The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCliffside 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 25,693, an increase of 2,099 (+8.9%) from the 2010 census count of 23,594, which in turn reflected an increase of 587 (+2.6%) from the 23,007 counted in the 2000 census. Cliffside Park was formed based on the results of a referendum held on January 15, 1895, from portions of Ridgefield Township. The borough was formed during the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, as one of two boroughs created in 1895 after 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone. The borough was named for its location as a "Park by the Cliffs…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 23,594 to 25,693 (+9%). Half of its homes were built before 1970.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cliffside Park yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Cliffside Park’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cliffside Park’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCharles Lindauer in the Palisadia…, 1923: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Cliffside Park, decade by decade
1990s
CommonsCliffside Park, NJ Municipal Complex, Nov. 20252025
CommonsMidtown Manhattan as seen from Weehawken2014
CommonsWarren Abbott Chabod presch Cliffside Pk jeh2009
CommonsCliffside Pk Sharon Plz jeh2009
CommonsCliffside Pk Sch 3 cupola jeh2009
CommonsCliffside Pk HS fall jeh2009
CommonsCliffside Pk ELC jeh2009
CommonsCliffside Park HS jeh2008
MapCensus Bureau map of2008Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Charles Lindauer in the Palisadian of Cliffside Park, New Jersey on 6 April 1923 (1923) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (10). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.