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Essex County, New Jersey

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

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182historic places

—earliest paper

1683formed

863,728pop. 2020

25cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 182 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Newark, Montclair, East Orange.

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 Essex titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

138 of 182 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

182 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Ahavas Sholom	Newark	Building	2000
Ambrose-Ward Mansion	East Orange	Building	1982
Ampere Station	East Orange	Building	1984
Anchorage, The	Montclair	Building	1988
Anderson Park	Montclair	Site	2009
Ballantine, John, House NHL	Newark	Building	1973
Bardsley, Joseph, House	Montclair	Building	1988
Belleville Avenue Congregational Church	Newark	Building	1986
Bethany Baptist Church	Newark	Building	1989
Bloomfield Green Historic District	Bloomfield	District	1978
Bloomfield Station	Bloomfield	Building	1984
Bradner`s Pharmacy	Montclair	Building	1988
Branch Brook Park	Newark and Belleville	District	1981
Brick Church Station	East Orange	Building	1984
Caldwell Presbyterian Church Manse	Caldwell	Building	1977
Canfield-Morgan House	Cedar Grove	Structure	1995
Carnegie Library	Montclair	Building	1988
Casa Deldra	Montclair	Building	1988
Catedral Evangelica Reformada	Newark	Building	1972
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart	Newark	Building	1976
Central Avenue Commercial Historic District	East Orange	District	1983
Central Presbyterian Church	Montclair	Building	1986
Chapman, J. M., House	Montclair	Building	1988
Christian Union Congregational Church	Montclair	Building
Church Street School	Nutley	Building	1995
Clark, William, House	Newark	Building	1977
Cliffside Hose Company No. 4	Montclair	Building	1988
Collins House	Bloomfield Township	Building	2017
Community Hospital	Newark	Building	2004
Congregational Church	Montclair	Building	1988
Crane, Israel, House	Montclair	Building	1973
Day Street Public School	Orange	Building	2012
Dock Bridge	Newark	Structure	1980
East Orange Station	East Orange	Building	1984
East Orange VA Hospital	East Orange	District	2018
Eastward	Montclair	Building	1988
Edison National Historic Site	West Orange	District	1966
Edison Storage Battery Company Building	West Orange	Building	1996
Egbert Farm	Montclair	Building	1988
Eighteenth Avenue School	Newark	Building	2015
Enclosure Historic District	Nutley	District	1974
Essex Club	Newark	Building	1991
Essex County Courthouse	Newark	Building	1975
Essex County Jail	Newark	Building	1991
Essex County Park Commission Administration Building	Newark	Building	1977
Everett Court Apartments, The	Newark	Building	2021
Fairfield Dutch Reformed Church	Fairfield	Building	1975
Feigenspan Mansion	Newark	Building	1977
Fenn, Henry, House	Montclair	Building	1988
First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church	Newark	Building	1972
First Methodist Episcopal Church	Montclair	Building	1988
First National State Bank Building	Newark	Building	1977
Forest Hill Historic District	Newark	District	1990
Four Corners Historic District	Newark	District	2000
Free Public Library, Upper Montclair Branch	Montclair	Building	1988
Glen Ridge Historic District	Glen Ridge	District	1982
Glen Ridge Historic District (Boundary Increase II)	Glen Ridge Borough	District	2013
Glen Ridge Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Glen Ridge	District	1988
Glencoe	Newark	Building	1991
Goodwillie, Frank, House	Montclair	Building	1988
Grace Church NHL	Newark	Building	1972
Griffith Building	Newark	Building	1984
Hahne and Company	Newark	Building	1994
Harrison, Samuel Orton, House	West Caldwell	Building	1980
Haskell`s Bloomfield Villa	Montclair	Building	1988
Home Office Building	Newark	Building	1982
House at 147 Park Street	Montclair	Building	1988
House at 18 Brunswick Road	Montclair	Building	1988
House at 21 Stonebridge Road	Montclair	Building	1988
House at 52 Wayside Place	Montclair	Building	1988
House at 53 Lloyd Road	Montclair	Building	1988
House at 67 Warren Place	Montclair	Building	1988
House at 68 Eagle Rock Way	Montclair	Building	1988
House at 7 South Mountain Terrace	Montclair	Building	1986
House at 80 Lloyd Road	Montclair	Building	1988
House at 97 Warren Place	Montclair	Building	1988
House of Prayer Episcopal Church and Rectory	Newark	Building	1972
House that Lives, The	Montclair	Building	1988
Indian and the Puritan	Newark	Object	1994
Interstate Hosiery Mills, Inc. Mill Building	Bloomfield	Building	2009
Jacobus House	Cedar Grove	Building	1975
James Street Commons Historic District	Newark	District	1978
James Street Commons Historic District Addendum	Newark	Building	1983
Kelly, Eugene V., Carriage House	South Orange	Building	1975
Kingsland Manor	Nutley	Building	1978
Krueger Mansion	Newark	Building	1972
Lincoln Park Historic District	Newark	District	1984
Llewellyn Park Historic District	West Orange	District	1986
Maple Avenue School	Newark City	Building	2020
Maplewood Memorial Park (Additional Documentation)	Maplewood	Site	2015
Maplewood Municipal Building	Maplewood	Building	2014
Maplewood Village Historic District	Maplewood Township	District	2022
Marlboro Park Historic District	Montclair	District	1988
Marsellis House	Montclair	Building	1988
Military Park Commons Historic District	Newark	District	2004
Miller Street Historic District	Montclair	District	1988
Miller, George A., House	Montclair	Building	1988
Montclair Art Museum	Montclair	Building	1986
Montclair Railroad Station	Montclair	Building	1973
Montrose Park Historic District	South Orange	District	1997
Morris Canal	Not Applicable	District	1974
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	Newark	District	1988
Mountain Avenue Station	Upper Montclair	Building	1984
Mountain District	Montclair	District	1988
Mountain Station	South Orange	Building	1984
Mulford House	Montclair	Building	1988
Murphy Varnish Works	Newark	Building	1979
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company	Newark	Building	1983
New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building	Newark City	Building	2005
New Point Baptist Church	Newark	Building	1972
Newark Broad Street Station	Newark	Building	1984
Newark City Hall	Newark	Building	1978
Newark Female Charitable Society	Newark	Building	1979
Newark Metropolitan Airport Buildings	Newark	Building	1980
Newark Orphan Asylum	Newark	Building	1973
Newark Penn Station and Dock Bridge (Boundary Increase)	Newark	Building	2012
North Broad Street Historic District	Newark	District	1996
North Reformed Church	Newark	Building	1972
Oakes Estate	Bloomfield	Building	1981
Old First Presbyterian Church	Newark	Building	1972
Orange Free Public Library	Orange	Building	1981
Orange Memorial Hospital Historic District	Orange	District	2015
Orange Station	Orange	Building	1984
Pan American C.M.A. Church	Newark	Building	1972
Passaic Machine Works-Watts, Campbell & Company	Newark	Building	1986
Pennsylvania Station	Newark	Building	1978
Pine Street Historic District	Montclair	District	2000
Post Office Building, Upper Montclair	Montclair	Building	1988
Presby Memorial Iris Gardens Horticultural Center	Montclair	Site	1980
Protestant Foster Home	Newark	Building	1986
Queen of Angels Church	Newark	Building	1972
Reading, M. F., House	Montclair	Building	1988
Red Gables	Montclair	Building	1988
Reformed Dutch Church of Second River	Belleville	Building	1978
Riverbank Park	Newark	Site	1998
Route 1 Extension	Newark	Structure	2005
Salaam Temple	Newark	Building	1977
Schultz, Charles S. House	Montclair	Building	1979
Seated Lincoln	Newark	Object	1995
Second Reformed Dutch Church	Newark	Building	1979
Short Hills Park Historic District	Millburn	District	1980
Smith, S. C., House	Montclair	Building	1988
South Orange Fire Department	South Orange Village	Building	1998
South Orange Station	South Orange	Building	1984
South Orange Village Hall	South Orange	Building	1976
South Park Calvary United Presbyterian Church	Newark	Building	1972
St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church	Newark	Building	1972
St. Casimir's Roman Catholic Church	Newark	Building	1997
St. Columba's Church	Newark	Building	1972
St. James' A. M. E. Church	Newark	Building	1972
St. John's Church	Newark	Building	1972
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Rectory and School	Newark	Building	1980
St. Lucy's Church	Newark	Building	1998
St. Luke`s Church	Montclair	Building	1988
St. Mark's Episcopal Church	West Orange	Building	1977
St. Mary's Abbey Church	Newark	Building	1972
St. Patrick's Pro Cathedral	Newark	Building	1972
St. Rocco's Roman Catholic Church	Newark	Building	1980
St. Stephan's Church	Newark	Building	1972
Stanley Theater	Newark	Building	1986
State Street Public School	Newark	Building	1990
Stone Eagles	Montclair	Building	1988
Stone House by the Stone House Brook	South Orange	Building	1991
Sydenham House	Newark	Building	1970
Symington House	Newark	Building	1979
Temple B'Nai Abraham	Newark	Building	2007
Thomas Edison National Historical Park	West Orange	District	2023
Trinity Cathedral	Newark	Building	1972
Upper Montclair Station	Upper Montclair	Building	1984
Van Ness House	Fairfield	Building	1977
Van Reyper-Bond House	Montclair	Building	1979
Von Schmid House	Montclair	Building	1988
Vreeland Homestead	Nutley	Building	1994
Ward-Force House and Condit Family Cook House	Livingston	Building	1981
Wars of America	Newark	Object	1994
Watchung Avenue Station	Montclair	Building	1984
Weequahic High School	Newark City	Building	2024
Weequahic Park Historic District	Newark	District	2003
Wickcliffe Presbyterian Church	Newark	Building	1978
Wight, Allyn, House	Montclair	Building	1988
Williams-Harrison House	Roseland	Building	1979
Woman's Club of Upper Montclair	Montclair	Building	2012

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

7 March 1682/1683. ESSEX created as one of four original counties in East New Jersey. Two segments of line between ESSEX and West New Jersey are estimated. NCA (East) eliminated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
17,785	22,269	30,793	44,621	98,877	189,929	359,053	652,089	837,340	905,949	923,545	851,116	793,633	863,728

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).

Site	Type	Dist.
Thomas Edison National Historical Park	National Historical Park	0.9 km
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park	National Historical Park	15.3 km
Morristown National Historical Park	National Historical Park	20.7 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 25 of 25 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
B'nai Israel Cemetery	40.68949	-74.19801
Beth El Cemetery	40.68842	-74.19468
Bloomfield Cemetery	40.80231	-74.1982
Clinton Cemetery	40.72065	-74.2357
Edison Gravesite	40.78621	-74.24123
Ely Cemetery	40.79342	-74.32626
Evergreen Cemetery	40.69343	-74.20987
Fairmount Cemetery	40.74648	-74.20264
Glendale Cemetery	40.80676	-74.17625
Gomel Chesed Cemetery	40.68846	-74.19791
Hebrew Cemetery	40.74232	-74.20959
Hillside Cemetery	40.87787	-74.30154
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery	40.74815	-74.20959
Immaculate Conception Cemetery	40.85454	-74.1932
Mount Hebron Cemetery	40.85563	-74.1974
Mount Olivet Cemetery	40.6909	-74.19507
Mount Olivet Cemetery	40.80426	-74.18625
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	40.76426	-74.16376
Prospect Hill Cemetery	40.84066	-74.28543
Rosedale Cemetery	40.78759	-74.22375
Saint Johns Cemetery	40.77787	-74.23098
Saint Marys Cemetery	40.76842	-74.19597
Saint Stephens Cemetery	40.72343	-74.3157
Vincent Cemetery	40.81426	-74.15542
Woodland Cemetery	40.72898	-74.20181

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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