The Terhune House is an historic home listed on the National Register of Historic Places, located at 161 Godwin Avenue, that was initially constructed in 1737. That service was purchased by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway, which abruptly ended passenger service in 1966. Rail service by the New Jersey Midland Railway began in 1870. By 2012, only two farms remain: Abma's Farm and Goffle Road Poultry Farm, which is Bergen County's only remaining live market. By 1969 the number of farms had dropped to 13 covering 3 acres (1.2 ha), 6% of the township. In 1940 the population was just under 4,000 consisting of roughly 100 families with 30% of the land devoted to farming. Other early settlers (mostly Dutch) included the Van Horns, Terhunes, Ackermans, Quackenbushes, Pulises, and Vanderhoffs.

The first recorded permanent settlers were John and William Van Voor Haze (Voorhees), who purchased 550 acres (220 ha) of land in the area in 1720. On November 2, 1926, residents voted (243 positive votes out of 337) to change the name from Franklin Township to the Township of Wyckoff. After Franklin Lakes was established in 1922, Franklin Township consisted of only the area known locally as Wyckoff. The size of Franklin Township decreased as areas seceded and were incorporated into their own municipalities. Franklin Township (1771) consisted of what is today Ho-Ho-Kus (seceded 1849), Ridgewood (seceded 1876), Midland Park (seceded 1894), Oakland (seceded 1902), Franklin Lakes (seceded 1922), and Wyckoff. By 1755, about 100 families lived in the Franklin Township area, of which no more than 20 were in what is now Wyckoff. Saddle River Township was split in 1771, with the area containing Wyckoff becoming Franklin Township. What is Wyckoff today was originally part of Saddle River Township, which included all of Bergen County west of the Saddle River. Most Native Americans had left by the 19th century, although a small group lived near Clinton Avenue until 1939. Sicomac, said to mean 'resting place for the departed' or 'happy hunting ground', is an area of Wyckoff that, according to tradition, was the burial place of many Native Americans, including Chief Oratam of the Ackingshacys, and many stores and buildings in the community have been named after the area's name, including Sicomac Elementary School. The first known human inhabitants of the area were the Lenni Lenape Native Americans who lived north of the Raritan River and spoke a Munsee dialect of Algonquian. 5.3 Federal, state and county representation.Other sources ascribe the name to Wicaugh in Malpas, England. However, similarly named Wyckoff Heights in New York City is named after the Wyckoff family, who settled in the New York/New Jersey area when both states were part of the Dutch colony of New Netherlands.

Though there is no solid historical evidence for any of the various theories, the most commonly given origin for the name Wyckoff, which was the origin accepted by the township committee when the municipality was established, is that the name is from the Lenape word wickoff, meaning 'high ground', or that it is from wickok, meaning 'water'. Portions of Wyckoff were ceded to Midland Park based on the results of a referendum held on June 9, 1931. Wyckoff was formed as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on November 2, 1926, replacing Franklin Township, based on the results of a referendum held that day. Starting in the 1840s, several new municipalities were created from portions of Franklin Township ( Pompton Township on April 10, 1797, Hohokus Township (now Mahwah) on April 9, 1849, and Ridgewood Township on Maremaining now the Village of Ridgewood), so that today what is now Wyckoff borders eight different communities. įrom the mid-18th century, what is now Wyckoff was a community within Franklin Township, formed on June 1, 1797, when Saddle River Township (now Saddle Brook) was split, which consisted of most of northern Bergen County west of the Saddle River. Statewide, Wyckoff ranked 41st among New Jersey locations by per capita income, with a per capita money income of $49,375 as of 1999, an increase of 49.1% from the $33,124 recorded in 1989. Īs of the 2010 census, Wyckoff ranked 55th in highest-household income places in the United States with a population of at least 10,000 at $103,614. census, the township's population was 16,696, reflecting an increase of 188 (+1.1%) from the 16,508 counted in the 2000 census, which had in turn increased by 1,136 (+7.4%) from the 15,372 counted in 1990. census, the township's population was 16,585. Wyckoff is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey.

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