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Location of Passaic in Passaic County highlighted in yellow (left). Inset map: Location of Passaic County in New Jersey highlighted in black (right). Passaic (/ pəˈseɪ.ɪk / pə-SAY-ik[21] or locally / pəˈseɪk / pə-SAYK[22][23][24]) is a city in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Bergen and Passaic counties, 1872. Passaic County (/ p ə ˈ s eɪ. ɪ k / pə-SAY-ik) is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey that is part of the New York metropolitan area.
The Passaic River is known for chronic flooding problems during periods of heavy rainfall or snow-melt, especially where the Pompton River joins the Passaic River on the border of Fairfield, Lincoln Park, and Wayne. The two rivers form a sizable flood plain in this area.
Passaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a total population of 70,537. [6]
Passaic was first settled in 1678 by Dutch traders as Acquackanonk Township. Around 1870, Passaic was designated as its own city. It is bordered on three sides by Clifton, and on the fourth by the Passaic River. It is ten miles from New York City.
Apr 10, 2016 · City of Passaic. 330 Passaic Street. Passaic, NJ 07055. Phone: 973-365-5500. Open Monday through Friday. 8:30 am to 4 pm
Passaic, city, Passaic county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., on the Passaic River, 9 miles (14 km) north of Newark. It was established by the Dutch in 1678 as a fur-trading post. In 1685 Hartman Michielson purchased the site, then called Acquackanonk, from the Delaware Indians.
Passaic is a city in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city was the state's 16th-most-populous municipality, with a population of 70,537, falling behind Bayonne, an increase of 756 from the 2010 census count of 69,781, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,920 residents from the 2000 ...
Passaic, county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., bordered by New York state to the north and the Pequannock and Pompton rivers to the south; the Passaic River, which crosses the southeastern portion of the county, forms part of the southern and eastern borders.
Originally inhabited by the Lenape Native Americans before European settlement, the City of Passaic was incorporated in 1873 and was named after the Passaic River, which flows through the city. Passaic's location on the Passaic River made it an important center for trade and commerce.
