Clifton is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. Criss-crossed by several major highways, the city is a regional commercial hub for North Jersey and is a bedroom suburb of New York City in the New York Metropolitan Area.[19] As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a total population of 90,296,[20]retaining its position as the state’s 11th-most-populous municipality.[21] For 2019, the Census Bureau’s Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 85,052, an increase of 1.1% from the 2010 enumeration,[22] ranking the city the 399th-most-populous in the country.[11]
Clifton was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 26, 1917, replacing Acquackanonk Township, based on the results of a referendum held two days earlier.[23] Clifton is listed under five different ZIP codes. 07011, 07012, 07013, 07014, and 07015.[24]
The city of Clifton turned 100 years-old in 2017 but documented European settlements in the area date back to 1679 when indigenous leader, Captahem, gifted a deed for 11,000 acres along the shores of the Passaic river to Hans Frederick.[25] The modern name of “Clifton” was derived from the cliffs of Garrett Mountain which borders the Montclair Heights neighborhood in the western part of the city.[25] Clifton was an agricultural hub and home to the U.S. Animal Quarantine Station was operated in Clifton by the United States Department of Agriculture starting in 1903. It was served by the Newark Branch of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad. It was the primary location on the East Coast where animals from poultry, horses and cattle to zoo animals were held in quarantine after being brought into the United States to ensure that the animals were not infected with diseases that could be spread in the U.S. The station operated in Clifton until the late 1970s, when the facility was relocated to Stewart International Airport.[26]
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