. Paterson, New Jersey : its advantages for manufacturing and residence: its industries, prominent men, banks, schools, churches, ^ \SSAIC COUNTY, N. J., was or- .janized in 1S37, in pursuance olm act ol tlie legislature, and was|)^ composed of Acquackanonk, whichhad been a township since 1693,and belonged to Essex county;Manchester, which ^vas taken fromSuldlc Ri\er, Bergen county; Ponipton,\\hich hid been a part of Bergen countysnicc 1797, and West Milford, which hadIjtcn set ofl from Pompton in 1834. Waynetownship was set oft from Manchester in1847. The township of Paterson was set of
. Paterson, New Jersey : its advantages for manufacturing and residence: its industries, prominent men, banks, schools, churches, ^ \SSAIC COUNTY, N. J., was or- .janized in 1S37, in pursuance olm act ol tlie legislature, and was|)^ composed of Acquackanonk, whichhad been a township since 1693,and belonged to Essex county;Manchester, which ^vas taken fromSuldlc Ri\er, Bergen county; Ponipton,\\hich hid been a part of Bergen countysnicc 1797, and West Milford, which hadIjtcn set ofl from Pompton in 1834. Waynetownship was set oft from Manchester in1847. The township of Paterson was set oftfrom Accjuackanonk in 1831 : it was incor-porated in 18^1 and enlarged in 18^4 and1855 b\- tiie addition of the territory no\vcovered by the First and Second Wards ; ina considerable portion of Little Falls and Acquack-anonk townsliips was added to Paterson. In 186S LittleFalls was set oft from Acquackanonk township. In 1866Acquackanonk was reduced by the creation of the town-ship of Passaic : the latter was inccjrporated as a village in1871 and as a cit\ in 1873. The county contains 106,734acres, distributed among its civil divpatersonnewjerse00inshri
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