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Maywood: The Borough, the Railroad, and the Station

By Edward S. Kaminski

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2010
ISBN
9781439638460, 2009932734
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
54 MB (56553602 bytes)
Series
Images of America
Pages
128\0
Time added
2022-12-21 08:04:32
History / United States / State & Local

Description

Originally settled by Dutch farmers in the 1600s, the borough of Maywood experienced population and industrial growth in the late 1800s with the coming of the railroad. New Jersey Midland Railway, predecessor to the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad, arrived in 1872, a time when Maywood consisted mainly of farmland. Maywood was incorporated in 1894, when the railroad expanded into the Pennsylvania coalfields. The railroad provided the means for transportation of people, goods, and services, and Maywood grew measurably with it into the 20th century. Today the borough has developed into a suburb of such iconic cities as New York City, Paterson, Passaic, and Hackensack, while still retaining its character and charm.

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