Passaic County, New Jersey

Founding: 1837
Parent counties: Bergen and Essex

Namesake: The Passaic River
Seat: Paterson (1837–)

Land area: 185 square miles

Population (2020): 524,118

Population (historic): 16,734 (1840); 29,013 (1860); 68,860 (1880); 155,202 (1900); 302,129 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1970; 1980–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; ten boroughs; three townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 37,335 (21.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 21.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $4,591
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,176
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 475
Average farm size (1920): 25.4 acres
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Paterson

Namesake: William Paterson, New Jersey politician

Founding: 1791 (platting); 1829 (post office); 1831 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 159,732

Population (historic): 7,596 (1840); 19,586 (1860); 51,031 (1880); 105,171 (1900); 138,513 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1940; 1950–1970; 1980–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 13,037 (26.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Gilbert Vanderhoef House (c. 1720). 754 Park Drive. Acquackanonk.
2. John Vreeland House (1817). 971 Valley Road. Acquackanonk.
3. John Rea House (c. 1810). 675 Goffle Road. Manchester. Classical Revival.
4. Foxcroft / Porter House (c. 1910). Foxcroft Road, north of Ramapo Lake. Pompton. Eclectic. Burned in 1959.
5. Ringwood / Ryerson Estate (1807). 1304 Sloatsburg Road. Pompton. Gothic Revival.
6. Uriah Van Riper House (1786). 533 Berdan Avenue. Wayne.
7. Schuyler–Colfax House (c. 1695/1783). 2343 Hamburg Pike. Wayne.
8. Samuel Van Saum House (1769). 23 Laauwe Avenue. Wayne.
9. Dirck Dey House (c. 1740). 199 Totowa Road. Wayne. Georgian.
10. Idylease (1902). 124 Union Valley Road. West Milford. Dutch Colonial Revival/Classical Revival.

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