A history of Englewood Cliffs,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Englewood Cliffs from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusEnglewood Cliffs 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 5,342, an increase of 61 (+1.2%) from the 2010 census count of 5,281, which in turn reflected a decline of 41 (-0.8%) from the 5,322 counted in the 2000 census. The borough houses the world headquarters of CNBC (Versant), the North American headquarters of South Korean conglomerate LG Corp, and the American headquarters of global CPG conglomerate Unilever, and was home to both Ferrari and Maserati North America. The borough was formed in 1895, having seceded from Englewood Township, with William Outis Allison serving as the new municipality's fir…
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 5,281 people in 2010, 5,342 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1969.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Englewood Cliffs 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 belowFinish Englewood Cliffs’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewEnglewood Cliffs.Alternate Title:…, c. 1865: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Englewood Cliffs
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Englewood Cliffs, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Englewood Cliffs.Alternate Title: American scenery ; Hudson River views (c. 1865) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.