Harrington

Identifier
NJS-PLC-00472
Place Type
City, Town, or Village
Alternate Name
Harington
Description
Harrington township is a defunct municipality that existed in Bergen County from 1775 to 1916. It was originally formed by Royal Charter in 1775 from portions of Hackensack township and New Barbadoes township (both now defunct). The name was originally spelled Harington, but it soon became Harrington with the township's reincorporation in 1798.

Harrington originally encompassed the northeastern territory of Bergen County, bordering New York State, and stretching from the Hudson River to the Saddle River. Beginning in 1840, Harrington township began to splinter into many smaller municipalities until it became defunct in 1916. Its name partially survives as the name of Harrington Park, one of the many boroughs that were formed from the original Harrington township.

Researchers looking for slavery records related to northeastern Bergen County will want to review records for Harrington township. The following is a list of modern-day municipalities that inherited all or part of their land from the territory that was originally part of Harrington township: Alpine, Closter, Demarest, Emerson, Harrington Park, Haworth, Hillsdale, Montvale, Northvale, Norwood, Old Tappan, Oradell (small northern section), Park Ridge, River Vale, Rockleigh, Washington, Westwood, Woodcliff Lake, plus the portion of Ho-Ho-Kus, Saddle River, and Upper Saddle River situated on the eastern bank of the Saddle River.
Locality
Harrington
County (Modern)
Bergen County
State or Province
New Jersey
Country
United States of America
Latitude
40.990933086603874
Longitude
-73.97585296278636
References

John P. Snyder, The Story of New Jersey’s Civil Boundaries, 1606–1968 (Trenton, Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969; New Jersey Geological Survey, 2004), https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf. See p. 79.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrington_Township,_New_Jersey
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
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