Lyndhurst Township’s post office opened in 1882, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 63% of U.S. towns · #230 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it
Its Register listings are the River Road School, the Jacob W. Winkle House and the Jeremiah J. Yeareance House. Its Register listings are the River Road School, the Jacob W. Winkle House and the Jeremiah J. Yeareance House. Below: maps from 1888 on and the census since 1860.
The Lyndhurst Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Franklin (1827), Kingsland (1871) and Lyndhurst (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 957 in 18602020 census: 22,519144 years
How historic is Lyndhurst Township?
B
More historic than 63% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Lyndhurst Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Lyndhurst Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Lyndhurst Township is more historic than 63% of U.S. towns, #230 of 468 in New Jersey. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Lyndhurst Township’s overall grade.
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 Lyndhurst Township’s 1.3 sits near the middle of its state (36% of New Jersey towns have fewer) while its 3 listings outnumber those of 65% 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 (±5.1 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (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 Lyndhurst Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost half of its people between 1880 and 1890, then grew more than tenfold.
17 censuses, 1860–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lyndhurst Township’s Wikipedia page.
On the map
Lyndhurst Township on the map, 1888 to 1995
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lyndhurst Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1888Paterson 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 Lyndhurst Township.
On February 22, 1840, Hudson County was formed by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature. The newly created county was created from territories that had been Bergen Township since 1691, as well as and from the southern portion of Lodi Township. The portion of Lodi Township taken at this time formed the new Harrison Township in Hudson County. The border between the newly created Harrison Township in Hudson County and the portion of Lodi Township remaining in Bergen County was the New Barbadoes Turnpike, which is now called Paterson Plank Road. Some of the residents of the northern portion of Harrison Township requested to be returned to Bergen County. On February 19, 1852, this area—which had been part of Lodi Township—was returned to Bergen County to become the newly formed Union Township.
The Lyndhurst Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Lyndhurst Township rank for history?
Lyndhurst Township is more historic than 63% of U.S. towns, #230 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 Lyndhurst Township?
Three places: the River Road School (listed 1977), the Jacob W. Winkle House (1983) and the Jeremiah J. Yeareance House (1986).
How old are the homes in Lyndhurst Township?
31% of Lyndhurst Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.1 points), against a typical 15% for a New Jersey town; the median home was built in 1956.
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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, 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.
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