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History · Upper Greenwood Lake

11% of Upper Greenwood Lake’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1891 on and the census since 1970.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Upper Greenwood Lake’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 Upper Greenwood Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18914 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1954. Watch Upper Greenwood Lake change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Upper Greenwood Lake’s history is told.

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On the map

Upper Greenwood Lake on the map, 1891 to 1954

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

Upper Greenwood Lake on the 1891 USGS mapUpper Greenwood Lake on the 1903 USGS mapUpper Greenwood Lake on the 1943 USGS mapUpper Greenwood Lake on the 1954 USGS map1891Greenwood Lake 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 Upper Greenwood Lake.

The story so far

Upper Greenwood Lake, in brief

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

Upper Greenwood Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Passaic and Sussex counties, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Upper Greenwood Lake had a population of 3,687. It includes residential neighborhoods around the northern and central parts of its namesake lake. It is primarily in West Milford Township in Passaic County but extends to the northwest into Vernon Township in Sussex County. It is bordered to the west by Wawayanda State Park, to the southeast by Abram S. Hewitt State Forest, and to the northeast by the town of Warwick in Orange County, New York. The lake drains to the northeast into Long House Creek, which descends into New York and joins Wawayanda Cre…

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

By decade

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People over time

Upper Greenwood Lake, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0001980200020203,687

Grew from 1,505 people in 1970 to 3,687 in 2020.

3 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Upper Greenwood Lake’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Upper Greenwood Lake

Nobody well known was born in Upper Greenwood Lake itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Laurene Powell JobsAmerican political activist, business executive… · b. 1963
Mike TobeySlovenian-American basketball player · b. 1994
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Billy HowerdelAmerican musician · b. 1970
Darren SotoU.S. Representative from Florida · b. 1978
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Alfred LoomisSailor and investment banker · b. 1913
Dorothy DraperAmerican interior designer · b. 1889
Stories next door

History across the town line

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West Milford Township2 historic placesB+

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.