Saddle River is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough’s population was 3,152, reflecting a decline of 49 (−1.5%) from the 3,201 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 251 (+8.5%) from the 2,950 counted in the 1990 Census.

Saddle River is one of the wealthiest small municipalities in the United States and was ranked 9th in New Jersey in per capita income as of the 2010 Census. Based on 1989 per capita income, Saddle River was ranked the richest suburb in the nation among those with 2,500 or more people.

Despite being fairly close to Manhattan, a bucolic atmosphere pervades in town, due in part to a minimum zoning requirement of 2 acres (0.0081 km2) for homes. The borough contains both newer mansions and stately older homes on vast tracts of land.

It is a dry town, where alcohol cannot be sold.

Saddle River was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on November 22, 1894, from portions of Orvil Township, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier. The borough was formed during the “Boroughitis” phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone. Saddle River’s referendum passed on November 19, one day before the referendum passed for the formation of the neighboring borough of Upper Saddle River. An additional portion of Orvil Township was annexed in 1903.[27]

The borough is named after the Saddle River, which flows through the borough and is a tributary of the Passaic River, which in turn was named for a stream and valley in Saddell, Argyll, Scotland.

Saddle River is home to the following locations on the National Register of Historic Places:

  • Achenbach House – 184 Chestnut Ridge Road (added 1979, burned down in 2004)
  • Ackerman House – 136 Chestnut Ridge Road (added 1983)
  • Abram Ackerman House – 199 East Saddle River Road (added 1983)
  • Garret and Maria Ackerman House – 150 East Saddle River Road (added 1986)
  • Garret Augustus Ackerman House – 212 East Saddle River Road (added 1986)
  • Ackerman-Dewsnap House – 176 East Saddle River Road (added 1986)
  • Ackerman-Smith House – 171 East Allendale Road (added 1986)
  • Ackerman-Dater House – 109 West Saddle River Road (added 1983)
  • J. J. Carlock House – 2 Chestnut Ridge Road (added 1986)
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saddle River and Ramapough Building – 96 East Allendale Road (added 1986)
  • Alonzo Foringer House and Studio – 107 and 107B East Saddle River Road (added 1986)
  • Hopper House – 45 West Saddle River Road (added 1984)
  • Joe Jefferson Clubhouse – 29 East Saddle River Road (added 1986)
  • O’Blenis House – 220 East Saddle River Road (added 1986)
  • Garret K. Osborn House and Barn – 88 and 90 East Allendale Road (added 1986)
  • Dr. East G. Roy House – 229 West Saddle River Road (added 1986)
  • Saddle River Center Historic District – Along West Saddle River Road at jct. of East Allendale Road (added 1986)
  • Stillwell-Preston House – 9 East Saddle River Road (added 1986)
  • Andries Thomas Van Buskirk House – 164 East Saddle River Road (added 1983)
  • Laurance Thomas Van Buskirk House – 116 East Saddle River Road (added 1983)
  • B. C. Wandell House-The Cedars – 214, 223, and 224 West Saddle River Road (added 1986)
  • F. L. Wandell Estate and Ward Factory Site – 255–261 East Saddle River Road (added 1990)
  • Dr. John Christie Ware Bungalow – 246 East Saddle River Road (added 1986)

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 3,152 people, 1,216 households, and 893.8 families residing in the borough. The population density was 640.2 per square mile (247.2/km2). There were 1,341 housing units at an average density of 272.4 per square mile (105.2/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 84.71% (2,670) White, 2.09% (66) Black or African American, 0.10% (3) Native American, 9.42% (297) Asian, 0.06% (2) Pacific Islander, 1.17% (37) from other races, and 2.44% (77) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.14% (162) of the population.

Source: Wikipedia

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