History · Saddle Brook
Saddle Brook’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Saddle Brook. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
1716established
2old images & papers
4recent photos
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Before European settlement, the earliest people in the area were the Lenape Native Americans.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1716Established
1876Saddle River Township, New JerseyCommons
c. 1986GarretAugustusAckermanHouseCommons
1990–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSaddle River Township, New Jersey, 1876: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Saddle Brook
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By decade
Saddle Brook, decade by decade
1870s1 item
1980s1 item
1990s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Saddle River Township, New Jersey (1876) 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.