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History · Harrington Park

Harrington Park was first counted by the census in 1900, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 52% of U.S. towns · #294 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it

4 places in town are on the National Register. Below: maps from 1897 on and the census since 1900.

1900first census
4on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
6famous people
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Quick answers

How Harrington Park began

When was Harrington Park founded?

1900

Harrington Park first appears in the census in 1900.

First census: 269 in 19002020 census: 4,741126 years

How historic is Harrington Park?

B−

More historic than 52% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first census.
History grade

What drives Harrington Park’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Harrington Park is more historic than 52% of U.S. towns, #294 of 468 in New Jersey. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Harrington Park’s overall grade.
Founding era1900, from the first census: founded 1900–1944, an older era than 9% of U.S. townsDHomes built before 194023.4% of homes (±8.6) · typical NJ town 14.7% · U.S. 8.4%A−National Register4 listings, 8.1 per 10,000 residents · typical NJ town 3.7 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 52%
NewerOlder
New Jersey towns of 2,500+ (468)Ahead of 37%

New Jersey towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical New Jersey town has 3.7 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Harrington Park’s 8.1 sits above most of its state (66% of New Jersey towns have fewer) while its 4 listings outnumber those of 68% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.6 points).

Founding year: the first census (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Harrington Park’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Harrington Park are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18974 editions of the USGS map, 1897 to 1998. Watch Harrington Park change.Landmarks on the Register4 places on the National Register.Old housesHalf of Harrington Park’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harrington Park’s history is told.

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On the map

Harrington Park on the map, 1897 to 1998

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Harrington Park. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Harrington Park on the 1897 USGS mapHarrington Park on the 1900 USGS mapHarrington Park on the 1979 USGS mapHarrington Park on the 1998 USGS map1897Harlem sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Harrington Park.

On the National Register

4 historic places in Harrington Park

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1983
Blanch-Haring House
Blanch-Haring HouseBlauvelt HouseJohn Westervelt HouseJohn Jacob Bogert House
Buildings
Blanch-Haring HouseBuilding
Blauvelt HouseBuilding
John Westervelt HouseBuilding
John Jacob Bogert HouseBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story so far

Harrington Park, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Harrington Park yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Harrington Park is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,741, an increase of 77 (+1.7%) from the 2010 census count of 4,664, which in turn reflected a decrease of 76 (−1.6%) from the 4,740 counted in the 2000 census. Harrington Park was formed on March 29, 1904, from portions of Harrington Township and Washington Township, and parts of the borough of Closter. The name Harrington Park was based on the larger Harrington Township from which it was in part derived, which in turn was based on the Harring family, early settlers to the region.

Its first post office opened in 1900. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 4,664 in 2010, 4,741 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Harrington Park, 1897 to 1989

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1897On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1923Born hereJimmy Lydon is born here
  5. 1927Post officeThe Harrington Park post office opens
  6. 1942Born hereJackie Simes is born here
  7. 1968Born hereGregory Jacobs is born here
  8. 1989Born hereJon Rudnitsky is born here
By decade

Harrington Park, decade by decade

Today13 recent
Harrington Park Borough Hall2026Harrington Park Borough HallHarrington Park, NJ municipal building, Feb. 20232023Harrington Park, NJ municipal building, Feb. 2023HarringtonParkNJ BlanchHaringHouse2018HarringtonParkNJ BlanchHaringHouseJOHN WESTERVELT HOUSE2015JOHN WESTERVELT HOUSEBlauvelt House2015Blauvelt HouseJohn Jacob Bogert House 2012-09-06 13-58 jeh2012John Jacob Bogert House 2012-09-06 13-58 jehHarrington Park Station2012Harrington Park StationHarrington Park House, Circa 18202010Harrington Park House, Circa 1820Dorotockeys Run, Harrington Park, NJ December 25th, 20102010Dorotockeys Run, Harrington Park, NJ December 25th, 2…Dorotockeys Run, Harrington Park, NJ December 25th, 2010 - panoramio (3)2010Dorotockeys Run, Harrington Park, NJ December 25th, 2…Dorotockeys Run, Harrington Park, NJ December 25th, 2010 - panoramio (2)2010Dorotockeys Run, Harrington Park, NJ December 25th, 2…Dorotockeys Run, Harrington Park, NJ December 25th, 2010 - panoramio (1)2010Dorotockeys Run, Harrington Park, NJ December 25th, 2…Census Bureau map of2008Census Bureau map ofMap
People over time

Harrington Park, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005,0001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 4,841

Between 269 and 4,841 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Harrington Park’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

6 famous people were born in Harrington Park

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Jimmy LydonActor and television producer · b. 1923
Jon RudnitskyActor · b. 1989
Gregory JacobsAmerican film director and producer · b. 1968
J
Jackie SimesCyclist · b. 1942
Justin MinayaAmerican basketball player · b. 1999
E
Esmeralda NegronAmerican soccer player · b. 1983
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Closter10 historic placesB+River Vale Township2 historic placesC+Norwood7 historic placesB−EmersonIts storyDOld Tappan4 historic placesC+

Questions about Harrington Park’s history

What year was Harrington Park founded?

The Harrington Park post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1904.

How does Harrington Park rank for history?

Harrington Park is more historic than 52% of U.S. towns, #294 of 468 in New Jersey. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Harrington Park?

4 listings: 4 buildings, among them the Blanch-Haring House (listed 1983, the first).

How old are the homes in Harrington Park?

23% of Harrington Park’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.6 points), against a typical 15% for a New Jersey town; the median home was built in 1962.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikimedia Commons (13), Wikidata (3), the National Register of Historic Places (4), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.