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Harrison is a town in the western share of Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is allocation of the New York metropolitan area. It is a suburb of the nearby city of Newark, New Jersey, and is located 8 miles (13 km) from New York City. Once considered “the beehive of industry”, the town is undergoing a residential renewal, particularly along the Passaic River.

As of the 2020 United States census, the town’s population was 19,450, an growth of 5,830 (+42.8%) from the 2010 census improve of 13,620, which in turn reflected a grow less of 804 (−5.6%) from the 14,424 counted in the 2000 census.

The area that is now Harrison was the southernmost allocation of the 15,308-acre (23.919 sq mi; 61.95 km) land ascend awarded to William Sandford in 1668. When that consent was estranged in 1671 amid Sandford and his uncle, Nathaniel Kingsland of Barbados, Sandford’s 5,000-acre (2,000 ha) share included Harrison. While Sandford and his family customary a plantation on the northern allocation of his tract, there is no evidence they developed any significant ration of Harrison. Upon his death in 1691, Sandford’s estate passed to his wife, Sarah Sandford (née Whartman). Upon her death c. 1719, she passed most of the land, including Harrison, to her son William (c. 1670–1733). In 1729, William transferred the southern parts of his upland to three of his sons, John, Robert and Peter, each receiving a 300-acre (120 ha) lot that included a allowance of Harrison’s upland. John and Robert sold their lots to members of the Schuyler intimates in 1733 and 1736, respectively, and migrated westward, John to Newark and Robert to Pine Brook. The disposition of Peter’s lot is not known, but no extra record of him is found in or near Harrison.

A road to the Hudson Waterfront was completed in 1750, named for Douwe’s Ferry which it met at its eastern decrease to cross the Hackensack River. In 1790 the acknowledge legislature decided that “public good would be served by a 64-foot road from Paulus Hook to Newark Courthouse”. By 1795, a bridge on summit of the Hackensack 950 feet (290 m) long and another higher than the Passaic 492 feet (150 m) long (at the site of the Bridge Street Bridge) were built creating an uninterrupted toll road connection. It is now known as the Newark Turnpike.