08665
Saint Andrews Cemetery40.99742-74.01886
Saint Joseph Cemetery40.90218-74.03702
Saint Josephs Cemetery40.81148-74.11764
Saint Luke's Cemetery41.00648-74.11431
Saint Marys Cemetery40.88842-74.09042
Saint Michael's Cemetery40.865-74.0953
Saint Nicholas Cemetery40.87037-74.09327
Saint Peters Cemetery40.86949-74.09717
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery40.89037-74.0907
Union Cemetery41.06027-74.15777
Valleau Cemetery40.98788-74.09736
Van Houten Cemetery40.9933-74.19604
Westwood Cemetery40.98287-74.02236
Woodside Cemetery40.94053-74.00243
Wyckoff Reformed Church Cemetery41.008-74.1729
Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery41.03055-74.09666

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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